'Merica, F#@k Yeah! - Damnit France, will you ever stop needing our help?

[Glassunion]

Two Americans overpower gunman in France train shooting.

Two American passengers overpowered a heavily armed guman on Friday on board a high-speed train from Amsterdam to Paris, prosecutors said.

There was no immediate confirmation whether they were the two people injured during the confrontation on the Thalys train. Paris prosecutors said the gunman was arrested.

Story at link: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/two-americans-overpower-gunman-in-france-train-shooting/ar-BBlYPyl?ocid=News

[Xipe Totec]

1. The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun...

[Glassunion]

2. Is with two barehanded 'Merican badasses!

[Xipe Totec]

3. F#@k Yeah! nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. US Marines, at that!

French media said the passengers who overpowered the suspect were US Marines who had heard the man loading a weapon in a toilet cubicle and confronted him when he came out.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34023361?ocid=socialflow_twitter

[Glassunion]

13. How much you wanna bet PFC 'Merica was one of them?

[Nuclear Unicorn]

10. Obviously gun control prevented this mass shooting

[msanthrope]

14. Two badass US Marines, unarmed, prevent a train from getting shot up. One is critical. nt

[Nuclear Unicorn]

17. Yes. I know. I posted as much down-thread.

[msanthrope]

18. Sorry....didn't look downthread. Pics of the Marines are online...at least one was sitting up,

which is a good sign....

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. this needs a video

[msanthrope]

11. One American Marine is shot and in critical condition. One is stabbed. Surely you aren't being

snarky at their expense.

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. Nah, I am being snarky at the OP

When we heard the story break our thought was... off duty US Military.

[Glassunion]

22. When the OP was posted, there was no word on the severity or the identity of the two Americans.

The OP was posted less than an hour after the article was posted, with little detail about the specifics of the incident.

[clarice]

5. True heroes. nt

[Travis_0004]

6. USA, USA, USA

[Glassunion]

7. Hell Yeah!

[KamaAina]

19. As long as we don't go for a threepeat

[msanthrope]

9. US Marines--unarmed....one shot, one stabbed. The one shot is in critical condition. nt

[Nuclear Unicorn]

12. The Americans were Marines. One of them was wounded critically.

Keep fighting, Marine.

[Glassunion]

15. Indeed. I hope they both recover fully.

Badasses of the highest caliber.

Been a while... How's Loverboy?

[msanthrope]

16. Yes--one Marine critical, shot, one Marine stabbed. The Frencg actor who broke the alarm glass cut

his hands.....

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34023361

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

21. It was very fortunate that the Marines heard the terrorist loading his guns

"...French media said the passengers who overpowered the suspect were US Marines who had heard the man loading a weapon in a toilet cubicle and confronted him when he came out..."

Sounds like a lot people might have been killed if they hadn't heard that and immediately confronted the man.

[GOLGO 13]

23. Terrorist shot 1 Marine in the neck and stabbed the other

Still couldn't stop them.

[appalachiablue]

24. K & R. Way to go US Marines!