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Originally Posted by Igottago
I also eagerly await the story where a mass shooter is pre-emptively taken out by a law abiding citizen who is carrying a legal firearm and becomes Rambo at the precise instant the killer is going to fly off the handle, and saves the day. That's going to be a huge victory for the pro gun side of the debate.
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Clackamas Town Center shooting
- CCW holder Nick Meli draws his firearm on shooter Jacob Tyler Roberts after Roberts has gunned down two bystanders. Meli does not shoot due to bystanders present behind Roberts. At this point Roberts disengages, flees and commits suicide minutes later within the service areas of the mall.
West Pullman, Chicago
- Denzel A. Mickeil opens fire on a group of party goers leaving a party. One of the party goers is active military and has a CCW permit. His returns fire, strikes Mickeil twice, allowing the victims to flee the scene. Mickeil is charged with attempted murder due to two of his shots that hit a 22 year old woman in the arm and back.
Golden Food Market, South Richmond
- Assailant enters the store and proceeds to shot and wound the clerk, he then fires several more shots at patrons before being shot and wounded by a CCW holder in the store. Patrons then urge the CCW holder to shot the assailant again, CCW holder declines and waits for police to show up.
Early, Texan trailer park
- Charles Connor shots two neighbors and their dogs in a dispute over the dogs barking. Conner then opens fire on the responding police officer with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle fitted with a scope. Vic Stacy fires on Connor with his .357 Magnum revolver, hitting him in the thigh. Connor then turns to Stacy and targets him, Stacy fire four more shots, killing Connor.
Appalachian School of Law
- Peter Odighizuwa returns to the school with a .380 semi-automatic pistol and executes the dean and a professor. He murders a student and injures threes more before being confronted leaving the building by two students who happen to be off-duty police officers who have retrieved their firearms from their vehicles. Odighizuwa is subdued and placed under arrest, he receives life sentences plus 28 years.
New Life Church
- Matthew Murray kills two and injures four at the Youth With A Mission training center before proceeding to the New Life Church in Colorado Springs. He then kills two and injures five more before a volunteer security officer who had been allowed CCW by the church shoots him. Murray then commits suicide.
Shoney's restaurant, Anniston, Ala
- Two robbers armed with stolen handguns herd customers and staff into a walk-in cooler before beginning their collection of loot.
Thomas Glenn Terry is found by one of the robber under the table where he had hidden. Terry fires five rounds from his .45 semi-auto into the robber's chest at point blank range, killing him instantly. The second gunman (who had been holding the manager at gunpoint) opens fire on Terry, grazing him, Terry returns fire and critically injures the second gunman.
Players Bar and Grill, Winnemucca NV
- Ernesto Villagomez opens fire inside the restaurant, killing two patrons and wounding three. CCW holder shoots him after he had reloaded and begun firing again.
New York Mills AT&T store
- Abraham Dickan, who had lost his firearms permit after repeated threats against the staff of the store, returns with a .357 Magnum and a hit list of six employees. His opens fire killing Seth Turk before being killed by Officer Donald Moore who was carrying his .40 calibre pistol concealed off-duty.
National Shooting Club, Santa Clara
- Richard Gable Stevens rents a firearm and after several minutes on the range, returns to the office where he turns the gun on three staff members. He herds them outside with the intent to kill them, at which point one of the employees who was carrying concealed fires several times and keeps Stevens at gun point until police arrive.
There are a bunch more, but this is a decent sample that shows CCW does have the ability to prevent incidents from growing in scale and severity.