CNN predictably downplaying Greenwood citizen's actions

CNN putting in work to make sure their lemmings continue to believe it's not actually that big of a deal that this kid was there to stop the shooting. They're as bad as Everytown.

CNN article

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It's rare to have an armed bystander attack an active shooter, according to data from the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) at Texas State University.

There were at least 434 active shooter attacks in the US from 2000 to 2021, according to the ALERRT data. Active shooter attacks were defined as those in which one or more shooters killed or attempted to kill multiple unrelated people in a populated place.

Of those 434 active shooter cases, an armed bystander shot the attacker in 22 of the incidents. In 10 of those, the "good guy" was a security guard or an off-duty police officer, the ALERRT data said.

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Do we think that it might have something to do with active shooters choosing targets that are "gun free zones?"

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And having more than one armed person at the scene who is not a member of law enforcement can create confusion and carry dire risks, according to a data analysis published by The New York Times. For example, an armed bystander who shot and killed an attacker in 2021 in Arvada, Colorado, was himself shot and killed by the police who mistook him for the gunman, the Times reported.

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I don't think it's an unreasonable assumption to say the outcome here would have been worse if only one person had been armed.