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LucasMcCain wrote:Does anyone remember the doctor that shot someone who appeared to be a mass shooter? I think he was a psychiatrist, and a nurse brought in a patient who shot the nurse in front of him. The doc drew a pistol and shot the guy dead, but his pockets were full of spare magazines. It was a gun free zone, but the hospital didn't fire the doc or anything because it appeared that he saved a lot of lives. I just can't remember the details like the guy's name or where it happened. Maybe one of you can? Seems like it's been a year or two.

Don't meant this one, do you? http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/07/26/of ... rests.html

Eugene Volokh, for [url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/10/03/do-civilians-with-guns-ever-stop-mass-shootings/?utm_term=.6488591173d9]The Washington Post[/url], wrote:5. Near Spartanburg, S.C., in 2012, Jesse Gates went to his church armed with a shotgun and kicked in a door. But Aaron Guyton, who had a concealed-carry license, drew his gun and pointed it at Gates, and other parishioners then disarmed Gates. Note that in this instance, unlike the others, it’s possible that the criminal wasn’t planning on killing anyone, but just brought the shotgun to church and kicked in the door to draw attention to himself or vent his frustration.

I know my first thoughts and approaches to someone holding a shotgun kicking open my front door would be:

1. Think he might be there to show me the shotgun, perhaps ask me my opinion of how he has it configured. My first response: ask, "Is that an 870 with an extended tube? Is it a cylinder bore?"
2. Think that he might be there simply to draw attention to himself. My second response: say, "Hey, how ya doin'! It's great to see you! I was just going to start a pot of fresh coffee. Want to join me and chat a while?"
3. Think that he might be there to vent frustrations, that he's experiencing stress in his life unrelated to me--or my front door--and just needs someone to listen. My third response: see response #2.
4. Think that someone kicking in my front door and holding a shotgun might represent a potential threat to my well being. My third response: wait for one of my neighbors to call 911 and for the coroner's wagon to arrive. Because I never got past the first eight syllables of response #1.

Great job by Aaron Guyton and the other parishioners. They stopped a potential tragedy before anyone was killed. Strange, isn't it, how stories like this--those in which no one was shot, stabbed, or blown up--so seldom make the news?

As one of our longtime members (who hasn't been active here in a while) used to say: "My mama always told me that if someone broke into the house, he was not there for iced tea and biscuits."