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Seattle: "Good guy" with pepper spray stops "bad guy" with gun. Good guy and bad guy both still alive; bad guy being arraigned for trial.
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I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...
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At 8:35 AM, June 11, 2014
Kathie had this to say...
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At 5:06 PM, June 11, 2014
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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At 8:53 PM, June 11, 2014
Kathie had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->In Las Vegas it didn't occur to the "good guy with the gun" that the "bad guy with a gun" would be female (she's the one who shot and killed him).
Yes. He had no training. He just thought having a gun was enough.
I imagine a professional law-enforcement officer would've known to look for the possibility of multiple shooters, and to regard women as potential suspects as well. The inherent sexism, as well as amateurism, of "the good guy with a gun" cost this otherwise well-meaning but under-qualified person his life, and has left behind bereaved family and friends.
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