Just had this brought to my attention: over Labor Day weekend, a legally armed Hawaii man stopped an active shooting situation, fatally striking a gunman who’d driven onto the property during a large family gathering and indiscriminately opened fire. civilbeat.org/2024/09/man-wh
Man Who Killed Shooter In Waianae Acted In Self-Defense, Lawyer Says
The gunman managed to kill three woman and injure two others, and the legally armed man was on his own property, defending his own family. Guess who police arrested on “suspicion of murder?” That’s right. The legal gun owner who clearly acted in self-defense.
It took nearly two weeks for investigators to finally determine that, “oh, hey, maybe we shouldn’t prosecute this guy who saved a bunch of lives on his own property just because this is Hawaii and ‘Guns Bad.'” hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/09/20/man
Man who killed Waianae Valley shooter describes moments leading to deadly rampage
According to subsequent interviews, the gunman was a neighbor who’d spent years terrorizing the community. In fact, the legal gun owner had literally procured the firearm entirely because he and his family were afraid of the neighbor who ultimately tried to kill them all.
Oh, also, because Hawaii has magazine capacity laws, the homeowner quickly expended his ammo against the gunman and had to start looking for his second gun. hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/09/19/pro
‘I just fired’: Waianae couple recounts horrific attack that led to husband killing neighbor