The stats are pretty clear on this. I’ll provide some more data over the next week on this difficult subject. Clearly, there is a crisis in America on these mass killings but taking guns away from law-abiding people would be THE WORST solution to this.
It is estimated that 500,000 to 3 million crimes and murders are thwarted every year from good guys with guns. I don’t know what the solution is for tragedies like the one in Texas - but I’m confident that the answer is NOT to take away guns from lawful citizens who use them DAILY to defend themselves, their businesses, their families and others. You can search the Heritage foundation database here.
Taken from The Daily Signal NOTE: these are examples JUST FROM APRIL 2022.
EXCERPT:
The examples below represent only a small portion of the news stories on defensive gun use that we found in April. You may explore more by using The Heritage Foundation’s interactive Defensive Gun Use Database. (The Daily Signal is the multimedia news organization of The Heritage Foundation.)
April 1, St. Paul: A man fatally shot his daughter’s ex-boyfriend after he kicked in the family’s front door in the middle of the night and threatened her, police said. The former boyfriend had a long history of domestic violence, including three prior convictions for domestic assault dating to 2006. He was facing additional domestic violence charges—all related to alleged physical assaults against the man and his daughter—and had active warrants out for his arrest.
April 5, Somerset, Kentucky: A man was assaulting his girlfriend inside their home when a juvenile came to the woman’s defense, retrieved a handgun, and fatally shot her assailant, local officials said.
April 7, Brownsboro, Texas: A would-be burglar who broke into a house by smashing through glass in the front door found himself face-to-face with the homeowner, who—armed with an AR-15—held him at gunpoint until police arrived. The burglar was arrested, but police said they were unable to locate a second, female suspect believed to be his accomplice.
April 8, Melbourne, Florida: A man sitting in his truck outside a friend’s house was confronted by an acquaintance who, angry about an earlier argument, opened fire on him, police said. The man grabbed his own handgun and shot back. When the handgun jammed, the man—still under fire—grabbed an AR-15 from his backseat. During the ensuing shootout, he got out of the truck to use it as cover. He eventually retrieved a second AR-15 from his trunk and maintained his defensive fire until his assailant ran away. Police were able to find, arrest, and charge the man with several felonies. No one was injured during the shootout, police said.
April 11, Las Vegas: A teenager was arguing with someone on a residential street when a neighbor, who was walking his dog, tried to intervene, police said. The teenager pointed a gun at the man and threatened him, but he was legally carrying his own gun and fatally shot the teen. Police said the man acted in lawful self-defense, wasn’t arrested, and won’t face charges.
April 14, Charleston, South Carolina: A man called police to say that another driver had shot at him, but his story quickly fell apart when other witnesses reported that he was, in fact, the aggressor in a violent road rage incident. Officers arrested the man, who is accused of tailgating a female driver, throwing a soda can at her car, and then threatening her with a gun before firing several rounds at her. She grabbed her own gun from the glovebox and shot back in self-defense, police said.
April 17, Philadelphia: Two armed men with fake badges impersonated police officers, forced their way inside a home, and attempted to zip-tie a resident’s hands, police said. The resident quickly realized that the men were not real cops, drew his own gun, and fatally shot one of them. The second intruder, who fled, was not immediately captured. The resident encouraged fellow Philadelphians who can legally own guns to buy one to protect themselves from violent crime.
April 21, Brentwood, Tennessee: When a woman’s estranged husband violated a protection order and showed up at her apartment without permission, she called her father and brother for help, police said. When they arrived, the husband lunged at them, so the brother shot him three times, wounding him. Police said the husband would be charged with stalking and violating a protection order when he is released from a hospital.
April 25, Cleveland: A man held a store employee at gunpoint and grabbed cash from an open register, police said. As he turned around to flee, another employee tried to follow him out, so he shot at her. This employee, however, was armed. She returned fire, striking the robber in the leg. Responding officers couldn’t find the injured robber, but recovered his abandoned backpack with the gun still inside.
April 27, Princeton, West Virginia: A homeowner discovered a man breaking into his vehicle in the middle of the night, then held him at gunpoint until police arrived. Responding officers found several items in the man’s possession that had been stolen from area residents, including the backpack in which the man had placed the other items.
April 29, Miami: An employee at a demolition and trash hauling company confronted a man who was trying to steal a catalytic converter from a car in the company lot, police said. Instead of fleeing, the would-be thief ran at the employee while wielding a saw, so the employee drew his firearm and shot him. The wounded thief dropped the catalytic converter and fled, but police later found him and his stolen getaway car.
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The increase in school shootings since 2012 seems to coincide with the marxist/woke agenda induced mental health crisis far more than with the access to or sale of guns.
For the last 50+ years, our society has been inundated with several evil ideas that have led directly to these kinds of tragedies -
Fathers are unnecessary
Masculinity is toxic
Children are expendable
We have welfare, food stamps and housing programs that make it easy for women to do without a man in the home, and the children go fatherless. We have legalized the killing of inconvenient babies, and the glamorization of casual sex hook ups - from which many of the inconvenient babies are created. Feminists have been railing on about how boys and men are toxic, and should be re-molded into effeminized versions of manhood. Boys are missing out on the ability to explore and learn to tame their natural aggressive and competitive natures, and instead are drugged and shamed into obedience to the rulers of the government indoctrination centers (aka public schools.) The foundational family has become a rarity in which children are raised with two involved, caring, nurturing parents, and are mostly left to figure out life via social media and their peers.
Is there ANY wonder that from this toxic, evil soup we've made of our society that evil is permeating every aspect of our lives, and in some cases, being celebrated?