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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mA5M3BmtJZM

I'm surprised YT (Google) let them run this ad. Now, try and buy commercial time on the major media, in prime time, or buy an ad space in USA Today or the NYT, and see what happens.

WOW I never seen or read about this. I did a google search for "Raul Mendez" and found only ONE reference to the event. The event took place in July 4th timeframe of this year, yet the article by Fox was dated September 7, 2022. God Bless

Arizona man shot in the head

The media is never going to cover stuff that does not fit the agenda. It can't make the movement look bad.
How much have the media covered the recent indecent in Canada or the problems England is having, not much I have seen.
It goes against the idea that a good guy with a gun can stop a bad guy who is intent on harming others by any means available to them.

Another one to thank you for, Modern Day Savage.
There are many reasons to be dissatisfied with the NRA these days and I have ignored their incessant solicitations for many months, but I’ll reopen my checkbook today.

A somewhat related opinion piece in this morning’s Wall Street Journal.
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Bend Stood Tall Against a Mass Shooter

By Jeff Eager

Bend, Ore.

A20-year-old male started firing an AR-15-style rifle in the parking lot outside a Safeway supermarket here on Aug. 28. Not satisfied with his violence, he walked inside to continue.

The shooter entered the store and shot and mortally wounded Glenn Burnett, 84, just inside the entrance. He then stalked through the store, spraying rounds down the aisles as he went. Perhaps he thought he had found an easy target, a place where he could kill with maniacal leisure. If so, he was wrong.

Molly Taroli, shopping with her husband, pulled her handgun out of her purse and moved to the back of the store, ready to confront the shooter. Her husband ran out the front of the store to retrieve his gun from his car.

Don Surrett, a 66-year-old Army veteran, was working in the produce section, at the opposite end of the store from where the shooter had entered. Hearing gunshots grow louder as the shooter approached, Surrett hid behind a cart, brandishing a produce

knife. When the shooter drew close enough, Surrett jumped him from behind with the knife. The gunman fended him off and shot Surrett dead. But Surrett had distracted, disrupted and possibly wounded the shooter. There would be no killing with maniacal leisure on this day, in this store.

When Bend police arrived at the Safeway two minutes after the first 911 call, they heard shots coming from within. Thanks to Surrett, the shooter knew what he was up against. Bend was fighting back. He had to have heard the police sirens and perhaps even the sound of officers entering the store. Unlike the counterparts in Uvalde, Texas, Bend police entered the killing zone immediately on arriving.

The gunman shot and killed himself.

There would be no standoff. There would be no negotiation. There would, thankfully, be no double- digit body count. Two victims are two too many, but it could have been far worse. Surrett, the Tarolis and the Bend police learned the lesson of Uvalde and took forceful and heroic action to prevent a tragedy from becoming even worse. Faced with evil, Bend resisted like hell.

Two were killed, but courageous armed Oregonians prevented a far worse outcome.

Would-be mass shooters, who often meticulously study previous shootings, now know that there may be a Don Surrett standing, with whatever weapon is at hand, between them and their diabolical endeavors.

And that’s where the hope, in the wake of this awful tragedy for my city, comes in. When private citizens are willing to fight, to stand in the gap, and when police act decisively and bravely, killers can be stopped. And maybe that will discourage people from becoming killers in the first place.

Mr. Eager, a lawyer, served as mayor of Bend, 2011-13.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
Another one to thank you for, Modern Day Savage.
There are many reasons to be dissatisfied with the NRA these days and I have ignored their incessant solicitations for many months, but I’ll reopen my checkbook today.

A somewhat related opinion piece in this morning’s Wall Street Journal.
================================

Bend Stood Tall Against a Mass Shooter

By Jeff Eager

Bend, Ore.

You're welcome, and thank you for the WSJ article.

It's easy to get down on the NRA these days, and there are changes I'd like to see them make, but they've done good and valuable work in the past and I'm hoping they'll eventually realize the leadership changes they need to make to return the organization to the powerhouse it once was...but even now in a diminished state, they are still in the 2A game.

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There would be no standoff. There would be no negotiation. There would, thankfully, be no double- digit body count. Two victims are two too many, but it could have been far worse. Surrett, the Tarolis and the Bend police learned the lesson of Uvalde and took forceful and heroic action to prevent a tragedy from becoming even worse. Faced with evil, Bend resisted like hell.

Two were killed, but courageous armed Oregonians prevented a far worse outcome.

Would-be mass shooters, who often meticulously study previous shootings, now know that there may be a Don Surrett standing, with whatever weapon is at hand, between them and their diabolical endeavors.

And that’s where the hope, in the wake of this awful tragedy for my city, comes in. When private citizens are willing to fight, to stand in the gap, and when police act decisively and bravely, killers can be stopped. And maybe that will discourage people from becoming killers in the first place.

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I'd heard about Don Surrett confronting the murderer, but this is the first I'm learning about any of the details of those who armed themselves and stood ready to confront him.

These points need to be hammered home again and again. Some of these shooting incidents won't/ can't be prevented... but the total number of injured and killed can be greatly reduced when the public makes the decision to prepare and train themselves to confront and resist the attacker(s), or at least run away from them, rather than either sheltering in place or meekly absorbing whatever violence is inflicted on them.

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Originally posted by 12131:
I'm surprised YT (Google) let them run this ad.
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I first heard a sound byte of this ad earlier last evening on a radio show and immediately went to YouTube to find the ad and post it here. I first did a key word search and when that didn't work I went to the NRA YT channel but even this brand new ad didn't show up in the chronologically listed suggestions. I stopped searching at that point to do some other things but, interestingly, a couple hours later when I jumped back on to get caught up on some gun/ 2A/ ATF related content, this new NRA ad magically appeared in my suggested list.

I think there was some Google algorithm tweaking going on.

I never heard it either but only recently on Tucker Carlson.

Mr Mendez was on Tucker Carlson the other night. A very impressive person. Just a normal Joe Schmuck living his life that turned hero instantly.