So the news is reporting that there was an armed civilian at the Safeway Shooting. Let’s run down some of the facts.
-When the armed citizen heard the shots he ran TOWARDS the shooting.
-When he arrived the shooter had already been disarmed, and the citizen mistook the person who has seized the gun as the shooter.
-The Citizen did not shoot anybody and held the assassin until the Police arrived.
Let’s go down the myths. This average-Joe civilian did not freeze or panic. (I won’t bother making too broad a statement on his choice to investigate the shots fired. Its a very admirable thing to do, and I hope more people do the same, but also having a concealed weapon in no way obligates you to assist strangers, or engage hostiles)
This Citizen, having mistook an innocent person for the shooter DID NOT shoot an innocent person.
This citizen did not seek our revenge, retribution, or in any way become “Trigger Happy” when finding the real shooter.
This citizen was not confused with the assassin when the police arrived, and was not shot by the police.
This is a boilerplate of myths dispensed by the anti-rights activists who wish to discourage self-defense. They want to discourage this because #1. Encouraging it would encourage gun use which they hate. #2. Encouraging it might save lives, and dead innocents is their currency, and what they use to push fundraisers, and to press for TV interviews, as well as protests, which can also lead to TV live-shots.
These are the same types of myths that say that owning a gun will mean you will likely kill a family member, or relaxing carry laws will lead to old-west shoot-outs, and people shot over parking spaces or the last toy during the holiday rush.
They want these horrible things to be true, which is bad enough, but they continue to press these lies even after it is shown that they are 100% baseless.
