By Chloe McGowan and Arika Herron
Three people are dead and two others are injured (click here) Sunday after a man with a rifle opened fire inside a Indiana shopping mall and an armed civilian shot him, authorities said.
The man entered the Greenwood Park Mall with a rifle and several magazines of ammunition and began firing in the food court, said Greenwood Police Department Chief Jim Ison at a news conference. Ison added that an armed civilian killed the suspected gunman.
"It appears that he had a rifle with several magazines of ammunition, entered the food court and began shooting," Ison said. Police believe an armed bystander "observed the shooting in progress and shot the shooter."
The shooting happened in the Greenwood Park Mall's food court around the mall's 6 p.m. closing time; the first emergency calls were received at 6:05 p.m. The mall, located about 10 miles south of Indianapolis, has more than 130 indoor and outdoor restaurants and shops....
Here again is a good guy with a gun. He limited the killing and maiming, but, he couldn't prevent it. The entire paradigm by the USA laws regarding guns is wrong. It simply is wrong. Everyone believes in self-defense. But, what ever happened to prevention. Are Americans supposed to be grateful for someone ending a rampage? That isn't what we are about.
Life, according to the political right wing, is ever so important? Their very loose standards for guns on the streets of the USA would not validate that either.
Abortion bad - Guns good.
Some folks are really missing the value of life in a way that Americans live.
American life expectancy is falling. It is due to COVID and it's variants, but, guns are getting a bigger piece of the causes of death, especially in children. This simply is not who we are.
HOW EASY SHOULD IT BE TO BUY A GUN?
