{"id":81804,"date":"2022-06-02T13:15:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T18:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=81804"},"modified":"2022-06-02T13:15:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T18:15:18","slug":"81804","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=81804","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

The state with the most restrictive gun laws had the most active shooter incidents last year<\/a><\/p>\n

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is out with a\u00a0new report on active shooter incidents across the United States last year, and there are some significant findings worth talking about, including the fact that several of the incidents were stopped by armed citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n

The report details 61 \u201cactive shooter incidents\u201d last year, which the agency defines as \u201cone or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in ai populated area.\u201d Specifically excluded are acts of self-defense, gang and drug-related shootings, and domestic incidents, as well as \u201ccrossfire as a byproduct of another criminal act\u201d. And while gun control activists invariably point to these types of attacks as justification for their attempts to criminalize the right to keep and bear arms, the report\u2019s data suggests that gun control doesn\u2019t serve any sort of preventative benefit to stopping these attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to\u00a0<\/span>the report<\/span><\/a>, the most restrictive state in the Union when it comes to gun control laws also led the way in the number of active shooter incidents. California had six such incidents last year, more than any other state, though Texas and Georgia were close behind with five such incidents reported in each state. Active shooter incidents were reported in 30 states altogether, up from 19 states in 2020, with a total of 243 Americans killed or wounded in the attacks.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The FBI report notes that in 17 of the 61 incidents, law enforcement \u201cengaged the shooter,\u201d while there were six incidents where citizens either \u201cengaged\u201d the attacker or where \u201ccitizen involvement impacted the engagement.\u201d It\u2019s unclear to me what differentiates those two categories, because in both cases there were armed citizens who put a stop to the attack or prevented any further bloodshed.<\/span><\/p>\n

One example of \u201cengagement\u201d noted by the FBI was the attack at a Metarie, Louisiana gun store in\u00a0<\/span>February of 2021<\/span><\/a>, in which a suspect shot and killed two people and wounded two more before he was shot by multiple armed employees of the business. An example of \u201ccitizen involvement\u201d in the FBI report was the shooting at an Agrex grain elevator in Superior, Nebraska\u00a0<\/span>last October<\/span><\/a>\u00a0when a recently fired employee left the building only to return a short time later with murder on his mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

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NSP said [the suspect] made his way into the door and shot a manager, Darin Koepke, 53, twice in the chest and the arm, the former of which was fatal. Roby said [the suspect] shot Koepke again as he lay on the floor.<\/span><\/p>\n

The entire shooting event lasted under 20 seconds, according to NSP, and was briefly halted due to the gun jamming. NSP said [the suspect] fired a total of five rounds in the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n

NSP said there were eight employees in the building at the time and others outside. Roby said supervisors were on scene during the shooting due to the termination and other employees were there \u201cbecause they worked there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Roby said Koepke likely saved \u201ccountless lives\u201d by barricading a door.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, troopers say the man who returned fire did prevent it \u201cfrom becoming even worse.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Troopers say the Nuckolls County Attorney will not prosecute the man who returned fire.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026\u00a0 \u201cThe Nebraska State Patrol considers all the survivors of this terrible incident to be victims,\u201d said Capt. Jeff Roby.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Roby said NSP would not be naming the man who returned fire \u201cand actively stopped this active shooting event. That man\u2019s quick actions likely saved lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Of the six incidents in which civilians either \u201cengaged\u201d or \u201cinvolved\u201d themselves in stopping the active shooter, four of them involved the defensive use of a firearm (the other two involved citizens\u00a0<\/span>tackling the shooter<\/span><\/a>\u00a0after five people were shot, and an Idaho teacher who\u00a0<\/span>talked a 12-year old girl<\/span><\/a>\u00a0into giving up a gun that she had used to shoot three people at a middle school). None of the incidents involving armed citizens took place in \u201cmay issue\u201d states, by the way.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just two of the 61 incidents covered in the FBI\u2019s report took place at a school, with three other incidents unfolding at other government buildings. The vast majority of these targeted attacks took place in \u201careas of commerce\u201d (32 incidents) or \u201cbusiness environments open to pedestrian traffic\u201d (28 incidents).<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI report also notes what the agency calls an \u201cemerging trend involving roving active shooters\u201d; individuals who shoot in multiple locations and in some cases over multiple days, though it didn\u2019t provide any details on exactly how many of the 61 incidents could be classified as such.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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