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23. The question asked was "ever"

Reply to Doctor Jack (Reply #22)

Fri Jun 17, 2016, 12:30 AM

Jun 2016

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Have Any Mass Shootings Ever Been Stopped By a Civilian With a Gun? [View all] Doctor Jack Jun 2016 OP

I know a feeble elderly lady stopped Loughner, and there are similar examples. Hoyt Jun 2016 #1

Not before the event deathrind Jun 2016 #2

Loughner wasn't stopped by a civilian with a gun Major Nikon Jun 2016 #34

It's interesting Texasgal Jun 2016 #3

Plenty Kang Colby Jun 2016 #4

Oleg Volk, not that rabid gun freak. Those are not mass shootings, and he doesn't mention cases like Hoyt Jun 2016 #6

Oh, Hoyt. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #19

Why waste my good stuff on people who believe they need a gun in their pants to go to the store. Hoyt Jun 2016 #25

Wow, what a zinger! Kang Colby Jun 2016 #31

10-2 is hardly plenty lame54 Jun 2016 #37

Appreciate the responses, but neither seems to be 'a good guy with a gun' answer. salin Jun 2016 #5

The shooter in Orlando... Unrepentant Fenian Jun 2016 #7

You are indeed not stupid. As someone with a CCW, what are the odds you would actually be carrying jmg257 Jun 2016 #11

Thanks for the sanity check. A pistol in someone's purse etc, a match for an AR Person 2713 Jun 2016 #12

Thanks for your informed BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #26

Assume you did want to protect others in your group. joshcryer Jun 2016 #28

Slightly off topic, anoNY42 Jun 2016 #29

I think on a military base, but I can't remember the details. nt ecstatic Jun 2016 #8

Bit of a catch-22 though, isn't it? If the person were stopped before shooting 4 people.. X_Digger Jun 2016 #9

Yup. This right here. Decoy of Fenris Jun 2016 #13

Bingo. linuxman Jun 2016 #15

As much a Catch-22 as asking if any conflicts have been prevented through diplomacy. LanternWaste Jun 2016 #38

A teacher we t to his car, got his gun and stopped a school shooting. AngryAmish Jun 2016 #10

Civilians with guns can't stop mass shootings npk Jun 2016 #14

I work as a substitute in our local school system OhioBlue Jun 2016 #20

If this were true anoNY42 Jun 2016 #30

There was the shooting at what used to be Ted Haggard's church mythology Jun 2016 #16

If a mass shooting was prevented with a good guy with a gun, NobodyHere Jun 2016 #17

Sure libodem Jun 2016 #18

Police credited civilian shooters with slowing down Charles Whitman REP Jun 2016 #21

Wasn't that like 50 years ago? Doctor Jack Jun 2016 #22

The question asked was "ever" REP Jun 2016 #23

Fair enough Doctor Jack Jun 2016 #24

New Life church shootings joshcryer Jun 2016 #27

How would you know? If it's stopped before the legal definition of "mass shooting" ileus Jun 2016 #32

No, because they usually only attack places where people don't bring guns davidn3600 Jun 2016 #33

There have been many where armed intervention stopped it sooner Lee-Lee Jun 2016 #35

this ! Angel Martin Jun 2016 #39

3.1 percent have exchanged fire with shooters... Javaman Jun 2016 #36