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Why don't we hear more about these public shootings?

• A 1997 high school shooting in Pearl, Miss., was halted by the school's vice principal after he retrieved the Colt .45 he kept in his truck.

• A 1998 middle school shooting ended when a man living next door heard gunfire and apprehended the shooter with his shotgun.

• A 2002 terrorist attack at an Israeli school was quickly stopped by an armed teacher and a school guard.

• A 2002 law school shooting in Grundy, Va., came to an abrupt conclusion when students carrying firearms confronted the shooter.

• A 2007 mall shooting in Ogden, Utah, ended when an armed off-duty police officer intervened.

• A 2009 workplace shooting in Houston, Texas, was halted by two coworkers who carried concealed handguns.

• A 2012 church shooting in Aurora, Colo., was stopped by a member of the congregation carrying a gun.

• At the recent mall shooting in Portland, Ore., the gunman took his own life minutes after being confronted by a shopper carrying a concealed weapon.

Why haven't most of you heard of these?

Update:

I'm assuming that many people who are far to the left like the media is are always being fed the tragic stories of shootings, but don't report when an armed citizen does the saving.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    they lying liberal press will not report anything that does not serve their agenda

    0.1% of all deaths for children between the ages 0-14 are from firearms, 0.6% are from motor vehicles, 5.3% are from being struck in beatings or bludgeoning, 6.0% from poisoning, and 42.6% from suffocation.

    you won't hear any of this

    Source(s): 0.1% of all deaths for children between the ages 0-14 are from firearms, 0.6% are from motor vehicles, 5.3% are from being struck in beatings or bludgeoning, 6.0% from poisoning, and 42.6% from suffocation.
  • ?
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    Because we have state ran media. Journalists at one time tried to expose corruption in government like they did with Nixon but now they only report what government wants them to and they cover things up like Benghazi.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Because they were stopped by an armed citizen, and that contradicts the liberal agenda.

    So the truth must be silenced.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Because Obama is against anything resembling the truth.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    Liberals are told by college proffessors what to think

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    I heard about all of them. Why do you assume that others haven't?

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