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Powderman · February 17, 2006, 04:50 AM

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The Austin (Texas) tower sniper is a prime example of having an ARMED citizenry. No, it has nothing to do with CCW, but....a citizen, armed with a shotgun, assisted a police officer when it became necessary to "storm" that university tower. The crazed sniper had killed 11 people, but had it not been for that police officer AND the armed citizen, it could have been worse!

There is also another, much less known factor in that incident.

Whitman would undoubtedly have continued killing; the police at that time were hopelessly outgunned. The thing that kept Whitman's head down--and gave time for the police and the armed citizen to even approach the tower--was when a bunch of good ol' boys stopped their cars, pulled out scoped bolt-action rifles, and proceeded to provide covering fire from ground level.

Hook 'em, horns! GO TEXAS!

spacemanspiff · February 23, 2006, 07:00 PM

up to two and a half weeks now.

Wildalaska · February 23, 2006, 07:27 PM

Gee Spiff now I'm carrying two guns

Wildgotmydads45Alaska

February 23, 2006, 07:00 PM	#27
spacemanspiff Senior Member Join Date: January 16, 2002 Location: alaska Posts: 3,498	up to two and a half weeks now. __________________ "Every man alone is sincere; at the entrance of a second person hypocrisy begins." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." - Soren Kierkegaard

February 23, 2006, 07:27 PM	#28
Wildalaska Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Location: In my own little weird world in Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 14,172	Gee Spiff now I'm carrying two guns Wildgotmydads45Alaska