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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/17/off-duty-cop-prevents-mass-shooting-in-san-antonio/

Off-duty cop prevents mass shooting in San Antonio
By Stephen C. Webster
Monday, December 17, 2012 10:44 EST


An off-duty sheriff’s deputy in San Antonio, Texas prevented a mass shooting at a movie theater on Sunday night, according to local reports.

Gunfire shattered the calm on Sunday night around 9:30 p.m. at the Mayan Palace Theatre, NBC affiliate WOAI-TV in San Antonio reported.

The alleged shooter was 19-year-old Jesus Manuel Garcia, who burst out of the nearby Chinese restaurant where he worked and begin firing at the theater next door. Police also told WOAI-TV that he fired at a patrol car as he was heading toward the theater.

Before Garcia could walk through the entrance, however, he was shot four times by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy working at the theater. The officer’s name was not released.

“The officer involved, she took the appropriate action to try to keep everyone safe in the movie theater,” a department spokesperson told reporters. “She did what she felt she had to do.”

Garcia remains in stable condition at a nearby hospital. He faces aggravated assault charges.

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Nah. Can't go showing that a gun can save lives in the right hands, when you're working on disarming the country. :rolleyes:
 
Or maybe it was because it didn't involve children, a school and 26?(7) deaths...just a thought.

Our media is the problem in general. We shouldn't show pictures of the criminals, we shouldn't give their last names, and we shouldn't cover ANY story as much as we do. There should be some serious control put into place.
Media doesn't create monsters but it sure gives them goals and glory to strive for.

Pathetic.
 
Perhaps pictures of the criminals as a bloody mess laying on the sidewalk would be more appropriate to try to influence impressionable young minds thinking about how cool it would be to pull some Rambo stunt like that.

Of course, if someone is also suicidal, there really isn't much you can do about that. Except maybe to show that death can be painful.

Perhaps removing God from school has had the unintended consequences of removing Hell as a consideration as well.

But kudos to the off duty officer for stopping what would have most certainly been yet another "me too" massacre for the media to feast upon.
 
Shadera said:
Well, it was a girl behind the gun ... :D
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LOL, I didn't mean that! I watched a video on YouTube last night that the news did on concealed weapon permit owners. They took two guys and a girl and ran them through a quick training course, suited them up in protective gear, and had them conceal a handgun with paint rounds. I guess they told them some story about having to pull the gun at the end of a classroom session they were attending, but instead surprised them with an armed intruder which put them in a surprise position to draw and defend themselves. The two males failed miserably and the female was the only one to get a shot off and hit the assailant. I'd link the video but it was trying to paint concealed carry in a bad light.
 
Shadera said:
Just funnin' with Nick. I am a female former LEO, myself.
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Yes, I know. The point I was trying to make was that the media is certainly not interested in showing how an armed female saved the day. It goes against their agenda of trying to prove that the only good gun is a confiscated gun. And of course guns are only being wielded by MALE Rambo wannabe psychopaths. :rolleyes:
 
I work at a police dept. I've fixed ceiling lights and smoke detectors from all the male "pro" shooters.
 
Focal said:
LOL, I didn't mean that! I watched a video on YouTube last night that the news did on concealed weapon permit owners. They took two guys and a girl and ran them through a quick training course, suited them up in protective gear, and had them conceal a handgun with paint rounds. I guess they told them some story about having to pull the gun at the end of a classroom session they were attending, but instead surprised them with an armed intruder which put them in a surprise position to draw and defend themselves. The two males failed miserably and the female was the only one to get a shot off and hit the assailant. I'd link the video but it was trying to paint concealed carry in a bad light.
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In a real life situation, the benefit of CONCEALED carry is that quite likely a bad guy isn't going to know who is carrying, and who isn't, and has to be worried about a defense from any and all persons in the room. Of course, lately, it seems that some whacko just wants to shoot EVERYONE in the room for no fathomable reason. I'm glad that Connie and I don't really go out to public places much any more.
 
WebSlave said:
In a real life situation, the benefit of CONCEALED carry is that quite likely a bad guy isn't going to know who is carrying, and who isn't, and has to be worried about a defense from any and all persons in the room.
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An interesting point about this involving the shooting in Colorado a few months back that was also completely ignored by the media.
There were 7 theaters within a 20 minute drive of the home of the shooter that were showing Dark Knight at the time.
Of those seven only one, the one where the shooting took place, was posted as not allowing firearms. This was also not the closest one to his home either.

Of the seven theaters in the area, he chose the one that was least likely to have anyone inside that was armed.

The same fact is also highlighted in school shootings like the one that just occurred. When you make it illegal to have a gun, even locked in your car, anywhere on the property, you have created a killing field, a confined mass of easy targets from which no resistance would be expected.

Anyone who has made the decision to commit a violent crime, is obviously not going to be deterred by a sticker on the door proclaiming the business to be firearm free. Only the law abiding will choose not to bring their guns inside, thus reassuring the criminal that this is an easier target, whether for armed robbery or mass murder.
 
Clay Davenport said:
An interesting point about this involving the shooting in Colorado a few months back that was also completely ignored by the media.
There were 7 theaters within a 20 minute drive of the home of the shooter that were showing Dark Knight at the time.
Of those seven only one, the one where the shooting took place, was posted as not allowing firearms. This was also not the closest one to his home either.

Of the seven theaters in the area, he chose the one that was least likely to have anyone inside that was armed.

The same fact is also highlighted in school shootings like the one that just occurred. When you make it illegal to have a gun, even locked in your car, anywhere on the property, you have created a killing field, a confined mass of easy targets from which no resistance would be expected.

Anyone who has made the decision to commit a violent crime, is obviously not going to be deterred by a sticker on the door proclaiming the business to be firearm free. Only the law abiding will choose not to bring their guns inside, thus reassuring the criminal that this is an easier target, whether for armed robbery or mass murder.
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Funny how "investigative reporters" can't seem to figure out details like that, now isn't it? :rolleyes:

NOBODY is talking about banning laws that create these places of opportunity for murderers, now are they?

Would make an interesting lawsuit against the legislators who promoted and caused the creation of this sort of dangerous atmosphere, no?
 
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