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Forget Oregon’s Gunman. Remember the Hero Who Charged Straight at Him
Aaron Spuler is a firearms enthusiast and recreational shooter. Follow more or his work at The Weapon Blog
The tone of this article is right on target. The only change I would make would be to change ‘gunman’ to ‘murderer’.
No amount of murder seems likely to result in gun control any time soon. So let’s do what we can to stop the lunacy—by reserving the limelight for the vet who rushed Thursday’s shooter.
Forget the 26-year-old zero who murdered 10 innocents at Umpqua Community College on Thursday morning.
The one to remember is 30-year-old Chris Mintz, the student and Army vet who was shot at least five times while charging straight at the gunman in an effort to save others.
Mintz did so on the sixth birthday of his son, Tyrik.
“It’s my son’s birthday, it’s my son’s birthday,” he was heard saying as he lay wounded.
When word of Mintz’s heroism reached his kin in his native North Carolina, his cousin Derek Bourgeois was hardly surprised.
“It sounds like something he would do,” Bourgeois said.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/02/forget-oregon-s-gunman-remember-the-hero-who-charged-straight-at-him.html
Source: http://www.weapon-blog.com/2015/10/forget-oregons-gunman-remember-the-hero-who-charged-straight-at-him/
