So, we get another absolutely horrendous event in Texas at a church in Sutherland Springs. This was just another of the sick, deranged, out of control, indefensible attacks that seem to happen entirely too often in our country.
There is no reason for it to happen, which makes it so much more difficult to stop. I don’t believe that by and large, this is a gun issue. I do wish that the mainstream media would fairly report on these incidents, but I don’t think that strict gun laws will solve this.
I’m still trying to get an honest definition of “Common sense gun laws”. This guy should have been banned from owning a firearm as a convicted domestic abuser. The problem isn’t that that’s not currently illegal, it’s that his military record doesn’t count apparently in the civilian law enforcement community. That’s a problem for sure, and it needs to be fixed. Liek bump-stocks, that’s not anything that I’ve ever heard brought up as part of “common sense gun laws”, so I better not hear it now. One of the biggest common sense gun laws is already on the books, don’t kill people with guns. But these idiots don’t seem to care much about that law, so maybe if we put laws on the books that have less consequences than murder, we can stop this, right? The logic here astounds me.
As of this morning, the gentleman’s name hadn’t been released, so some of this next bit may be a little outdated by the time that you read this, but here it goes. A neighbor retrieved his rifle and began a firefight with the shooter. This pinned him down and we’re told probably led the shooter to flee. A second neighbor, Johnnie Langendorff, used his personal vehicle to chase the shooter, who had been wounded by the unnamed neighbor. During the chase, the shooter apparently called his Father, saying he was wounded and didn’t think he was going to make it. We find out later that he did shoot himself, but that may not have had an impact on the day, as he was already wounded and crashed his car.
After that, it gets a little sketchy. An interview with Langendorff made it seem that law enforcement was 5-7 minutes behind them after the crash, but some media outlets claim that the crash occurred as law enforcement was chasing him. Either way, it’s pretty clear that the unnamed neighbor clearly saved lives as the shooter didn’t appear to have any intentions of leaving until he was shot. So thank you to that gentleman and anti gun folks be damned, I wish there were more of you out there. And don’t short change Langendorff, he showed incredible bravery to chase the guy down too.
One other question, but be warned, this is just educated conjecture. The mainstream media wants everyone to hate “assault rifles”, so this makes a little sense, but I still need to ask. What type of rifle did the neighbor have? If the shooter was using a Ruger AR-556. I would seriously doubt that the neighbor used a single shot bolt action rifle to pin down and wound the shooter. I would speculate that the neighbor used a similar weapon, something that was semi-automatic, like the Ruger and held more than 3-5 rounds before reloading. It just makes sense to me. The thing that bothers me is that all of the news outlets reported the shooter using an “assault rifle” and the local resident returning fire with a rifle. It drives me crazy that because a similar rifle used by someone who wasn’t evil doesn’t fit their narrative, so they have to classify it differently.
I just wanted to point that last bit out as a personal observation. The guy could’ve been just a great shot and wounded the shooter without getting injured himself even though he was seriously out gunned, but I just think that my scenario fits a little better.
Anyone else?