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Zundfolge
10-28-2014, 09:42
y'all remember the shooting at the Canadian Parliament and how it was ended by Kevin Vickers, Sergeant-at-Arms.

What you don't know is that he's like a Canadian Max Payne.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4wfzWJ2Hwo
http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/223/562823-mp27.png

drift_g35
10-28-2014, 10:03
Definitely bad ass, but that reporter... Automatic pistol, clip... [facepalm]Possible one of these?
http://www.a-human-right.com/RKBA/styer1912-3.jpg

Bailey Guns
10-28-2014, 18:03
Yeah. Bad ass.

HoneyBadger
10-28-2014, 20:28
Automatic Pistol? [facepalm]
I like how he "fires his pistol" with his thumbs at 1:45. [facepalm]
Does anyone know of any clip-fed pistols? [facepalm]
One of the bullets went through the library doors? WTF? JFK style magic bullet? [facepalm]

Weird. Either way, I'm glad the guy took down the threat like a boss.

boomerhc9
10-28-2014, 21:14
there's a funny snl clip I could leave (like a boss), but I think that shooting stands on it's own. Awesome.

ray1970
10-28-2014, 22:34
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Jer
10-29-2014, 10:51
So a good guy with a gun kills a bad guy with a gun and saves countless innocent lives. Whooda thunk it?

HoneyBadger
10-29-2014, 12:37
So a good guy with a gun kills a bad guy with a gun and saves countless innocent lives. Whooda thunk it?
Yeah, big shocker, right?

Gunservant
10-29-2014, 13:10
So a good guy with a gun kills a bad guy with a gun and saves countless innocent lives. Whooda thunk it?

Yeah, but because he wears a uniform that automatically means that normal citizens are not capable of such badassery. Or that is the line of argument I suppose the room-temperature IQ hoplophobes would pick.

HoneyBadger
10-29-2014, 16:01
Yeah, but because he wears a uniform that automatically means that normal citizens are not capable of such badassery. Or that is the line of argument I suppose the room-temperature IQ hoplophobes would pick.
You fit in very well here. [Beer]

Bailey Guns
10-29-2014, 18:29
Doubtful an everyday armed citizen would have been in that building to do what Vickers did, even if that were the norm there. Pissing and moaning about Canada's stupid gun laws does this guy, a honest to God hero who did what he needed to do without hesitation, a great disservice. Why not just give the guy the props he deserves without over-analyzing the anti-gun culture in Canada? I doubt he wrote the damn laws.

Mtn.man
10-29-2014, 18:38
E's a bad auss fo sho'r.

I want one of those full automatic pistol's with several clips.

Great-Kazoo
10-29-2014, 18:53
Very Impressive for someone who's got a few years on most of us. Plus he did what one is suppose to do, discharge firearm until the threat is stopped.

Jer
10-29-2014, 19:04
Doubtful an everyday armed citizen would have been in that building to do what Vickers did, even if that were the norm there. Pissing and moaning about Canada's stupid gun laws does this guy, a honest to God hero who did what he needed to do without hesitation, a great disservice. Why not just give the guy the props he deserves without over-analyzing the anti-gun culture in Canada? I doubt he wrote the damn laws.

It could happen at the Texas state capital in Austin.

http://a57.foxnews.com/global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/U.S./876/493/071910_capitol.jpg?ve=1&tl=1

When we went the CHL line was shorter than the regular line. In fact, there was no line. We walked past the 20 or so waiting in the regular line, flashed our CO CCW permits while asking... really? and were waived right through while explaining that armed citizens who passed background checks were more of a help to them than a threat. It's been years and I'm still dumbfounded by that idea coming out of a state employee's mouth.

Bailey Guns
10-29-2014, 19:31
Except that was a federal building.

Gunservant
10-30-2014, 00:48
You fit in very well here. [Beer]

Some things transcend cultures and countries clearly [HiFive]


Doubtful an everyday armed citizen would have been in that building to do what Vickers did, even if that were the norm there. Pissing and moaning about Canada's stupid gun laws does this guy, a honest to God hero who did what he needed to do without hesitation, a great disservice. Why not just give the guy the props he deserves without over-analyzing the anti-gun culture in Canada? I doubt he wrote the damn laws.

What Vickers did was exceptional. He did his job in a no-nonsense matter-of-fact way, and is one heck of a hero. I don't think anyone with a functioning brain will ever contest that fact, or try to downplay what this man achieved.

That being said, it would be wonderful if a certain quarter of society could get their heads out of their collective behinds, and face the fact that good guys with guns actually do stop bad guys with guns. It happens regularly. The average armed citizen has the capacity to do so, just because they aren't trained law-enforcement officers doesn't take away from the argument.

Apologies for dragging this off topic. Respect to Kevin Vickers!