Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Have I Missed Any Successful Defenses Against Assault Weapon Attacks?

 These are the ones that came to my attention:

Elisjsha Dicken. 2022, at Greenwood, Indiana mall "neutralized" a guy who fired 24b rounds from an AR-15.

Also in 2022:

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A woman in West Virginia fatally shot a man who began firing an AR-15-style rifle into a crowd of people that had gathered for a party, authorities said.

Jeanne Assam stopped the New Life Church mass murderer in 2007.

  Clackamas Mall Shooter Faced Shopper With Concealed Weapon Permit

I have a vague memory of a mass murder interrupted at a barbecue place in Kansas City but I cannot find it.  Do any of you have more examples?

Thank you all.  I found enough to demonstrate their "expert" is not.


5 comments:

  1. Some of these are defense against an AR-15. Some are using an AR-15 for defense (mostly the latter?)

    https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2022/08/17/pisgah-view-murder-trial-not-guilty-jury-acquits-amya-collington/10353255002/

    https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2023/06/26/good-guy-with-a-gun-stops-man-shooting-up-lv-building-lobby-n2624989

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/jury-acquits-ohio-man-who-said-assault-rifle-shooting-was-self-defense/ar-BB1mJsEY?ocid=BingNewsSearch

    https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article288644460.html

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/mayoral-candidate-shot-dead-ar-15-exs-brother-likely-self-defense-case-police

    https://www.westernjournal.com/15-year-old-hero-used-ar-15-protect-12-year-old-sister-2-punk-burglers/

    https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/armed-robbers-norco-liquor-store-owner-shoots-robbery-suspect-gun/3805995/

    https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/audrey-cole-acquitted-in-death-of-matthew-mott-during-fight

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  2. I can probably find more, but I'm not sure it won't be flagged as SPAM for all the links.

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  3. OK here a couple more...

    https://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/national-news/sheriff-pregnant-woman-uses-ar-15-to-fatally-shoot-home-invader/

    https://www.villages-news.com/2019/07/11/two-dead-two-jailed-following-craigslist-related-summerfield-home-invasion/

    https://wgntv.com/news/man-armed-with-ar-15-stops-attack-by-neighbor-in-oswego/

    This last one is a puzzle. Several stories make mention of the fact the homeowner does own a semiautomatic rifle, but the authorities do not - in any story I have quick access to - say that is what he used to defend himself and his family
    https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/homeowner-shoots-kills-men-wearing-mask-deputies-say/986744589/

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  4. Since none of them involve mythical "assault weapons," I'd say you didn't miss any.

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  5. "Run and Hide": School Resource Officer Scot Peterson

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