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Here is a column by Katie Pavlich....she is a graduate of both the Pistol and AR-15 course at Jeff Cooper's shooting school........she explains that yes.....if you have a pistol, and the democrat terrorist, or the muslim terrorists have rifles, you can beat them....because both situations happened, and people with just pistols beat them.....
Katie Pavlich - The Talking Point That a Man or Woman With a Pistol Can't Take Out an Assailant With an AR-15 is Bogus
Over the weekend student David Hogg said he doesn't blame Broward County Sheriff Deputy Scot Peterson for failing to enter Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to confront the 19-year-man killing his friends.
His argument? The assailant was armed with an AR-15 rifle and the deputy with a pistol.
"Who wants to go down the barrel of an AR-15, even with a glock? And I know that's what these police officers are supposed to do, but they're people too," Hogg said on MSNBC.
This prompted a number of media pundits and reporters to unfortunately follow Hogg's lead. This argument has prevailed on Twitter and cable news shows for days. Hogg gave Peterson an excuse and an out, rather than holding him accountable for failing to do his duty while kids inside the building were being slaughtered.
But the talking point that those wielding handguns are worthless or incapable against an assailant with a semi-automatic rifle is devoid of fact. We can look at recent history to show why.
In 2015 Garland Police Officer Gregory Stevens, armed with a Glock, took out two ISIS terrorists in Texas when they attempted to murder attendees of a "draw Muhammed" cartoon contest. The terrorists were armed with AK-47 rifles. Like the AR-15, an AK-47 is a semi-automatic rifle.
The gunmen Stevens faced, considered terrorists by the FBI, were armed with assault rifles and body armor. Stevens stopped them with a handgun.
Despite the close-range firefight, Stevens left unscathed.
Gov. Greg Abbott touted Stevens' quick response in a written statement Monday commending his “extraordinary courage.”
"Officer Stevens' decisive action prevented two terrorists from carrying out horrific attacks on Texas soil, and our state and nation will forever be indebted to him for his service and bravery,” Abbott said.
Last summer, Capitol Hill Police officers Crystal Griner and David Bailey engaged a man armed with an SKS 7.62-millimeter caliber semi-automatic rifle. Both of the officers were injured, but continued to pursue the man until he was neutralized. They were armed with handguns.
Katie Pavlich - The Talking Point That a Man or Woman With a Pistol Can't Take Out an Assailant With an AR-15 is Bogus
Over the weekend student David Hogg said he doesn't blame Broward County Sheriff Deputy Scot Peterson for failing to enter Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to confront the 19-year-man killing his friends.
His argument? The assailant was armed with an AR-15 rifle and the deputy with a pistol.
"Who wants to go down the barrel of an AR-15, even with a glock? And I know that's what these police officers are supposed to do, but they're people too," Hogg said on MSNBC.
This prompted a number of media pundits and reporters to unfortunately follow Hogg's lead. This argument has prevailed on Twitter and cable news shows for days. Hogg gave Peterson an excuse and an out, rather than holding him accountable for failing to do his duty while kids inside the building were being slaughtered.
But the talking point that those wielding handguns are worthless or incapable against an assailant with a semi-automatic rifle is devoid of fact. We can look at recent history to show why.
In 2015 Garland Police Officer Gregory Stevens, armed with a Glock, took out two ISIS terrorists in Texas when they attempted to murder attendees of a "draw Muhammed" cartoon contest. The terrorists were armed with AK-47 rifles. Like the AR-15, an AK-47 is a semi-automatic rifle.
The gunmen Stevens faced, considered terrorists by the FBI, were armed with assault rifles and body armor. Stevens stopped them with a handgun.
Despite the close-range firefight, Stevens left unscathed.
Gov. Greg Abbott touted Stevens' quick response in a written statement Monday commending his “extraordinary courage.”
"Officer Stevens' decisive action prevented two terrorists from carrying out horrific attacks on Texas soil, and our state and nation will forever be indebted to him for his service and bravery,” Abbott said.
Last summer, Capitol Hill Police officers Crystal Griner and David Bailey engaged a man armed with an SKS 7.62-millimeter caliber semi-automatic rifle. Both of the officers were injured, but continued to pursue the man until he was neutralized. They were armed with handguns.
