The following story from the Associated Press is chock full of reasons for gun control. First, the man at the center of the story has an AK-47 and managed to squeeze off 50 shots, killing his ex-wife and injuring his son and a sheriff's deputy. But that's not the argument for gun control believe it or not.
The actual case for gun control lies with the bystander who happened to be legally carrying a concealed hand gun and decided to be a good samaritan and shot at the guy with the AK-47. He was killed for his trouble by the well armored lunatic.
Imagine that this Wilson guy went through life thinking how well protected he was by carrying a concealed weapon. I wonder if he's for gun control now, I wonder...
Texas Man Kills Ex - Wife Outside Courthouse
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: February 25, 2005
Filed at 12:39 p.m. ET
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...Wilson, a gun enthusiast who had a concealed weapons permit, intervened after Arroyo started shooting, witnesses said. Swindle said Wilson shot at Arroyo several times but his rounds didn't penetrate the armor.
"They traded shots, missing each other, and then the gunman hit Wilson and Wilson went down," Tyler Morning Telegraph publisher Nelson Clyde III said in Friday's editions of the newspaper.
"The gunman walked up to Wilson and shot him while he was on the ground," said Clyde, who watched the shooting from a nearby restaurant. "I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It was sickening."...