So apparently there’s a Good Guy With A Gun involved in the taking down of our loony stabber in Traverse City MI — not that you’d ever read or hear about it in the Messed-Up Media, of course.
Here’s Our Hero, and that’s the situation he found himself in.
Now good for him, in that he restrained himself from ventilating the nutcase. (I’m not quite sure what’s going on with that hold on the gun, mind you, but whatever.)
Apparently, he told the loony to drop the knife “several times” before the asshole saw the light of reason and dropped the knife
I have to say that if I were in his situation, standing what looks like three or four feet away from the nutcase, I’m not sure that I would have acted the same.
He’s standing very much in range of a stabbing lunge, and as we all know, that’s way too close for comfort.
I may or may not have issued a “Drop the fucking knife!” order, but I sure as hell would have popped three into his chest after the first refusal to do so. Standing close to a nutcase holding a bloodstained knife, with the screams of his victims echoing all over the place…
Like I said, the man showed admirable restraint. Others might not have.
Oh, and semper fi, Marine.
Absolutely! Thank you very much, but you’re lucky to be alive. Very lucky. At that distance, no verbal command from me. Trigger pulled the instant sights were on target.
yet another reason why an armed populace is an asset to society
I didn’t think one could say Semper Fi unless one had been Semper Fi, but Big Thanks to Dreadlock Dan for stopping the threat!
Yes, that is too close.
But, in todays climate he’d have to be fairly close before I pulled my heater. Like, maybe 50′ or so. Especially so if he looked like he was moving toward me. No time to dawdle.
I’m a staunch advocate of the *Ol’ Remus rule* so that is likely to never happen.
** Avoid crowds.**
“handgun hold”
He didn’t learn that in the Corps.