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As a card carrying LTCF holder, who carries 24/7 except where prohibited (rassafrassarappafrappinfrassarassa) I've commented long and often about the role of the sheepdogs among us. Not only the personal but social responsibility one takes on when they decide to carry a firearm. Including the possibility of putting yourself between harm and innocent lives.
On Dec. 9, 2007 Jeanne Assam was forced to shoot Matthew Murray after he killed two sisters at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Once shot and cornered, Murray turned his violent rage on himself. With her valiant actions, Ms. Assam ended a murderous crime spree that took the lives of four people in two cities.
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Heroes
As a card carrying LTCF holder, who carries 24/7 except where prohibited (rassafrassarappafrappinfrassarassa) I've commented long and often about the role of the sheepdogs among us. Not only the personal but social responsibility one takes on when they decide to carry a firearm. Including the possibility of putting yourself between harm and innocent lives.
Such personification, a hero of mine since the day God directed her return fire December 9, 2007, is Jeanne Assam, who saved countless lives when she took down Matthew Murray at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs after he had already killed 4 and was hellbent on more.
This may seem off topic for IBA but I don't think it is. Pasto & I have discussed this once or twice in comments already. Sooner or later, the jihadis will come, and it's going to be the sheepdogs on the front line, while the cops are on the way, surrounding the place, trying to figure out what to do. And the media, breathlessly reporting every shot they hear fired.
The grandfather in the mall with the .45 he's carried since the war, single mom in church with the shiny snubnose, coworker at lunch with you who has a .38 in an ankle holster. There is no better reason to support the 2nd Amendment and (oh did I reach for this) Support Your Local Gunfighter. Unless you'd rather that gunfighter just walk away and leave you to the jihadis & their devices.
Who do you want between you and the next Mohammed Atta? The bimbo trying to figure out how to dial 911 on her brand new cellphone? Or that ordinary looking geek who just pulled out a 4 inch .357 that he has been training with 3 or 4 hours a week, just in case.
Anyway, heroes. Found this over at Xavier Thoughts. Jeanne Assam (and others of New Life Church) one year on.
Jeanne Assam - One Year Later
On Dec. 9, 2007 Jeanne Assam was forced to shoot Matthew Murray after he killed two sisters at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Once shot and cornered, Murray turned his violent rage on himself. With her valiant actions, Ms. Assam ended a murderous crime spree that took the lives of four people in two cities.
She found herself an instant focal point in a debate over the legitimacy of concealed carry for collective defense. She was an armed citizen to be taken down by the Brady Campaign, painted as a security guard by the mainstream media, and the darling of internet gun forums. Through it all, she remained a quiet, introspective person. A year later, in this article, she reflects on the action she was forced to take. "He didn't start off to be mixed up and confused," Assam said of Murray. "He started off to be a good person but he went down a wrong path."
While watching the children's Sunday school area, Assam heard shots in the parking lot, and then saw Murray coming down the hall with a rifle. "I saw him, it seemed like the halls cleared out, and I saw him coming through the doors, and I took cover. I waited for him to get closer, I came out of cover, and I identified myself. I engaged him and I took him down," Jeanne Assam said at a news conference afterwards. Jeanne Assam fired 10 shots from 63 feet away. She hit the gunman once in the wrist and twice in the leg. Unable to continue his rampage, Murray then committed suicide.
"I don't feel bad about what I had to do," Assam says today. "I'm sad that people died. I wouldn't hesitate to do it again. It still feels a little surreal for me for some reason."
Carry a gun. The life you save may be more than your own. You may never know how many you saved, only how many you didn't. -- MR
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Seung-Hui Cho Jared Lee Loughner Eric Harris Dylan Klebold Nidal Malik Hasan George Hennard James Eagan Holmes Jovan Belcher All shooters. All mentally imbalanced to one degree or another for one reason or another. Alcohol. Drugs. Football injuries. A...
- Rama-llama-ding-dong
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- Proud To Be A Sheepdog
I make no secret that I am a staunch proponent of civilian carry, concealed or otherwise. And proud to be considered a sheepdog because I carry, always (where legal), and understand the ramifications and responsibilities of doing so. As put by Nicholas...