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Showing Original Post only (View all)Man with firearm stops man on stabbing spree. [View all]
http://www.justicearticles.com/gun-carrying-man-ends-stabbing-spree-at-salt-lake-grocery-store/A citizen with a gun stopped a knife wielding man as he began stabbing people Thursday evening at the downtown Salt Lake City Smiths store.
Police say the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon. Smiths employee Dorothy Espinoza says, He pulled it out and stood outside the Smiths in the foyer. And just started stabbing people and yelling you killed my people. You killed my people.
This is a classic case for concealed carry. Without it, every single person there would have had only three choices - run if they were fast enough, submit if they were tough enough, or engage in a physical contest of strength with their attacker.
A gun gave another choice. A gun protects the weak from the strong.
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Just keep moving the goal posts. The carrier did the right thing and lives were saved. nt
rDigital
Aug 2012
#7
A search for "stabbing" in Google News will show the great number of stabbings that have
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#2
Not true. SD is not dependent on strength any more than it is on being armed.
Starboard Tack
Aug 2012
#16
Very compassionate of you to blame a million people every year for being victims of violent crime.
Atypical Liberal
Aug 2012
#21
I guess every cloud has a silver lining. No job, no additional gun in the street. Good to hear.
Starboard Tack
Sep 2012
#32
Carrying guns around in general. Guns don't know who's carrying or shooting.
Starboard Tack
Sep 2012
#33
I don't know the Dollar General story, but I know that this SLC story
Common Sense Party
Aug 2012
#11
"gun owners (whiping) out ther guns and start firing wildly in to the crowd"????
jbgood1977
Aug 2012
#31