Kinda Old, but good!

UnklFungus · November 2nd, 2009, 12:16 AM

I hope this isn't a repost, but this has a great ending!
A shooting in Montana, CCW Involved

Quote:

Flash report - Glasgow shooting incident‏
From: Gary Marbut-MSSA (mssa@mtssa.org)
Sent: Sun 1/18/09 12:24 PM
To: mssa@mtssa.org
Confirmed: There was a shooting incident in Glasgow, Montana on
Saturday afternoon. Besides the shooter, one person was killed and
two were injured. Police locked down the community, warned people to
lock doors and stay inside, and followed a blood trail which
eventually led to the deceased shooter.

Unconfirmed but probable: The shooter made his attack at a local
hospital and killed a female Emergency Medical Technician. Scott
Billingsly was present because his wife works at the hospital. Scott
has a Montana concealed weapon permit, was armed, and engaged the
shooter in defense of himself and others. Scott was injured in the
hand and Scott's wife was also injured. The shooter was seriously
injured and was driven off by Scott's armed engagement of the
shooter. The seriously wounded shooter sought shelter, leaving the
blood trail that law enforcement followed, where they found the
shooter dead of a possibly self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The people of Glasgow who know these details are highly thankful that
an armed citizen was present and able to interdict the killer before
he could kill more than the one person murdered, possibly saving the
lives of many other hospital employees.

Gary Marbut, president
Montana Shooting Sports Association
Montana Shooting Sports Association
author, Gun Laws of Montana
Gun Laws of Montana
406-549-1252

redneck47441 · November 2nd, 2009, 01:16 AM

Thats why you should always carry not just sometimes. The guy thought he was going to just going to visit his wife business as usual not a shootout! Its a good thing he was prepared!

dnowell · November 2nd, 2009, 02:17 AM

I hate to be a downer, but I don't see a "great ending" at all. One innocent woman is dead, and two innocent people are injured. I'm glad it didn't go any further, but it's not a great outcome.

EvilMonk · November 2nd, 2009, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by dnowell

I hate to be a downer, but I don't see a "great ending" at all. One innocent woman is dead, and two innocent people are injured. I'm glad it didn't go any further, but it's not a great outcome.

Quite so...

Good on the gentleman for preparedness, but still. I know it could have been worse, but that is little to no solace to the families of the lost or injured.

KenInColo · November 2nd, 2009, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by EvilMonk

Quite so...

Good on the gentleman for preparedness, but still. I know it could have been worse, but that is little to no solace to the families of the lost or injured.

You've made the point: "...it could have been worse...", a lot worse.

In some states, hospitals are "Gun Free" zones. Thankfully, my state isn't, nor is Montana.

retsupt99 · November 2nd, 2009, 07:50 AM

I've not seen this news report before, and it COULD have been a lot worse. An armed citizen DID save the day...could have been a school, a mall, or even Columbine. We'll never know how bad it may have been without an armed citizen around, and the news media does not want you to know either...that's why it's not been a story reported much. IMHO
Thanks for posting.

JoJoGunn · November 2nd, 2009, 08:40 AM

Misunderstanding of the use of the words "great ending."

I understand what it ment. It was great that a person with a legal permit and firearm engaged a not-so-legal person. It was great that the CCW guy wasn't injured too severely or killed, and that his shooting was good and did no harm to other innocent people. It was great that the law enforcement people were able to track said pond-scum-sucking-less-than-human to where he decided to take the coward's way out and shoot himself and not at the LEO's. Good.

In light of poor choice of descriptive words, it is good/great that this situation didn't go much worse than it already did. We know that the OP probably does feel sorrow for the victim and doesn't in any way think a devestating incident like this is great.

We need more like the CCW guy. That would be great.

BlueNinjaGo · November 2nd, 2009, 01:48 PM

That's funny, I haven't heard about this... but why oh why isn't the major media covering it?

dukalmighty · November 2nd, 2009, 02:15 PM

The hospitals here have legal 30.06 no carry signs

ImChad · November 2nd, 2009, 02:27 PM

My wife was a nurse at a hospital for years and iit's never really safe at most of the major city hospitals. Well, not here anyhow. And as usual, in Indiana we can carry in a hospital and the idea of a "sign" stopping me seems so foreign.

November 2nd, 2009, 07:50 AM	#6
retsupt99 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 22,714	I've not seen this news report before, and it COULD have been a lot worse. An armed citizen DID save the day...could have been a school, a mall, or even Columbine. We'll never know how bad it may have been without an armed citizen around, and the news media does not want you to know either...that's why it's not been a story reported much. IMHO Thanks for posting. __________________ "That I cannot do." "Give this to, uh, Clemenza. I want reliable people, people who aren't going to be carried away. After all we're not murderers in spite of what this undertaker thinks." *********************************** NRA Life Member

November 2nd, 2009, 08:40 AM	#7
JoJoGunn Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: West Virginia Posts: 568	Misunderstanding of the use of the words "great ending." I understand what it ment. It was great that a person with a legal permit and firearm engaged a not-so-legal person. It was great that the CCW guy wasn't injured too severely or killed, and that his shooting was good and did no harm to other innocent people. It was great that the law enforcement people were able to track said pond-scum-sucking-less-than-human to where he decided to take the coward's way out and shoot himself and not at the LEO's. Good. In light of poor choice of descriptive words, it is good/great that this situation didn't go much worse than it already did. We know that the OP probably does feel sorrow for the victim and doesn't in any way think a devestating incident like this is great. We need more like the CCW guy. That would be great. __________________ "A Smith & Wesson *always* beats 4 aces!"

November 2nd, 2009, 01:48 PM	#8
BlueNinjaGo Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 260	That's funny, I haven't heard about this... but why oh why isn't the major media covering it? __________________ Bersa Thunder .380 cc Springfield XD 9mm sc

November 2nd, 2009, 02:15 PM	#9
dukalmighty VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: texas Posts: 6,383	The hospitals here have legal 30.06 no carry signs __________________ I like Poetry,Long Walks On The Beach,And Poking Dead Things With A Stick

November 2nd, 2009, 02:27 PM	#10
ImChad Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Great State of Indiana Posts: 117	My wife was a nurse at a hospital for years and iit's never really safe at most of the major city hospitals. Well, not here anyhow. And as usual, in Indiana we can carry in a hospital and the idea of a "sign" stopping me seems so foreign. __________________ They can't take your right to own a firearm. They can ask with force and you can answer any way you choose.

November 2nd, 2009, 01:16 AM	#2
redneck47441 Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Linton IN Posts: 45	Thats why you should always carry not just sometimes. The guy thought he was going to just going to visit his wife business as usual not a shootout! Its a good thing he was prepared!

November 2nd, 2009, 02:17 AM	#3
dnowell Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: USA Posts: 462	I hate to be a downer, but I don't see a "great ending" at all. One innocent woman is dead, and two innocent people are injured. I'm glad it didn't go any further, but it's not a great outcome.

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