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Title: 13 Times in February Armed Citizens Intervened to Stop Crimes
Post by: Bigun on March 12, 2019, 04:17:29 pm
13 Times in February Armed Citizens Intervened to Stop Crimes


The fundamental right to keep and bear arms is a vital tool safeguarding individual liberty.

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Last month, we documented some extraordinary examples from January of armed citizens relying on their Second Amendment rights to protect themselves and others.

We pointed out that these were average, everyday Americans who were just going about their lives. They did not go looking for evil but were nonetheless prepared to deal with the evil that found them.

February has produced even more evidence that the fundamental right to keep and bear arms is not an anachronism that no longer deserves constitutional protection, but a vital tool safeguarding individual liberty.

Studies routinely indicate that every year, Americans use their firearms in defense of themselves or others between 500,000 and 2 million times. Very few of these defensive gun uses receive national publicity—if they receive publicity at all...

https://fee.org/articles/13-times-in-february-armed-citizens-intervened-to-stop-crimes/?utm_source=zapier&utm&fbclid=IwAR1RFahyGUnmbZuc7U1PXBr6ANPlXbsjA-LaPcoIomgAUpeqAhi8p8QGyYo


Title: Re: 13 Times in February Armed Citizens Intervened to Stop Crimes
Post by: Bigun on March 12, 2019, 04:18:27 pm
File under "things you won't read in the New York Times or Washington Post".
Title: Re: 13 Times in February Armed Citizens Intervened to Stop Crimes
Post by: austingirl on March 12, 2019, 04:36:46 pm
Good article @Bigun
Title: Re: 13 Times in February Armed Citizens Intervened to Stop Crimes
Post by: txradioguy on March 12, 2019, 06:51:06 pm
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The fundamental right to keep and bear arms is a vital tool safeguarding individual liberty.

And yet there are some Republicans that still can't grasp the simple concept of "Shall not infringe"
Title: Re: 13 Times in February Armed Citizens Intervened to Stop Crimes
Post by: txradioguy on March 12, 2019, 06:51:38 pm
File under "things you won't read in the New York Times or Washington Post".

File it under "Articles Lindsey Graham needs to read" as well.
Title: Re: 13 Times in February Armed Citizens Intervened to Stop Crimes
Post by: austingirl on March 13, 2019, 10:27:04 pm
Jesse Watters used the clip from the Tennessee gun store incident on The Five today. Probably the only instance of this being reported on TV. Juan Williams got the vapors.  :silly:
Title: Re: 13 Times in February Armed Citizens Intervened to Stop Crimes
Post by: To-Whose-Benefit? on March 14, 2019, 12:57:15 am
And those are only the ones the police were contacted on.

The real numbers are doubtless Way higher.
Title: Re: 13 Times in February Armed Citizens Intervened to Stop Crimes
Post by: Bigun on March 14, 2019, 01:02:47 am
And those are only the ones the police were contacted on.

The real numbers are doubtless Way higher.

Absolutely no doubt! 
Title: Re: 13 Times in February Armed Citizens Intervened to Stop Crimes
Post by: goatprairie on March 14, 2019, 03:48:23 am
File under "things you won't read in the New York Times or Washington Post".
One time on some internet forum debating the subject of citizens with guns, I informed some liberals that average citizens use guns  thousands of times annually for self defense.
And wouldn't you know, there were a number of liberals who could not wrap their tiny minds around the idea that average citizens could use guns to defend themselves or others.
A number simply refused to believe that could be possible.
That's how deep anti-gun propaganda has been ingrained in many people.