We had a guy drive all over the suburbs of North Western Phoenix today shooting people. There are 8 or 9 scenes right now. 1 person has died and 12 others injured.
I’m hearing that the shooter was chanting “Allah Akbar” after being taken into custody. FBI has stated investigating almost immediately.
Mormons !
The article of course no desc no other info if he was white we would have heard all about it and how he most likely was for trump knowing todays idiocy
That is a bit scary though to be driving around doing this I know when I stop I leave a ton of room so I can move in a vehicle forward and am always looking around
Daughters college is close to that area but just inside the 101 loop
Thought that was mostly older people in that area near sun city ?
There is just not that many trigger pullers around. The odds of being the one gun faced are probably as slim as winning the lottery. Besides in this era not many are going to sprint across the office park to get involved when you could most likely be labeled the second suspect. David
If it wasn’t for this thread I wouldn’t know anything about this shooting as it is nowhere on the national news sites. If the murderer was wearing a MAGA hat and flying a confederate flag it would be non-stop national news with Slow Joe and the Hoe having multiple press conferences.
They do, and happens regulary, and gets zero media coverage. However, the % of people with CCWs who actually carry regularly is surprisingly low, so if you look at % of people with a CCW (not including states with Const carry) and the % of those who actually do it regularly, and the statistical likelihood of actually being in the right (or wrong?) place at the time of such an event, which unlike TV, happens quickly, it’s still low chances of that actually happening. Obviously it varies considerably state to state and area of a state.
Finally, it’s also more likely those with CCW tend to avoid areas and locations where such things have a higher potential to take place is my guess/experience, so another reason perhaps those law abiding types who are armed less likely to be involved in such an event.
Around here most shootings happen in the same neighborhoods. Those who shoot back are typically wannabe gangstas shooting back at wannabe gangstas. I avoid being anywhere near those neighborhoods which is easy for me because I simply have no business being there.
As others have said, not that many law-abiding people are armed in public. Before Constitutional Carry became law, Tennessee had issued about 600k carry permits which is about 10% of adults. I’d be real surprised if more than 10% of those with permits actually carried much. So… maybe 1% of the adult population. And how many would choose to engage an active shooter if they had an option to hide/flee?
One of the reasons you don’t hear about it much is because most of the time there isn’t a bang. The numbers you cite sound similar to surveys done by Gary Kleck. So-called defensive gun uses can be anything from a homeowner grabbing his gun to check a noise (cat jumping on a garbage can) to a situation like the McCloskeys.
Shooting at someone in a moving vehicle adds a ton of variables that could completely turn you into a murderer very quickly. Unless you can 100% hit that shot perfectly as a civilian, which most can’t, returning fire in this situation might put you in prison.