Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree at Salt Lake grocery store - The Firearms Forum

jack404 · 04-29-2012, 08:09 PM

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - A citizen with a gun stopped a knife wielding man as he began stabbing people Thursday evening at the downtown Salt Lake City Smith's store.

Police say the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon. Smith's employee Dorothy Espinoza says, "He pulled it out and stood outside the Smiths in the foyer. And just started stabbing people and yelling you killed my people. You killed my people."

Espinoza says, the knife wielding man seriously injured two people. "There is blood all over. One got stabbed in the stomach and got stabbed in the head and held his hands and got stabbed all over the arms."

Then, before the suspect could find another victim - a citizen with a gun stopped the madness. "A guy pulled gun on him and told him to drop his weapon or he would shoot him. So, he dropped his weapon and the people from Smith's grabbed him."

Video here

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=14e_1335734940

SARG · 04-29-2012, 08:14 PM

They always do this crap backasswards.

It should be *boom* .... "Drop the weapon".

76Highboy · 04-29-2012, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by SARG

They always do this crap backasswards.

It should be *boom* .... "Drop the weapon".

He did it right. He just saved himself alot of attorneys fees. If he had pulled the trigger, he would have spent the next 5 years dealing with attorneys and he would live a life of hell. In fact the media would have made him out as a killer with a gun. Just like you SARG I would prefer the boom first, but in this world everyone is sue happy and it leaves some devistated. I think he did the right thing. Don't get me wrong, I like your thought's, but this is a weird world we live in. If you notice, the name of the man with the gun is still withheld. Why? Because even though he did not shoot and did what is right, he is probably getting an attorney. It should not be that way. It is too bad.

jack404 · 04-29-2012, 08:28 PM

follow up on the story , a jounalist who reported on this has been attacked by a friend of the attacker who stated he was "upset at whitey killing poor black people and you (blank) are behind it " and then procedded to attack the female journalist

it was noted during the attack the man stated ovver and over it was for "killing his people"

i wonder what al sharpton has to say

norahc · 04-29-2012, 09:08 PM

Jack, you're too slow on this one.

http://thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=106205

jack404 · 04-29-2012, 09:10 PM

so i am, so i am cool ! good to see ,

76Highboy · 04-29-2012, 09:14 PM

Hey, nothing like a quality backup thread of the same topic. Yes, you are cool jack.

norahc · 04-29-2012, 09:18 PM

I totally agree...but it's not often jack gets beat by another member on something like this. Just wanted to mark the occasion.

jack404 · 04-29-2012, 09:18 PM

was meaning it was cool that US folks are getting to the US stories before me .. as is the case too often , also means you aint as filtered on all things as what used to happen

the MSM is losing out to the independants , especially online , and commercial pressures are becoming bigger than political ones , and so the news is getting out more and more recently .. last year , heck you folks didn't know about half the stuff i was posting ..

obamacare , exec orders , all that was off limits , so yea good to see folks a looking for and posting this stuff ..

( means stage 2 can begin ...

)

ryan42 · 04-29-2012, 09:23 PM

Jack is the man,he was cool before cool was cool.oh no that was james dean.Jack is still cool in my book.

Frogtop · 04-30-2012, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by 76Highboy

He did it right. He just saved himself alot of attorneys fees. If he had pulled the trigger, he would have spent the next 5 years dealing with attorneys and he would live a life of hell. In fact the media would have made him out as a killer with a gun. Just like you SARG I would prefer the boom first, but in this world everyone is sue happy and it leaves some devistated. I think he did the right thing. Don't get me wrong, I like your thought's, but this is a weird world we live in. If you notice, the name of the man with the gun is still withheld. Why? Because even though he did not shoot and did what is right, he is probably getting an attorney. It should not be that way. It is too bad.

Gotta agree with you 76Highboy, saved himself a lot of grief while still stopping the bad guy.

yetiman · 04-30-2012, 05:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jack404

follow up on the story , a jounalist who reported on this has been attacked by a friend of the attacker who stated he was "upset at whitey killing poor black people and you (blank) are behind it " and then procedded to attack the female journalist

it was noted during the attack the man stated ovver and over it was for "killing his people"

i wonder what al sharpton has to say

Al is upset that the man with the gun didn't use it. Hard to get racism out of this story but one way and we all know that will not happen......

Appliancedude · 04-30-2012, 08:35 AM

Is it sad that my first thought was thank God it was a knife and not a gun. I'm really getting tired of blaming guns all the time. Did you know, and this was a shocker to me, that guns don't kill people? Some body actually has to pull the trigger. I had know idea. The media always makes it out to be the guns fault.

04-29-2012, 08:09 PM	#1
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree at Salt Lake grocery store SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - A citizen with a gun stopped a knife wielding man as he began stabbing people Thursday evening at the downtown Salt Lake City Smith's store. Police say the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon. Smith's employee Dorothy Espinoza says, "He pulled it out and stood outside the Smiths in the foyer. And just started stabbing people and yelling you killed my people. You killed my people." Espinoza says, the knife wielding man seriously injured two people. "There is blood all over. One got stabbed in the stomach and got stabbed in the head and held his hands and got stabbed all over the arms." Then, before the suspect could find another victim - a citizen with a gun stopped the madness. "A guy pulled gun on him and told him to drop his weapon or he would shoot him. So, he dropped his weapon and the people from Smith's grabbed him." Video here http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=14e_1335734940 -->

04-29-2012, 08:14 PM	#2
SARG V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northeast Posts: 306	Re: Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree at Salt Lake grocery store They always do this crap backasswards. It should be boom .... "Drop the weapon".

04-29-2012, 08:28 PM	#4
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree at Salt Lake grocery store follow up on the story , a jounalist who reported on this has been attacked by a friend of the attacker who stated he was "upset at whitey killing poor black people and you (blank) are behind it " and then procedded to attack the female journalist it was noted during the attack the man stated ovver and over it was for "killing his people" i wonder what al sharpton has to say

04-29-2012, 09:10 PM	#6
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree at Salt Lake grocery store so i am, so i am cool ! good to see ,

04-29-2012, 09:14 PM	#7
76Highboy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Meridian, Idaho Contributor Posts: 6,934	Re: Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree at Salt Lake grocery store Hey, nothing like a quality backup thread of the same topic. Yes, you are cool jack.

04-29-2012, 09:18 PM	#9
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree at Salt Lake grocery store was meaning it was cool that US folks are getting to the US stories before me .. as is the case too often , also means you aint as filtered on all things as what used to happen the MSM is losing out to the independants , especially online , and commercial pressures are becoming bigger than political ones , and so the news is getting out more and more recently .. last year , heck you folks didn't know about half the stuff i was posting .. obamacare , exec orders , all that was off limits , so yea good to see folks a looking for and posting this stuff .. ( means stage 2 can begin ... ) Last edited by jack404; 04-29-2012 at 09:21 PM..

04-29-2012, 09:23 PM	#10
ryan42 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: marion indiana Contributor Posts: 1,549	Re: Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree at Salt Lake grocery store Jack is the man,he was cool before cool was cool.oh no that was james dean.Jack is still cool in my book. __________________ Tommorrow is promised to know one! Ryan Stevens

04-30-2012, 08:35 AM	#13
Appliancedude Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The true northern Cal Posts: 1,562	Re: Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree at Salt Lake grocery store Is it sad that my first thought was thank God it was a knife and not a gun. I'm really getting tired of blaming guns all the time. Did you know, and this was a shocker to me, that guns don't kill people? Some body actually has to pull the trigger. I had know idea. The media always makes it out to be the guns fault. __________________ It ain't broke it just lacks duct tape. The nice thing about opinions is everybody has one.