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In reply to the discussion: 2 killed in stabbing on MAX train as man directs slurs at Muslim women, police say [View all]friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)34. At least one of these tragedies was stopped- and you commented upon it:
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/117235537
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - A citizen with a gun stopped a knife wielding man as he began stabbing people Thursday evening at the downtown Salt Lake City Smith's store.
Police say the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon. Smith's 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."
Espinoza says, the knife wielding man seriously injured two people. "There is blood all over. One got stabbed in the stomach and got stabbed in the head and held his hands and got stabbed all over the arms."
Then, before the suspect could find another victim - a citizen with a gun stopped the madness. "A guy pulled gun on him and told him to drop his weapon or he would shoot him. So, he dropped his weapon and the people from Smith's grabbed him."
http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top_stories/story/conceal-and-carry-stabbing-salt-lake-city-smiths/NDNrL1gxeE2rsRhrWCM9dQ.cspx
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https://upload.democraticunderground.com/117235537#post11
"I don't think people were at the mercy of this guy."
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/117235537#post8
"Of course, someone with a knife can be stopped without a gun."
I'm always willing to listen to the voice of experience. If you would kindly inform us:
How many determined, knife-wielding attackers have YOU disarmed, Hoyt?
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - A citizen with a gun stopped a knife wielding man as he began stabbing people Thursday evening at the downtown Salt Lake City Smith's store.
Police say the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon. Smith's 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."
Espinoza says, the knife wielding man seriously injured two people. "There is blood all over. One got stabbed in the stomach and got stabbed in the head and held his hands and got stabbed all over the arms."
Then, before the suspect could find another victim - a citizen with a gun stopped the madness. "A guy pulled gun on him and told him to drop his weapon or he would shoot him. So, he dropped his weapon and the people from Smith's grabbed him."
http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top_stories/story/conceal-and-carry-stabbing-salt-lake-city-smiths/NDNrL1gxeE2rsRhrWCM9dQ.cspx
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https://upload.democraticunderground.com/117235537#post11
"I don't think people were at the mercy of this guy."
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/117235537#post8
"Of course, someone with a knife can be stopped without a gun."
I'm always willing to listen to the voice of experience. If you would kindly inform us:
How many determined, knife-wielding attackers have YOU disarmed, Hoyt?
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2 killed in stabbing on MAX train as man directs slurs at Muslim women, police say [View all]
brooklynite
May 2017
OP
The allegation of a killer is indeed, a "fact" when it better suits a narrative.
LanternWaste
May 2017
#49
Who supported Jill Stein and Sanders? This guy is probably nuts. Look at Buzzfeed.
Yo_Mama
May 2017
#24
"People lost their lives or were injured because they stood up to hate," she said ...
riversedge
May 2017
#10
I hope someone sets up a go fund me for the families of the brave victims- so tragic :(
luvMIdog
May 2017
#12
I hope Ivanka reads this ... she is the only one over there who might actually feel something.
JudyM
May 2017
#19
Our 2nd Amendment Fraternity is saying if someone had a gun . . . Yeah, what if the racist had one?
Hoyt
May 2017
#21
Are the victims somehow less dead or wounded because the racist didn't have a gun?
friendly_iconoclast
May 2017
#22
Maybe. And *no* laws I support would allow him to own a gun, as he was a 2X felon
friendly_iconoclast
May 2017
#27
Been out to the National Cemetary most of the day. Helping out as a guide. Lots of families there
oneshooter
May 2017
#33
"Hope you also visited those men that gave their all." IMO, Rick Best is one of them
friendly_iconoclast
May 2017
#36
IDK where either is buried- certainly both qualify for burial in a national cemetery
friendly_iconoclast
May 2017
#41
At least one of these tragedies was stopped- and you commented upon it:
friendly_iconoclast
May 2017
#34
The spouters of arrant nonsense should never be allowed to elide their statements
friendly_iconoclast
May 2017
#35
I asked my brother and fellow Fox News junkie friend about this and neither one of
doc03
May 2017
#26
Correct. I'm thinking a background check and waiting period for any blade over 2 inches in length...
Marengo
May 2017
#47