Gun store shootout leaves 3 dead, 2 injured, officials say

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: ABC News

Three people are dead and another two injured after a shooting inside a gun store in Louisiana, authorities said.

The deadly shootout occurred just before 3 p.m. local time Saturday at the Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie, located in the New Orleans metropolitan area.

One suspect shot and killed two victims in the store, according to Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto. Multiple people then opened fire on the suspect either in the store or the parking lot, killing the suspect, Lopinto said.

Two other people hit by the gunfire were transported to a local hospital, where they are in stable condition, authorities said.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/3-dead-2-injured-after-shootout-inside-gun-store-officials-say/ar-BB1dRJBf?li=BBnb7Kz

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[PJMcK]

1. Guns! (n/t)

[JI7]

2. FREEDUMB

[TeamProg]

3. Because packin' guns is always safer than not carryin' a dangerous and

lethal weapon on one's person while moving through a densely populated society.


'Guns shops are the safest place to be! Nobody ever been shot in a gun shop, right?'


God, Guns and Gas!

That guy was stealin' my Gas so I grabbed my Gun and shot the God-damned bastard!

[Wicked Blue]

4. But are the guns okay? nt

[larwdem]

10. yes

good one

[oldsoftie]

5. I doubt it was a robbery. Gun stores are rarely robbed when open.

I wonder what reason the shooter was there.
Glad he was put down.

[magicarpet]

7. Suicide mission.... ?

[ThatJustHappened]

11. Probably some frustrated MAGAt

who wanted to Stop The Steal but, due to CoVid, couldn't find an open elementary school, Black church, synagogue or mosque

[magicarpet]

6. Yeeeeee Haaaaaaw,....

[RussellCattle]

8. I always get confused. Which one is "the good guy with a gun"?

[ybbor]

12. Aren't they all?

Unless they are not, then they’re not, or something like that.

But just to be clear, the guns didn’t kill anyone!

Just saying.

[oldsoftie]

30. Easy! The ones that put down the killer.

Otherwise more of them would've been shot

[RussellCattle]

44. I'll reserve judgement on that until I hear how the two other people were injured.

[oldsoftie]

49. As well as more about the attacker.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

9. An armed society is a polite society...

[paleotn]

34. The correlation of gun ownership

to violence and murder seems to discount that hypothesis.

[JohnnyRingo]

13. Sounds like one guy pulled a gun in a gun store.

The rest of the story after that just writes itself.

[0nirevets]

14. Thoughts and prayers.

[Turbineguy]

15. Shooting in a gun store?

Isn't that like cussing in church?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

16. More from NOLA.com....

Deadly shooting at Jefferson Gun Outlet: 3 dead, 2 hurt and questions about why
'Everybody's strapped in there,' customer says

BY KATY RECKDAHL | Contributing writer and RAMON ANTONIO VARGAS | Staff writer Published Feb 20, 2021 at 4:27 pm | Updated Feb 20, 2021 at 9:27 pm

Link: https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_a897bee4-73ca-11eb-bbcb-df381460932f.html

Two hours after the shooting, a Sheriff’s Office spokesman said it was too soon to say what might have provoked the bloodshed.

Multiple sources familiar with the investigation said detectives were examining the possibility that the gunfire began when the initial shooter argued with store employees who ordered him to unload an extended magazine from a pistol he carried into the business. Gun ranges generally forbid patrons to carry loaded weapons in the lobby.
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Coroner Gerry Cvitanovich said the dead were two men and a woman. He withheld their names. Signs of chaos and gunfire dotted the business’ parking lot and entrance. The front door was shattered. A corpse lay near the feet of a deputy sheriff guarding the door while standing atop glass shards.

At the eastern edge of the parking lot, about 30 feet from the shattered front door, deputies set up shields typically used to block bodies from view. A pistol with an extended magazine lay a few feet from the shields.

KY........ .......

[lapfog_1]

17. and here I thought Gun Stores were sort of like

the Hotel Continental from John Wick to these MAGA gun nutz.

[Comfortably_Numb]

29. Eloquent and spot on.

[HuskyOffset]

54. The one that started it

must have run out of those special coins.

[tiptonic]

18. We need

We need more guns, so the people who kill people can get killed by people who have guns that kill people who have guns. I think!! I confused now. When will this madness end?

[Johnyawl]

19. Sounds like the end of "Repo man"

[Orrex]

21. Well, other than for killing things, what are guns for?

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If they're for defense, it's only because they carry the threat of death (i.e, they're for killing things).

In very start contrast, knives, screwdrivers, hammers, hatchets, household chemicals, swimming pools, cars, etc. all have purposes beyond "killing things."


I suppose one can make a case for target shooting and the like, but that hardly justifies the several hundred million guns in our fine nation of freedom.

[Archae]

22. It depends on the person holding the gun.

A person holding a knife can do severe damage also.

Guns are tools.

Yes, I've gone deer hunting, and duck hunting.

Bagged a duck and missed a deer.

I don't see any use for an AR-15, but a shotgun was my tool for bagging the duck, which was rather tasty, BTW.

The big problem though is gun makers just have to make a couple cosmetic changes, and presto! Instant non-assault weapon.

[ananda]

26. Disagree

A gun has one purpose only. To kill.

That’s it.

[oldsoftie]

32. No, you can also target shoot & skeet shoot.

Skeet shooting is lots of fun.
But its tough to skeet shoot with a handgun!

[ananda]

37. Agree that a gun is used to shoot... and kill only.

...

[oldsoftie]

38. Cant agree with whats not true. I just explained thats not the case. You just dont like it.

I know plenty of skeet shooters who have never been hunting. They enjoy the sport. Shooting is an Olympic sport. Maybe you should try it before you criticize what you dont understand.

[LanternWaste]

39. And a Volkswagen Bug can be used as a home.

But it takes a creative and dissociative bias to pretend it was made for that purpose.

[oldsoftie]

40. You're showing your ignorance of the sport. But that applies to many topics.

There are plenty of sport weapons that people would never carry as defensive weapons. Even handguns. They're built specifically for target shooting. You'd be laughed at carrying one in a holster. And they're not cheap.

[ananda]

42. But I think that is practice for killing birds, game, and people.

It's history is military and upper class practice.

If it's just a sport now, I would ask, why bother?

There are certainly better, safer ways of having fun.

[oldsoftie]

43. As I said before, I know several who shoot skeet who never hunt.

And they never have any intention to. Best example is a former GF; she has two daughters who are great shooters. Trust me, they'll NEVER go hunting!
There are plenty of things people do for fun that also dangerous. Rock climbing, diving, racing, etc.

[ananda]

46. Then why shoot skeet? Why bother?

I'm sure there are hobbies that are just as fun, much
safer, and don't require guns.

[oldsoftie]

48. Oh lord. Then why do anything just for fun if there's a risk?

Probably more accidents from playing darts than skeet shooting!
We never know how many years we have left. Enjoy life. If you find something thats fun & doesnt hurt anyone, have at it. I would never go rock climbing but plenty of folks do it. More power to them.

[EX500rider]

53. Why do any hobby? Because you enjoy it perhaps? nt

[ripcord]

56. Maybe they are training for the Olympics

[Kaleva]

41. Same with bow and arrow.

[Polybius]

45. And legal even in NYC

Love archery.

[Orrex]

50. Parenthetically, how many bow & arrow homicides occur each year?

How many bow & arrow suicides?

[Kaleva]

51. Do you not agree that the bow and arrow has one purpose only? To kill.

[Orrex]

52. Yes, with a stipulation that also applies to guns:

Nearly all other activities, specifically target shooting, are at their root surrogates for actual killing, or they function by exploiting the weapon's intended purpose. Even brandishing a gun in one's own defense is only effective because the gun is, after all, intended for killing.

I don't even object to the gun's intended purpose, in principle; I simply scoff when overzealous gun enthusiasts insist otherwise.

And overzealous gun enthusiasts will too often cite other "killing devices" like knives or scissors as if these are in any way equivalent.

That returns us to my question: how many bow & arrow homicides/suicides occur each year?

[Kaleva]

55. The person I originally responded to argued that guns had no purpose but for killing.

That seemed to be her sole criteria for banning them.

I responded that bow and arrows were also that way and was hoping for a response from here as to if she agreed. I have not gotten a response.

Your criteria appears to be that the number of people killed or who commit suicide should be what matters. That's different then what the person I responded to said.

Items like knives and scissors have other, far more commonly used purposes and were invented for such.

If you wish to ban or place tight controls on guns because of their use in murders or suicides, that is fine with me.

Edit: I have a 6 shot revolver and I'm licensed and trained to have it. Sometimes I'd get together with my eldest step-son and my son-in-law and we'd go to the local range and shoot. We haven't done that for awhile as ammo has been hard to find. The only other gun I intend to get is a single shot break action shotgun. Another possibility is a 2 shot .38 Special derringer which is something I could carry with me almost all the time for protection but since the threat is so low, I probably won't spend my money on such.

[Turin_C3PO]

28. Gun control worked on Jan 6th.

If DC had no gun laws, the insurrectionists would have been armed to the teeth and there would have been more dead police and possibly Congress people.

[TeamPooka]

23. That escalated quickly.

[JohnnyRingo]

35. K&R

Who could have seen that coming?

[NBachers]

24. Bloodbath & Beyond

[2naSalit]

47. LOL

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

25. Oh, yes. Another episode in the ongoing series

Guns Make Us Safer.

[atreides1]

27. The simple fact...

...that the suspect made it to the parking lot, is an indicator that marksmanship training isn't a thing!!!

[oldsoftie]

31. People dont always immediately drop when they're shot.

Adrenaline

[sinkingfeeling]

33. Don't you just love when men act out old Westerns?

[paleotn]

36. Well, for once, that was fitting....

If you're going to do a mass shooting, go to a gun store to do it, not an elementary school. The motive? Suicide by magat?