I have the vague recollection that the Springfield shooting case was stopped by a student who was a NRA member who realized the shooter was reloading and used this opportunity to tackle the shooter. If true, it proved that knowing about gun helped save lives, even for a disarmed individual.
I believe also that Israel has a few cases. Phil > > On May 27, 2009, at 8:48 PM, Guy Smith wrote: > > > A Gun Facts reader in Argentina emailed me with two tough questions, > > which I > > hope other may help me answer. > > > > A) Aside from Lott and Landes 'Multiple Victim Public Shootings' are > > there > > any other studies that attempted to measure the negative impact of > > 'gun free > > zones'? > > Not so much a study as a realization that if you catalog all the > venues of "celebrated" mass shootings and spree shootings, you will be > hard pressed to find even one that did NOT occur in a "gun-free zone." > > > B) My reader recalls once encountering a detailed list of school/ > > college > > shootings that included a victim list, casualty list and a review of > > shootings aborted by armed students/teachers/bystanders (this would > > be an > > amazing resource). Has anyone else encountered this? > > There is a "canonical list" of three school-related shootings that > were aborted by armed civilians: > > Pearl (MS) High School, September, 1997: two killed, seven wounded; > also stabbed mother to death. Incident was stopped by armed principal. > > Parker Middle School dance, Edinboro PA, 1998; one killed, two > wounded. Incident was stopped by armed party venue owner. > > Appalachian School of Law, Grundy VA, 2002; three killed, three > wounded. Incident was stopped by a team of three students, one armed. > > If you want to include church shootings, the New Life Church in > Colorado Springs in 2007; two killed, one wounded. Incident was > stopped by an armed civilian volunteer. > > A somewhat aged list of "other" school shootings follows. Many of > these seem more like grudge shootings than spree shootings. The well- > known ones (Columbine, Virginia Tech, Ecole Polytechnique, Thurston > High (OR)) had generally much more severe casualty counts. > > > Recent shootings at U.S. schools > > > > May 21, 1998 > > > > SPRINGFIELD, Ore.: A high school freshman, who was apparently > > expelled for bringing a handgun to school, opens fire in a cafeteria, > > killing one and wounding 28. Two adults are also found dead at the > > suspect's home. May 19, 1998 > > > > FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn.: a high school senior shot and killed a student > > in a school parking lot in Fayetteville Tennessee. They had apparently > > argued about a girl. April 24, 1998 > > > > EDINBORO, Penn.: Teacher John Gillette is shot dead at a school > > dance, allegedly by 14-year-old Andrew Wurst. Two students and another > > teacher are wounded. March 24, 1998 > > > > JONESBORO, Ark.: 13-year-old Mitchell Johnson and 11-year-old Andrew > > Golden, allegedly fake a fire alarm and open fire on students and > > teachers at Westside Middle School. Four female students and a teacher > > are killed. Both boys are charged as juveniles with five counts of > > capital murder and 10 counts of battery. Dec. 15, 1997 > > > > STAMPS, Ark.: 14-year-old Joseph "Colt" Todd is arrested in the > > sniper shooting of two students outside their high school. The > > students recovered; Todd, who faces trial later this year, said he was > > tired of being picked on. Dec. 1, 1997 > > > > PADUCAH, Ky.: 14-year-old Michael Carneal entered his high school and > > headed for a prayer meeting where he shot eight students, killing > > three. Oct. 22, 1997 > > > > NORWALK, Calif.: 21-year-old Khoa Truc "Robert" Dang fatally shot his > > 16-year-old ex-girlfriend on her high school campus. Oct. 1, 1997 > > > > PEARL, Miss.: Luke Woodham, 16, opened fire on his classmates, > > killing two and wounding seven more in the school cafeteria. Feb. 19, > > 1997 > > > > BETHEL, Alaska.: After making multiple threats, 16-year-old Evan > > Ramsey fatally gunned down his high school principal and one of his > > classmates. Jan. 27, 1997 > > > > WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.: Tronneal Mangum, 13, shot and killed another > > student on the sidewalk in front of his middle school. Oct. 31, 1996 > > > > ST. LOUIS: A student with a gun critically wounded another student in > > a school hallway. Sept. 25, 1996 > > > > ATLANTA: David Dubose Jr., 16, shot and killed a teacher in a school > > hallway. July 26, 1996 > > > > LOS ANGELES: High school junior Yohao Albert Rivas, 18, shot and > > wounded two classmates in a stairwell on campus. Feb. 29, 1996 > > > > ST. LOUIS: Mark Boyd, 30, fired into a school bus after its doors > > swung open, killing a pregnant 15-year-old and wounding the driver. > > Feb. 2, 1996 > > > > MOSES LAKE, Wash.: 14-year-old Barry Loukaitas killed his teacher, > > fatally wounded two teenage boys and wounded a girl. Oct. 30, 1995 > > > > RICHMOND, Va.: Edward Earl Spellman, 18, shot and wounded four > > students outside their high school. Jan. 18, 1993 > > > > GRAYSON, Ky.: Scott Pennington, 17, walked into Deanna McDavid's > > seventh-period English class at East Carter High School and shot her > > in the head. He then shot janitor Marvin Hicks in the abdomen. > > Pennington was sentenced to life without parole for 25 years. May 1, > > 1992 > > > > OLIVEHUST, Calif.: Eric Houston, 20, killed four people and wounded > > 10 in an armed siege at his former high school. Prosecutors said the > > attack was in retribution for a failing grade. Houston was convicted > > and was given a death sentence. > > > > Source: MSNBC research > > -- > Escape the Rat Race for Peace, Quiet, and Miles of Desert Beauty > Take a Sanity Break at The Bunkhouse at Liberty Haven Ranch > http://libertyhavenranch.com > > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. 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