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Unfortunately, I don't think I agree with the pacifists of the group who would duck and run. I believe if I were in this situation I would not only worry about the harm he just did but also the harm by the perpetrator leaving the scene and killing someone either in a chase or spree killing. No one knows the mind of a person at the time of the incident and the Good Samaritan may have feared he would hurt others. I do believe there are lessons to be learned, either you are in the fight or you are out of it and if you are in it you better be willing to pull the trigger first.

I know I will get blow back but I grew up in a rural area of the state in a LEO family and knew that help would be a long wait, so maybe I see things a little different than most, I would have stopped him if I could have done so without endangering innocents.

I also remember a Good Samaritan deer hunter on Hwy 67 a long time ago that shot and killed a man who had just shot a Texas DPS trooper, this man choose to remain anonymous for a long time but has since been identified and has been considered a hero by the DPS and even given a commerative pistol as a token of their appreciation. This appreciation was not only for avenging the death of a DPS Trooper but also from preventing this person from going on to harm or kill others. He stopped a bad guy that day.

http://www.odmp.org/officer/8242-patrol ... arles-long

More people need to take action and less people will consider doing harm to others. There is not enough police to be everywhere and if the bad guys think they can get away with it, then they will continue to do things like this, but if this or any other bad guy thought or knew that several other people in that Walgreens had a weapon and would use it (not back down) then he might not of even been there in the first place.

Let the bashing begin.