A Question on Civilian Armed Response (re: Aurora)

[ChicagoRonin]

Regarding those making the argument that the situation in Aurora would have been different had one or more of the patrons been armed, is there any history of this scenario having actually played out successfully? Is there a single documented case in the news or elsewhere in which someone who was a credible threat in a public situation (mall, movie theater, train, etc.) was taken down by a deadly response from an armed civilian or civilians (or even unarmed civilians)? I'm genuinely curious.

[sadbear]

1. Gabby Giffords

Oh wait, never mind.

[loli phabay]

2. the google is your friend :)

[former9thward]

3. There are many.

Here is just three.

Appalachian School of Law, January 16, 2002. Former student killed three before being taken down by armed students.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_School_of_Law_shooting

Another: In the small town of Winnemucca Nevada a man bent on performing a mass shooting at a bar was stopped by an armed CCW permit holder who happened to be in the right place at the right time. The alleged mass murderer had already killed two victims & had injured two others with gunshot wounds, but after reloading to resume his shooting spree he was shot & killed by an armed CCW permit holder who was also at the bar.

http://dustinsgunblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/nv-mass-shooting-stopped-by-ccw-permit.html

Another:

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - A citizen with a gun stopped a knife wielding man as he began stabbing people Thursday evening at the downtown Salt Lake City Smith's store.

Police say the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon. Smith's employee Dorothy Espinoza says, "He pulled it out and stood outside the Smiths in the foyer. And just started stabbing people and yelling you killed my people. You killed my people."

Espinoza says, the knife wielding man seriously injured two people. "There is blood all over. One got stabbed in the stomach and got stabbed in the head and held his hands and got stabbed all over the arms."

Then, before the suspect could find another victim - a citizen with a gun stopped the madness. "A guy pulled gun on him and told him to drop his weapon or he would shoot him. So, he dropped his weapon and the people from Smith's grabbed him."


http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top_stories/story/conceal-and-carry-stabbing-salt-lake-city-smiths/NDNrL1gxeE2rsRhrWCM9dQ.cspx