[b]Subj: GunsSaveLives> Recent school shooting. Real story. FWD OT
Date: 01/25/2002 9:05:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
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Nothing biased about the "mainstream" media, eh?
Media Ignore Fact That Gun Owners Stopped School Shooter
Phil Brennan, NewsMax.com
Saturday, Jan. 26, 2002
Two of the three Virginia law students who overpowered a gunman in a fatal
school shooting were armed and used their weapons to disarm the shooter. Yet
of the 280 stories written about the shooting, a mere four mentioned the
fact that the heroic students were armed and used their guns to halt the
rampage.
That's according to Dr. John Lott, a resident scholar at American Enterprise
Institute and the author of the widely acclaimed book "More Guns, Less
Crime."
Writing in Friday's edition of the New York Post, Lott reported on last
week's shooting at Appalachian School of Law. Nigerian student Peter
Odighizuwa is accused of killing the dean, L. Anthony Sutin, 42 - a former
acting assistant U.S. attorney general and campaign worker for Bill
Clinton - professor Thomas Blackwell, 41, and student Angela Denise Dales,
33.
Noting that the rampage was widely covered in the world's media, Lott wrote:
"As usual, there were calls for more gun control.
"Yet in this age of 'gun-free school zones,' the vast majority of the news
reports ignored the fact that the attack was stopped by two students who had
guns in their cars. The quick response by two of the students, Mikael Gross,
34, and Tracy Bridges, 25, undoubtedly saved multiple lives," Lott reported.
According to Lott: Having just returned from lunch, Gross was outside the
law school building when Odighizuwa began shooting. Bridges was inside,
waiting for class to start.
When the sound of shooting erupted, panic ensued. "People were running
everywhere. They were jumping behind cars, running out in front of traffic,
trying to get away," Gross said.
Instead of joining in the chaos, Gross and Bridges ran to their cars and got
their guns. Joined by an unarmed Ted Besen, an ex-Marine and police officer,
the three men approached the shooter from different sides.[/b]