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BrotherIvan

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4. Nice article, just enough cowboy swagger to sell it.

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 25, 2014, 12:57 PM

Oct 2014

Trained, retired LEO is a hell of a lot different than some dude whipping out his .45 and blasting away. As has happened more than a few times, the "good guys with a gun" often gets shot by mass shooters, so this outcome was unusual and could be chalked up to the fact that Sergeant at Arms Kevin Vickers had been trained and was experienced enough to be calm under pressure. But we all knew that, propaganda aside.

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A True Hero , the man who stopped the shooter Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers [View all] scarystuffyo Oct 2014 OP

Yup. A Good Guy with a Gun (and the training and authority to use it) Write up: NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #1

Would've been an even cooler story if he beat him with that mace... n/t sweetloukillbot Oct 2014 #3

Nice article, just enough cowboy swagger to sell it. BrotherIvan Oct 2014 #4

Kevin Vickers; Canadian bad ass. JNelson6563 Oct 2014 #2

That really topped it, kick some ass and regulate, but call your mom! NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #5