# Let's fix teenaged gunman shootings

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-fix-teenaged-gunman-shootings/429028>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 6, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-fix-teenaged-gunman-shootings/429028 "2007-12-06T15:00:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-fix-teenaged-gunman-shootings/429028/201 "2007-12-10T21:48:31Z")

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It appears the most recent church shootings were stopped by a private citizen with a personal firearm.

> **[Security guard who stopped shooter credits God - CNN.com](https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/10/colorado.shootings/index.html)**
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> "It seemed like it was me, the gunman, and God," said Jeanne Assam, describing her feelings as she confronted a man who charged into her Colorado Springs church Sunday firing a weapon.

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**Author:** ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-fix-teenaged-gunman-shootings/429028/202 "2007-12-10T22:03:54Z")

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[QUOTE=E-Sabbath]  
It appears the most recent church shootings were stopped by a private citizen with a personal firearm.

> **[Security guard who stopped shooter credits God - CNN.com](https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/10/colorado.shootings/index.html)**
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> "It seemed like it was me, the gunman, and God," said Jeanne Assam, describing her feelings as she confronted a man who charged into her Colorado Springs church Sunday firing a weapon.

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Hmm… according to many around here this could only happen in a gun nut’s wet dream. Guess not.

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**Author:** ![Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tool_of_the_Conspiracy)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-fix-teenaged-gunman-shootings/429028/203 "2007-12-11T03:50:00Z")

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[QUOTE=jtgain]  
I think it is more like saying you have a Mustang, when you really have a Focus just because Ford made it.  
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Or saying you have a Mustang when you have a Mustang II. 🙂

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