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War Eagle · Jun 30, 2016

Deputies said 32-year-old Jody Ray Thompson pulled out a gun after getting into an argument with another man and fired several rounds toward a crowd that had gathered out in front of the club.

"His rounds struck 3 victims, and almost struck a fourth victim, who in self-defense, pulled his own weapon and fired, striking Thompson in the leg," Lt. Kevin Bobo said.

Bobo said the man who shot Thompson has a valid concealed weapons permit, cooperated with investigators, and wont be facing any charges.

http://www.wistv.com/story/32308903/deputies-man-opened-fire-wounded-several-at-nightclub

Escape Goat · Jun 30, 2016

Lieutenant Bobo

Dennis · Jun 30, 2016

That is some wild west shit there.

Deputies said 32-year-old Jody Ray Thompson pulled out a gun after getting into an argument with another man and fired several rounds toward a crowd that had gathered out in front of the club.

"His rounds struck 3 victims"

I don't get this mentality - "I am mad at some guy so let me just shoot indiscriminately towards a crowd"

Dreams-Visions · Jun 30, 2016

Good for him and glad to hear nobody else was injured by either party. I can only imagine how big the crowd might have been at a nightclub.

Beer Monkey · Jun 30, 2016

Problem is for every successful 'good guy with a gun' story there's literally hundreds of 'idiot shoots their loved one' stories.

jmdajr · Jun 30, 2016

Beer Monkey said:
Problem is for every successful 'good guy with a gun' story there's literally hundreds of 'idiot shoots their loved one' stories.

sadly

LordGorchnik · Jun 30, 2016

Beer Monkey said:
Problem is for every successful 'good guy with a gun' story there's literally hundreds of 'idiot shoots their loved one' stories.

Or that the media just likes to report the latter more.

Valkyr Junkie · Jun 30, 2016

Not sure I would consider this "preventing a mass shooting."

firehawk12 · Jun 30, 2016

I mean, the other thing to take away is that if no one had a gun, there wouldn't have been a shooting at all. Maybe that guy would have thrown a few punches and then got beaten up by everyone else.

Stinkles · Jun 30, 2016

Huh? Couldn't the headline also be:

Unfettered Gun Access Allows Hothead to Start Blasting at Rival, Ignoring Safety of Bystanders?

I'm glad nobody died, but the use of "mass shooting" seems wildly inappropriate.

Trojita · Jun 30, 2016

Stopped a shooter? Yes

Stopped a mass shooting? Hazy declaration.

It's good that none of the victims had life threatening injuries and this guy stopped him from shooting some more.

Herr Starr · Jun 30, 2016

Beer Monkey said:
Problem is for every successful 'good guy with a gun' story there's literally hundreds of 'idiot shoots their loved one' stories.

Even a broken clock will show the right time twice a day.

AYF 001 · Jun 30, 2016

"Concealed Carrier Prevents Mass Shooting Caused by Concealed Carrier".

*Insert Simpsons Alcohol .gif*

Corronchilejano · Jun 30, 2016

Look we all know how this thread is going to play out. Let's imagine it already did.

... too late.

kinggroin · Jun 30, 2016

Beer Monkey said:
Problem is for every successful 'good guy with a gun' story there's literally hundreds of 'idiot shoots their loved one' stories.

Not saying you're wrong, but you can't take media bias off the table.

kswiston · Jun 30, 2016

The title makes it seem like this was an attempted mass shooting like the one in Orlando, but it seems like a spur of the moment decision by someone else who shouldn't have been going to clubs with a gun in the first place.

Akuun · Jun 30, 2016

Good for this guy.

It's still mind blowing to me that multiple people in the US can pull out guns because they all happened to be carrying, and start a firefight at any time.

Rich! · Jun 30, 2016

Dude did good. good job dude.

Akuun said:
Good for this guy.

It's still mind blowing to me that multiple people in the US can pull out guns because they all happened to be carrying, and start a firefight at any time.

JP_ · Jun 30, 2016

LordGorchnik said:
Or that the media just likes to report the latter more.

lol no.

massoluk · Jun 30, 2016

Alternative headline... A guy with concealed weapon started shooting at SC Nightclub

Aiii · Jun 30, 2016

Beer Monkey said:
Problem is for every successful 'good guy with a gun' story there's literally hundreds of 'idiot shoots their loved one' stories.

Why go that far?

In this story alone there's one bad guy with a gun shooting into a crowd before there is a good guy in a gun shooting that guy. There wouldn't even be a need for the latter without the former.

Mr Fahrenheit · Jun 30, 2016

LordGorchnik said:
Or that the media just likes to report the latter more.

I was going to say this but it'd be really weird to have two people with the same avatar making the same post

explodet · Jun 30, 2016

The headline could have easily read "Four People Shot at SC Nightclub."

The headline should have read "Everybody at SC Nightclub Had a Good Time and Nobody Got Shot."

nOoblet16 · Jun 30, 2016

Oh shit...the elusive good guy with a gun that the NRA will jump on now.

Übermatik · Jun 30, 2016

AYF 001 said:
"Concealed Carrier Prevents Mass Shooting Caused by Concealed Carrier".

*Insert Simpsons Alcohol .gif*

Guy who shot at the crowd didn't have a permit to carry the weapon, though.

*EDIT* Just picking up on the use of the term 'Concealed Carrier', that's all.

MidnightMania · Jun 30, 2016

Valkyr Junkie said:
Not sure I would consider this "preventing a mass shooting."

Dude, just....just.....okay?

QuantumBro · Jun 30, 2016

A mass shooting is usually defined as a shooting with four or more victims, so the headline's not wrong.

LewieP · Jun 30, 2016

I think you mean "Individual with a gun nearly engages in mass shooting".

Master Yoshi · Jun 30, 2016

If only neither of these men were armed, nobody would have been shot whatsoever.

NekoFever · Jun 30, 2016

It's cool, he only shot three people. Barely qualifies as a shooting at all.

Mammoth Jones · Jun 30, 2016

On one side I doubt this was a "mass shooting" as intended by the scumbag.

On the other side I expect to see this incident of self defense shat on as it's counter to the narrative that all guns are evil under any circumstance.

Fallout-NL · Jun 30, 2016

MidnightMania said:
Dude, just....just.....okay?

Just a couple of rounds, nothing crazy.

Master Yoshi said:
If only neither of these men were armed, nobody would have been shot whatsoever.

Hey now, let's not go there.

Busty · Jun 30, 2016

Escape Goat said:
Lieutenant Bobo

He'll tell us what to do.

Pizoxuat · Jun 30, 2016

QuantumBro said:
A mass shooting is usually defined as a shooting with four or more victims, so the headline's not wrong.

The mass shooting wasn't prevented, it was ended.

PopeReal · Jun 30, 2016

Master Yoshi said:
If only neither of these men were armed, nobody would have been shot whatsoever.

If a third person was armed he could have shot both of them and been the real hero.

"Hero kills 2 shooters at club."

bachikarn · Jun 30, 2016

Not sure if this really strengthens the argument that there shouldn't be more regulation on guns

PeskyToaster · Jun 30, 2016

so the NRA is right, time to donate i guess.

Nozem · Jun 30, 2016

Master Yoshi said:
If only neither of these men were armed, nobody would have been shot whatsoever.

That is wishful thinking. There are more than 300 million guns in circulation in the USA. You can't make them magically disappear.

ghst · Jun 30, 2016

if neither of them had a gun nobody would've gotten shot.

difficult to process this one, i know.

ScatheZombie · Jun 30, 2016

He didn't prevent a mass shooting. Two idiots shot each other. One had better aim.

Wolfgunblood Garopa · Jun 30, 2016

3:30 am at a nightclub is certainly a great time and place to enjoy the perks of a CC permit.

Tal Shiar Agent · Jun 30, 2016

If no one had a gun the worst the guy could do is stab someone, but more likely get into a fistfight. Having easy access to guns makes any argument and potential confrontation so much more dangerous.

GreatestHits · Jun 30, 2016

As long as "terrorists" with guns are getting prevented by others with guns, the 2nd ammendment is going nowhere. This article tried to extrapolate and push the gun thing and failed, however this signifies imo a classic instance of gun bans failing in court, while creating a stronger argument for control. Can anyone guess what's gonna happen in the future?

aeolist · Jun 30, 2016

Mammoth Jones said:
On one side I doubt this was a "mass shooting" as intended by the scumbag.

On the other side I expect to see this incident of self defense shat on as it's counter to the narrative that all guns are evil under any circumstance.

we'll start liking guns when guns are proven to make us safer

right now every statistic we have shows the opposite

enjoy your delusion of security

Deleted member 47027 · Jun 30, 2016

Stinkles said:
Huh? Couldn't the headline also be:

Unfettered Gun Access Allows Hothead to Start Blasting at Rival, Ignoring Safety of Bystanders?

I'm glad nobody died, but the use of "mass shooting" seems wildly inappropriate.

You don't get clicks that way, Stankles. If you want clicks, and engagement, you gotta go with what's hot.

Siegcram · Jun 30, 2016

That's not what "prevent" means ...

Link · Jun 30, 2016

Nozem said:
That is wishful thinking. There are more than 300 million guns in circulation in the USA. You can't make them magically disappear.

You're right, let's just not do anything. Things seem to be going just fine right now.

LordGorchnik said:
Or that the media just likes to report the latter more.

kinggroin said:
Not saying you're wrong, but you can't take media bias off the table.

Sure, guys.

Dennis · Jun 30, 2016

ghst said:
if neither of them had a gun nobody would've gotten shot.

difficult to process this one, i know.

Lets try to keep it sane, shall we?

GreatestHits · Jun 30, 2016

Siegcram said:
That's not what "prevent" means ...

Is neutralized ok?

zeemumu · Jun 30, 2016

Dennis said:
That is some wild west shit there.

They made you check in your guns in the wild west.

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