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James Shaw, Jr. - The Man who wrestled gun from Waffle House Shooter
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:08 pm
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"I'm not a hero. I'm just a regular person," said James Shaw Jr., who police say saved lives by disarming a man who opened fire Sunday at a Waffle House in Tennessee. Shaw insists he acted only to save himself
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"I think anybody could've did what I did if they're just pushed in that kind of cage," Shaw said, "and you have to either react or you're going to, you know, fold."
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Shaw, 29, is the father of a young girl and lives in Nashville, according to his Facebook page. He attended Tennessee State University and works as a technician for AT&T.
On Sunday, he was asked if he had any sort of military training, and if he was surprised by what he'd done. "Yeah, I knew I had it in me. I haven't had any specific combat training," he said. "I just fight my daughter every night, so I can put her to bed."
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"I did that completely out of a selfish act. I was completely doing it just to save myself. Now, me doing that, I did save other people. But I don't want people to think that I was the Terminator, or Superman or anybody like that. It was just, I figured if I was going to die, he was going to have to work for it."
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When the shooting started, Shaw said he dived toward the bathroom. A bullet grazed his elbow — and he realized there was nowhere else for him to go. When Shaw saw the gunman point the barrel of his rifle down toward the ground, pausing to either reload or fix a jam, Shaw saw his chance.
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"In the bathroom, it's only one way in and one way out, and I was like, he's going to have to work for this kill — for me, personally. So I just got a head full of steam, and I ran through the door. And it worked out like I wanted it to," he said.
When asked if he had been scared, Shaw laughed and said, "Yes."
Shaw said he hit the gunman with the door. He then grabbed the rifle, burning the palm of his hand, and eventually wrestled it away. During their struggle, Shaw said, the attacker spoke to him.
"He was cursing me, because, you know, I was taking his gun from him. And then after I got the gun, he was just like — he acted like I was in the wrong," Shaw said. "And I was like, 'I'm just trying to live.' "
Shaw said that at the time, his own wounds and the gunman's strange appearance didn't matter.
"He was also naked, and that was the last thing on my mind," Shaw said. "I can walk away from a burned hand and a man's nudity. But a couple of bullet holes, you might not be able to walk away from that."
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:09 pm to Open Dore Policy
One of the deplorables.
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:10 pm to Open Dore Policy
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Shaw insists he acted only to save himself
Could have been rolling in poon until he said this. Should've kept that to himself
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:10 pm to Open Dore Policy
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On Sunday, he was asked if he had any sort of military training, and if he was surprised by what he'd done. "Yeah, I knew I had it in me. I haven't had any specific combat training," he said. "I just fight my daughter every night, so I can put her to bed."
So he is basically in Delta Force
This post was edited on 4/23/18 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:10 pm to Open Dore Policy
When asked if he had been scared, Shaw laughed and said, "Yes."
i mean , who asks this question?
i mean , who asks this question?
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:11 pm to Open Dore Policy
Take note you liberal assholes. If you want to donate money to someone, this is your guy. Not a pedophile gun wielding drug addict who gets himself killed resisting police officers.
This post was edited on 4/23/18 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:11 pm to Open Dore Policy
One of my new favorite humans.
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:11 pm to sweetwaterbilly
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Could have been rolling in poon until he said this. Should've kept that to himself
I consider him a badass for admitting it instead of just reveling in whay everybody says.
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:12 pm to Open Dore Policy
He got the gun and didn't shoot the guy?
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:13 pm to jbgleason
quote:I would think it is safe to say as a TSU grad, he is likely liberal, and likely has supported some of the BLM movements you bitch about in your later post.
Take note you liber assholes
Maybe not, but the percentages would say yes.
Now, my point in this, is for people like you who let politics shape the way you view people and the world. Good people come from all forms of politics and opinions. So lets just take a deep breath and not go "fricking libs" on everything ok?
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:14 pm to upgrayedd
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He got the gun and didn't shoot the guy?
yeah, i'm not sure i would have had that restraint .Especially after getting hit.
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:14 pm to Open Dore Policy
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I'm just trying to live
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:14 pm to Open Dore Policy
Have to give him credit. He's being honest. Damn right I'm trying to save myself. You think I give a shite about strangers in a Waffle House? No. I'm going home to my family. Now if my family happened to be there, that's a different story.
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:15 pm to upgrayedd
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He got the gun and didn't shoot the guy?
Proof that some people just can't be satisfied.
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:15 pm to MorbidTheClown
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i mean , who asks this question?
your typical, stupid, vapid, news reporter who is always searching for the emotional side of the answer as opposed to just discovering the facts.
that's why you always hear the "how do you feel?" question after a win or loss.
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:15 pm to upgrayedd
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He got the gun and didn't shoot the guy?
Gun was jammed and/or empty, question should be rephrased into "he didn't beat the guy to death with the gun?"
This post was edited on 4/23/18 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:16 pm to Open Dore Policy
Shame he didn't kill the shooter
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:16 pm to IAmNERD
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Have to give him credit. He's being honest. Damn right I'm trying to save myself.
Yep. He has been incredibly honest and sincere about what happened.
Pretty damn cool.
Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:16 pm to jbgleason
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Gun was jammed and/or empty, question should be rephrased into "he didn't beat the guy to death with the gun?"
fair enough.
butt strokes to the face
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