Dave Gibson
Virginia Beach Conservative Examiner
12/15/2012
While reports of Tuesday’s shooting at the Clackamas Town Center Mall in Oregon, dominated the national media, until Friday’s horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, one very important detail has been repeatedly (and intentionally) left out of the MSM’s coverage.
The shooter, Jacob Tyler Roberts, was confronted with an armed citizen, at which time he ran away and shot himself. By the time police arrived on the scene, Roberts was already dead.
That armed man was 22-year-old Nick Meli, who was at the mall shopping with a young woman who was babysitting her friend’s baby…
…We now know that the assailant’s gun had jammed, and when he cleared it, he quickly retreated and shot himself, as Meli continued to keep him in his sights.
Not only has the national media refused to acknowledge this aspect of the deadly event, but law enforcement has as well.
On Tuesday night, Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts held a press conference in which he credited local police officers and deputies with ending the rampage, never mentioning Meli’s actions…
…Armed citizens shoot and kill at least twice as many criminals as the police do every year in this country (1,527 to 606)…
The entire article, with video, is at the Examiner. Read the whole thing.
Meanwhile, guess which network and website we’re talking about here: Injecting racial politics into the Newtown, CT, murders
Update: Texas School District Will Let Teachers Carry Guns
A tiny Texas school district may be the first in the nation to pass a law specifically allowing teachers and staff to pack heat when classes begin later this month.
Trustees at the Harrold Independent School District approved a district policy change last October so employees can carry concealed firearms to deter and protect against school shootings, provided the gun-toting teachers follow certain requirements…
…The Texas superintendent linked gun-free zones with the uprising of school shootings in recent years…
Update 2: Ron Paul Introduces Bill to Abolish ‘Gun-Free Zones’ From 2011 but worth reading.
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