| Nevada CCW Holder Stops Mass Shooting |
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| Written by Daniel White | |
| Friday, 30 May 2008 | |
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On May 25, the Sunday before Memorial Day, police were called to Players Bar and Grill located in Winnemucca, Nevada on a report of multiple shots fired. By the time they arrived, the incident was over. Reports indicated that the shooter entered the bar and began firing at patrons reportedly due to an ongoing family dispute. At least two men were killed during the initial volley, after which the shooter stopped to reload. After he began shooting again, another bar patron, who had a ccw licence, drew his concealed handgun and killed the shooter. The CCW holder was taken into custody, but released after Humboldt County District Attorney Russell Smith determined it was justifiable homicide. Had this happened in Ohio, it is very likely that others would have died since Ohio bans ccw in bars even if you're not legally impaired. The mass murderer ignored all gun control laws put into place to supposedly stop him and carried out his crime anyway. Who knows how many more would have died by the time police were able to respond and stop him themselves. It was only because a law abiding citizen had the training and the means to stop the crime that more innocent lives we not lost. Disarming citizens does not make them safer, it makes it easier to commit crimes against them. |