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Related: About this forumSometimes an unarmed man CAN stop a massacre!!!
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Sometimes an unarmed man CAN stop a massacre!!! (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Jan 2013
OP
He wasn't unarmed. He had a better weapon than most people with guns have.
A Simple Game
Jan 2013
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Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)1. Yeah, but killing people is more awesome.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)7. Seems That Is The Modus Operandi For Much of Law Enforcement Today
eom
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)8. ..
nt
Dustlawyer
(10,519 posts)2. That was great!
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)3. He wasn't unarmed. He had a better weapon than most people with guns have.
He had courage, and lots of it.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)5. Exactly.
- Your mind is your weapon.
K&R
K&R
freshwest
(53,661 posts)9. And a belief that the man was not a hopeless case. He appealed to his humanity, not his hatred.
The Wielding Truth
(11,423 posts)4. Smooth as silk he expertly disarmed a mad man. This is amazing!
FailureToCommunicate
(14,358 posts)6. Nerves of steel!
Amazing.
thanks for posting this Steve
yurbud
(39,405 posts)10. another hero that history swept under the rug because he didn't fit the lie
ScottLand
(2,485 posts)11. Thank you! What an inspiration!
Berlin Expat
(955 posts)12. How many of
the gun nut wackadoodles would even have to cojones to attempt something like this?
NONE OF THEM.