re: Interview with Texas hero plumber. I teared up watching this

Thanks for posting this. I'd really like to understand the reasoning behind the downvotes.

It is well worth listening to the long interview. This guy epitomizes what makes a "reluctant hero".

Why is the story that the church shooter killed himself when Willieford says nothing about a gunshot when the SUV stopped?

Responsible red blooded, gun wielding, American citizens >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>beta lib/prog bitches who hate the constitution.

A freaking AR battle inside 20 yds is insane. I can't even imagine what was going through his mind. The only thing this guy did wrong was not have his mags pre-loaded. He had the deck stacked against him; one partial mag, barefoot, thrust into the thick of battle, geez... I'm glad the good guy with training came out ahead here.

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A freaking AR battle inside 20 yds is insane. I can't even imagine what was going through his mind. The only thing this guy did wrong was not have his mags pre-loaded. He had the deck stacked against him; one partial mag, barefoot, thrust into the thick of battle, geez... I'm glad the good guy with training came out ahead here.

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Summary that I got from the interview
- he's sitting in a chair relaxing when his daughter hears and recognizes gunshots which he dismisses initially as something tapping on the glass
- gets up, moves to front of house and recognizes the sound as actual gun fire. immediately goes to the safe to retrieve his weapon and ammo
- daughter apparently gets out and drives around the church and comes back and says there is a shooter.
- he calls his wife/other daughter who are 5 miles down the road working on a house & says 'stay put'
- gives his other daughter busy work to keep her out of the line of fire
- walks outside barefoot (still loading his mag i think) and approaches shooter's vehicle because he says every time he hears a shot 'thats a bullet finding its target'
- sees kevlar-clad shooter moving towards his running truck, shooter pulls out a pistol and begins firing at him.
- he returns fire, notices weakness where kevlar velcro attach on the sides and hits a bullseye
- shooter takes off in vehicle
- he checks his weapon, has ONLY TWO BULLETS LEFT a chambered round & one left in the mag, flags down truck
- pursues killer, stays on phone with police until the guy bleeds out & runs off the road
- gets out, trains rifle on driver's side window and waits for cops
- cops arrive and say over bullhorn 'put down your weapon'. he puts it down and the cop says 'no, not you'
- retrieves rifle and keeps it trained on truck (along with police) until enough units arrive and cop shields him with vehicle until he is out of harm's way



i have to say i probably wouldn't do about 90% of those same things correctly. this guy didn't make a mistake.

to add to the sad story, he was growing a santa beard because he is getting ready to donate his time to bring toys & food to the less fortunate in his community.

remind me what the TRAINED SECURITY GUARD IN VEGAS DID AGAIN?

HE'S A PLUMBER

We need more men like Stephen Willeford and less like Toddy, A Want, mccgrath, AggieDub, etc.

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Didn't he say he owned a family dairy??

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I'm sure that's a lot like being a plumber.

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guy in Mandeville was arresting on gun charges because he found teen-age kids rolling his neighbors houses, he blocked their exit and held them at bay with a gun in waiting for the cops.

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Geez. Seems a bit excessive for rolling a house.

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The only thing this guy did wrong was not have his mags pre-loaded.

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I’ve been reluctant to bring this up because the guy is such a hero and a bad arse. I can’t understand why he didn’t have at least one loaded mag.

The only thing I can think of is maybe he had other prepared weapons for home defense and his AR was for fun at the range so he didn’t keep it ready to go.