I've now heard it twice, the latest just a few minutes ago on MTP. Senator Coburn tells the story of a citizen who used their gun to stop a gunman at a Colorado Springs Church. I can't recall who told the story first, but I did wonder about the story at the time. When I heard it repeated again, I just knew there had been more to the story than what they were spouting.
What they leave out of the story is that the citizen was actually a security guard at the church.
Quote from Sen. Coburn, from the transcript from MTP:
And there's numerous examples over the last few years where concealed carry has, in fact, benefited people, especially in, for example, in Colorado Springs, where a individual with a concealed carry stopped somebody who was going to kill multiple people in a church, and, and, and wounded them so that they could not continue to do that. So it's a controversial issue.
Left out of Coburn's story:
"It seemed like it was me, the gunman, and God," said Jeanne Assam, describing her feelings as she confronted a man who charged into her Colorado Springs church Sunday firing a weapon.
Assam, a church security guard with law enforcement experience, fired her own weapon at the invader and stopped his attack, police say.
http://articles.cnn.com/...
And more on this:
Assam worked as a police officer in downtown Minneapolis during the 1990s and is licensed to carry a weapon. She attends one of the morning services and then volunteers as a guard during another service.
Boyd said Assam was the one who suggested the church beef up its security Sunday following the Arvada shooting, which it did. The pastor credited the security plan and the extra security for preventing further bloodshed.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/...
Well, I shouldn't be surprised they just conveniently leave out that part of the story. Typical republican spinning.