Gun Control & RKBA

Just reading posts

(688 posts) Thu Jun 30, 2016, 02:46 PM Jun 2016

Armed citizen stops mass shooting at SC nightclub

A woman who was shot outside a Lyman nightclub is recovering while authorities have arrested a man they say is responsible for shooting into a crowd early Sunday. Jody Ray Thompson, 32, of 15 Lake Vista Drive, has been charged with four counts of attempted murder, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime and unlawful carrying of a weapon.

Shots rang out at the Playoffz nightclub at 105 B Little Mountain Road before 3:30 a.m. Sunday, according to an incident report from the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies believe Thompson got into an argument with another man and began firing into a crowd of people outside the club, Lt. Kevin Bobo, a Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office spokesman, said in an email.

Three people were shot. Another man who was shot at returned fire with his own handgun and struck Thompson in the leg, he said. He acted in self-defense and has a concealed weapons permit, so he's not being charged, Bobo said.

Complete article: http://www.goupstate.com/article/20160627/ARTICLES/160629757?tc=ar

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Armed citizen stops mass shooting at SC nightclub (Original Post) Just reading posts Jun 2016 OP

Not a gun free zone apparently... Human101948 Jun 2016 #1

Never does sarisataka Jun 2016 #11

I'm glad he won't be charged. NaturalHigh Jun 2016 #2

Yup, always aim for center of mass. Just reading posts Jun 2016 #3

The shooter had a handgun. Could have been an entirely different story if he was using an assault blm Jun 2016 #4

Thankfully, weapons 'designed for mass casualties' are tightly controlled. beevul Jun 2016 #5

Oh...'mass casualties' aren't the result of civilians being armed with semi-automatic rifles. blm Jun 2016 #8

Are those goalposts lighter now that you removed 'designed' from them? N/T beevul Jun 2016 #10

Civilians don't use semi-automatic rifles to commit mass casualties because semi-automatic rifles blm Jun 2016 #12

Semi-automatic rifles are not designed for mass casualties. beevul Jun 2016 #19

And that's why civilians choose semi-automatic rifles NOT designed for mass casualties blm Jul 2016 #20

If we look around and investigate enough... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2016 #21

Kerosene and fertilizer are not designed for mass casualties. Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #22

An... Puha Ekapi Jun 2016 #6

Forgot about VA Tech? nt hack89 Jun 2016 #7

More likely ignoring it, as it doesn't fit into the current moral panic. friendly_iconoclast Jun 2016 #9

So more people couldabeen killed at VA Tech if ONLY that shooter had been equipped like blm Jun 2016 #13

Adam Lanza didn't need an AR-15 to kill those kids hack89 Jun 2016 #14

And the VA shooter would have stopped at 32 had he a semi-automatic rifle NOT designed to blm Jun 2016 #15

He didn't stop hack89 Jun 2016 #16

Perhaps it is the point you were making that didn't square…ever think of that? blm Jun 2016 #17

Pistols are just as lethal at close range hack89 Jun 2016 #18

Had he not been stopped, he probably would have killed more... Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #23

Human101948

(3,457 posts)

1. Not a gun free zone apparently...

Reply to Just reading posts (Original post)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 02:49 PM

Jun 2016

Doesn't count.

sarisataka

(21,000 posts)

11. Never does

Reply to Human101948 (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 04:50 PM

Jun 2016

does it?

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)

2. I'm glad he won't be charged.

Reply to Just reading posts (Original post)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 03:01 PM

Jun 2016

Risky shot, though, to hit him in the leg. I wonder if that was where he was aiming or if it just worked out that way.

Just reading posts

(688 posts)

3. Yup, always aim for center of mass.

Reply to NaturalHigh (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 03:07 PM

Jun 2016

blm

(113,820 posts)

4. The shooter had a handgun. Could have been an entirely different story if he was using an assault

Reply to Just reading posts (Original post)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 03:15 PM

Jun 2016

weapon designed for mass casualties.

Good thing it was just a handgun.

beevul

(12,194 posts)

5. Thankfully, weapons 'designed for mass casualties' are tightly controlled.

Reply to blm (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 03:39 PM

Jun 2016

Civilian legal semi-automatic rifles on the other hand, are designed specifically and substantially different from the actually military weapons that they resemble.

blm

(113,820 posts)

8. Oh...'mass casualties' aren't the result of civilians being armed with semi-automatic rifles.

Reply to beevul (Reply #5)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 04:01 PM

Jun 2016

Appreciate the correction.

beevul

(12,194 posts)

10. Are those goalposts lighter now that you removed 'designed' from them? N/T

Reply to blm (Reply #8)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 04:21 PM

Jun 2016

blm

(113,820 posts)

12. Civilians don't use semi-automatic rifles to commit mass casualties because semi-automatic rifles

Reply to beevul (Reply #10)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 05:29 PM

Jun 2016

are not designed for mass casualties.

Better?

beevul

(12,194 posts)

19. Semi-automatic rifles are not designed for mass casualties.

Reply to blm (Reply #12)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 09:30 PM

Jun 2016

There. Fixed it for you.

blm

(113,820 posts)

20. And that's why civilians choose semi-automatic rifles NOT designed for mass casualties

Reply to beevul (Reply #19)

Fri Jul 1, 2016, 08:07 AM

Jul 2016

to commit mass casualties.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,577 posts)

21. If we look around and investigate enough...

Reply to blm (Reply #20)

Fri Jul 1, 2016, 09:08 AM

Jul 2016

...we will find the most popular knife chosen by those that stab their victims. Should an item be banned because it's popular? Sometimes things are commonly chosen because they're popular.

Popular: prevailing among the people generally; liked or enjoyed by many people; accepted, followed, used, or done by many people.

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

22. Kerosene and fertilizer are not designed for mass casualties.

Reply to blm (Reply #8)

Fri Jul 1, 2016, 11:46 AM

Jul 2016

Puha Ekapi

(594 posts)

6. An...

Reply to blm (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 03:41 PM

Jun 2016

...AR-15 isn't any deadlier than a semi auto handgun with detachable magazine in the hands of someone halfway competent in this type of situation.

hack89

(39,179 posts)

7. Forgot about VA Tech? nt

Reply to blm (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 03:59 PM

Jun 2016

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)

9. More likely ignoring it, as it doesn't fit into the current moral panic.

Reply to hack89 (Reply #7)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 04:17 PM

Jun 2016

blm

(113,820 posts)

13. So more people couldabeen killed at VA Tech if ONLY that shooter had been equipped like

Reply to hack89 (Reply #7)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 05:34 PM

Jun 2016

Adam Lanza whose weapon was NOT designed to commit mass casualties.

So much better.

hack89

(39,179 posts)

14. Adam Lanza didn't need an AR-15 to kill those kids

Reply to blm (Reply #13)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 05:39 PM

Jun 2016

that is the lesson of VA Tech . If you can kill 32 adults with two pistols then you can do the same with a bunch of kids.

blm

(113,820 posts)

15. And the VA shooter would have stopped at 32 had he a semi-automatic rifle NOT designed to

Reply to hack89 (Reply #14)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 05:42 PM

Jun 2016

inflict mass casualties.

See…now I did not know that you understood these shooters so well. Thanks for your insight.

hack89

(39,179 posts)

16. He didn't stop

Reply to blm (Reply #15)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 06:03 PM

Jun 2016

He was stopped . Why can't controllers resist the insults? I have no insight into crazy people. I just don't take pride in being ignorant about guns.

blm

(113,820 posts)

17. Perhaps it is the point you were making that didn't square…ever think of that?

Reply to hack89 (Reply #16)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 06:15 PM

Jun 2016

Had VA Tech shooter been armed with 2 semi-automatic rifles (NOT 'designed for mass casualties' as I'm being told) he would still have been stopped at 32 kills because your implied point is that there is very little difference between shooters armed with handguns and shooters armed with semi-automatic rifles (NOT 'designed for mass casualties) as you thoughtful folks have noted.

Thanks SO much.

hack89

(39,179 posts)

18. Pistols are just as lethal at close range

Reply to blm (Reply #17)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 06:42 PM

Jun 2016

Same rate of fire with larger, heavier bullets.

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

23. Had he not been stopped, he probably would have killed more...

Reply to blm (Reply #17)

Fri Jul 1, 2016, 11:51 AM

Jul 2016

Standard pistol, several standard magazines, all in a tote bag. Even had a back-up target pistol -- designed for paper targets and tin cans.

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