A major public shooting - again, it is not the gun, it is the mental health of the shooters. Had they not had a gun, they would have used something else - a bomb, gas, a vehicle. This is not the action of a mentally healthy person.
From Associated Press:
Mosque shootings kill 49; white racist claims responsibility
At least 49 people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers in an attack broadcast in horrifying, live video by an immigrant-hating white nationalist wielding at least two rifles.
One man was arrested and charged with murder, and two other armed suspects were taken into custody while police tried to determine what role they played.
“It is clear that this can now only be described as a terrorist attack,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, noting that many of the victims could be migrants or refugees.
No, all of the victims are immigrants. NZ has no indigenous Muslim population. There is a very very interesting bit buried way at the bottom of this report from the New Zealand Herald:
A second shooting happened at a mosque in the Linwood area of the city.
One Friday prayer goer returned fire with a rifle or shotgun.
Witnesses said they heard multiple gunshots around 1.45pm.
A well known Muslim local chased the shooters and fired two shots at them as they sped off.
He was heard telling police officers he was firing in "self defence".
"They were in a silver Subaru," he told police.
Mark Nichols, manager of Premium Tyres and Auto in Linwood, said he a gunman ran past his shop around 45 minutes ago.
He heard five gunshots, and he believed the activity was centred around the nearby Linwood Masjid mosque.
The article is multiple pages long and the story of the armed defense stopping another massacre does not show up until very close to the end.
A total of five shots and the armed defender fired twice. This means that the shooter was only able to fire three times before a legal gun owner was able to put a stop to their plans. A legal gun owner, attending the services at the mosque was able to stop a planned massacre. This is in stark comparison to the other mosque where nobody had any means of self defense and 49 of their congregants were brutally murdered by a madman.
I am reminded of this passage from Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
I agree with John Lott - "More guns, Less crime". This is proven statistically. Situations with a public shooting will show that these always happen in gun-free zones.
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