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[KingCracker]

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - A citizen with a gun stopped a knife wielding man as he began stabbing people Thursday evening at the downtown Salt Lake City Smith's store.

Police say the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon. Smith's employee Dorothy Espinoza says, "He pulled it out and stood outside the Smiths in the foyer. And just started stabbing people and yelling you killed my people. You killed my people."

Espinoza says, the knife wielding man seriously injured two people. "There is blood all over. One got stabbed in the stomach and got stabbed in the head and held his hands and got stabbed all over the arms."

Then, before the suspect could find another victim - a citizen with a gun stopped the madness. "A guy pulled gun on him and told him to drop his weapon or he would shoot him. So, he dropped his weapon and the people from Smith's grabbed him."

http://www.abc4.com/...sRhrWCM9dQ.cspx

[Marshall]

Here's one for the anti-gunners. How many people would have been injured/killed if this man didn't choose to carry a concealed weapon and more importantly, have the bravery to engage this psycho. Kudos to this man.

[DocM]

Good job!!

And like the vast majority of cases where an armed citizen stops a crime, no shots fired. There's something about that big, gaping hole at the end of the barrel that stops 95% of perps in their tracks. The rest....

[Lucas]

Glad he used it smartly instead of just shooting him right away. Kudos! And poor guys, wonder what the report of the guy is going to say.

[KingCracker]

Why only 3 replies. If a man with a gun shot a lot of people this thread would be full of people commenting. But when it comes to someone doing good with a gun...

[max22]

KingCracker, on 28 April 2012 - 03:21, said:

Why only 3 replies. If a man with a gun shot a lot of people this thread would be full of people commenting. But when it comes to someone doing good with a gun...

This is exactly why I hate pro gun people. They hate when a gun is used in a good way.

[KingCracker]

max22, on 28 April 2012 - 03:33, said:

This is exactly why I hate pro gun people. They hate when a gun is used in a good way.

You mean anti gun people?

[Davo]

The guy used a gun properly so there is no outrage. The problem is not owning a gun or liking guns. The problem is when people take it upon themselves to deem the world their "castle".

[KingCracker]

Davo, on 28 April 2012 - 03:47, said:

The guy used a gun properly so there is no outrage. The problem is not owning a gun or liking guns. The problem is when people take it upon themselves to deem the world their "castle".

Where I live my home is my "castle" and its legal to use deadly force if necessary to protect it.

[JonathanMarston]

KingCracker, on 28 April 2012 - 03:51, said:

Where I live my home is my "castle" and its legal to use deadly force if necessary to protect it.

Guess it's different in Tenessee than Arkansas. Here if I were to use deadly force to protect my property I'd get thrown in jail. I can only use deadly force to protect my own or others' lives. Unless, of course, the perpetrator is actively engaging in arson; then I'm free to shoot away.

I have a concealed carry license, but it's one of those things that I hope I never have to use. Major props to the guy in the story above!

[KingCracker]

JonathanMarston, on 28 April 2012 - 03:56, said:

Guess it's different in Tenessee than Arkansas. Here if I were to use deadly force to protect my property I'd get thrown in jail. I can only use deadly force to protect my own or others' lives. Unless, of course, the perpetrator is actively engaging in arson; then I'm free to shoot away...

Can use it to protect yourself others and your property here.

39-11-614. Protection of property
A person in lawful possession of real or personal property is justified in threatening or using force against another, when and to the degree it is reasonably believed the force is immediately necessary to prevent or terminate the other's trespass on the land or unlawful interference with the property.
(b) A person who has been unlawfully dispossessed of real or personal property is justified in threatening or using force against the other, when and to the degree it is reasonably believed the force is immediately necessary to reenter the land or recover the property, if the person threatens or uses the force immediately or in fresh pursuit after the dispossession.

[THolman]

If only we didn't have guns, things like this wouldn't happen! Oh, wait...

[KingCracker]

THolman, on 28 April 2012 - 04:05, said:

If only we didn't have guns, things like this wouldn't happen! Oh, wait...

Well if the anti's had their way the people inside the store would of been helpless because anti's always use the call the police line like they will protect you.Sure thing while some dude is stabbing people.

[Krome]

I would like to own a gun too, but carrying it with me would get me hunt down by the cops.

[Miuku.]

Marshall, on 27 April 2012 - 19:13, said:

Here's one for the anti-gunners. How many people would have been injured/killed if this man didn't choose to carry a concealed weapon and more importantly, have the bravery to engage this psycho.

Here's one for you; how many homicides with firearms were committed during the day this guy used his gun for something useful, in the USA? The answer is approximately 80.

And here's another comment; once you've been aimed in the head with a gun while trying to help someone, your perspective on how wonderful they are might change. But I don't really expect most of you to understand, you're just children that haven't seen real life outside TV anyway.