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2. The LEO who happened to be there on another call was the good guy with a gun.

Sun May 7, 2023, 05:40 PM

May 2023

If he hadn't already been there, the casualty count could have been much worse.

But eight is bad enough.

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So where were the good guys with guns in Allen? [View all] jmowreader May 2023 OP

waiting for the killer to run out of bullets GreenWave May 2023 #1

The Uvalde protocol central scrutinizer May 2023 #10

And thank goodness this cop wasn't a coward hamsterjill May 2023 #5

The one cop with a gun killed the guy, and good for him, but Ocelot II May 2023 #3

Was the cop armed with a pistol? Shermann May 2023 #11

Assault Weapons NowISeetheLight May 2023 #6

My training is to retreat and only use a gun as a last resort Kaleva May 2023 #7

Guns are not allowed at that mall. former9thward May 2023 #13

It is my experience that gun owners can't read signs jmowreader May 2023 #14

The OP asked where the "good guys with a gun" were. former9thward May 2023 #17

..... MarineCombatEngineer May 2023 #19

Where they always are HAB911 May 2023 #15

One stopped it quite by accident malaise May 2023 #16