A 22 year old guy with a concealed carry license

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Vigilante who should have called the Police.

Something else, please explain.

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Shot and killed a potential mass murderer.
Some on the anti gun side are calling him a vigilante.
What do you call him?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/07/17/us/indiana-greenwood-park-mall-shooting/index.html

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ShadowSister · 51-55, F

While I would like to see stricter regulation of guns, it's nice to see a story where someone with a concealed carry license was able to use their gun for its intended purpose.

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@ShadowSister 12,000 federal gun laws and 20,000 on the state level is pretty strict. But yes, it is nice to see this. This kind of thing (good guy with a gun stops a bad guy with a gun/defensive uses of guns) happens between 500,000 and 2,000,000 times a year according to the FBI. So it happens more than is reported for sure.

FreeSpirit1 · F

@ShadowSister Stricter for criminals or the law abiding? Criminals don't follow laws so it only affects one side.
I have a handgun license I received in another State when I moved to the State I'm in now I had to re apply for my right to carry, I had to answer questions from the police captain of my Town on why I NEEDED a gun, I said because it was my right...wrong answer and it was denied.
It took 2 more applications before I was approved to carry. I have no criminal record have never been arrested and have never shot anyone.
But my state will arrest someone for a crime who has an illegal gun with the serial number scratched off and release him on his own recognizance untill trial.....we have things backwards.

LunadelobosIAMTHEDRAGON · F

@FreeSpirit1 Yeah your state has things backwards, wow.
What a shame, it does cost lives, no doubt.

ShadowSister · 51-55, F

@FreeSpirit1 This is not an issue I am heavily invested in, so I'm not particularly well-versed. I freely confess that I don't have much more than talking points. I typically hear a call for (a) universal background checks, and (b) 3-day waiting periods.

It's not fair that you were denied for giving the answer that it was your right. May I ask what state you are in?

FreeSpirit1 · F

@ShadowSister Massachusetts

ShadowSister · 51-55, F

@FreeSpirit1 Ah that makes sense. It would be a lot different if you were in, say, Texas.