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https://www.policeone.com/active-shooter/articles/477582006-retired-leo-uses-2-ar-15s-to-take-down-shooter-on-campground/

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DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — A retired police officer stopped a gunman who police said fired at random people during a multi-county crime spree.

Good outcome.  Good use of the AR to stop the threat.

I am wondering why this wasn't national news.   ;/
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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2018, 10:49:36 AM »
The man went camping and had THREE ARs with him.

Someone invite him to the forum.
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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2018, 11:04:16 AM »
LOVE the screen capture of the news crawl...


AR-15's...

What the *expletive deleted*ck were the AR-15s possessing?
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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2018, 11:41:26 AM »
LOVE the screen capture of the news crawl...


AR-15's...

What the *expletive deleted*ck were the AR-15s possessing?

Evil, they posses evil incarnate.
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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2018, 11:47:33 AM »
Evil, they posses evil incarnate.


Well, evil in-metalandplastic-ate, at least.
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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2018, 12:13:37 PM »
I don't have a problem with the family having three ARs.  You should have seen what my sons and I used to take up in the mountains or up to the Grasslands on a shooting/camping trip.  Redundancy was the rule.  I just hope the guy had them in the campsite/park/whatever itself legally, not that any right-minded prosecutor would have a problem with that.  Trouble is, finding right-minded prosecutors is a a rare thing nowadays, even in Colorado.

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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2018, 01:30:10 PM »
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The retired officer told deputies that after he thought his used all of his ammunition for his rifle, he pulled out a second AR-15 out of his truck and fired one more shot to see of Benson would react since he didn’t see any movement from him after the crash.

The best kind of a reload, a different gun. :)

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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2018, 02:09:33 PM »
The man went camping and had THREE ARs with him.

One is none and two is one, so really he only had two rifles with him.
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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2018, 02:44:34 PM »
Hmmmm.   I have four Ar-15s in 5.56mm. and one AR-10 style in 7.62 X 51.  


I must be a super- villain.

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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2018, 02:57:48 PM »
Hmmmm.   I have four Ar-15s in 5.56mm. and one AR-10 style in 7.62 X 51.  


I must be a super- villain.

Who da' thunk it?    [tinfoil]
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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2018, 03:32:38 PM »
Are you a furry who dresses like a white cat?
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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2018, 03:36:20 PM »
I don't have a white cat, but I do have a furry white caterpillar:



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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #12 on: July 18, 2018, 06:25:48 PM »
LOVE the screen capture of the news crawl...


AR-15's...

What the *expletive deleted*ck were the AR-15s possessing?

30-caliber clips.
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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #13 on: July 18, 2018, 07:39:45 PM »
Do you have a furry white cat?

No.  She has some white,  but mostly black & brown.  :)
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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #14 on: July 18, 2018, 08:25:20 PM »
This must be how he reloads.
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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #15 on: July 19, 2018, 04:11:47 PM »
it's easier to carry around an extra magazine,  than to try and stuff another rifle into a hip pocket.    :)

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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #16 on: July 19, 2018, 05:41:38 PM »
This must be how he reloads.


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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #17 on: July 19, 2018, 07:34:26 PM »
Hmmmm.   I have four Ar-15s in 5.56mm. and one AR-10 style in 7.62 X 51.  


I must be a super- villain.

Who da' thunk it?    [tinfoil]

Uhhh, paralleling this case, wouldn't that make you a super good guy instead of a villain?

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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #18 on: July 19, 2018, 11:18:15 PM »
This must be how he reloads.

:laugh:   :rofl:


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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #19 on: July 20, 2018, 11:42:40 AM »
One is none and two is one, so really he only had two rifles with him.

But...
1=0
2=1, so 2=0
so 2+1 is also = 0

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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #20 on: July 20, 2018, 11:48:00 AM »
The man went camping and had THREE ARs with him.

Someone invite him to the forum.

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Daughter "But what if you didn't have a gun?"
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Me "Why wouldn't I? There might be bears."

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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #21 on: July 20, 2018, 11:55:20 AM »
But...
1=0
2=1, so 2=0
so 2+1 is also = 0



Your modern math confuses and frightens me.
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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #22 on: July 20, 2018, 11:57:59 AM »
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Daughter "Why would you take a gun hiking?"

Why wouldn't you take a gun hiking?


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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #23 on: July 20, 2018, 07:45:56 PM »
For some reason, I had a mental image of AR's akimbo, with this dude clenching a cigar in his teeth while uttering pithy one-liners.

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Re: Retired LEO uses 2 AR-15s to take down shooter on campground
« Reply #24 on: July 20, 2018, 08:04:41 PM »


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