Gun Control thread (merged many)

[Onkel Neal]

Some thread we were discussing the risks of using a firearm to stop a mass shooter in a public space like a club, where if you pulled your CC, another CC owner could not know your intentions and there could be confusion and the wrong people hurt, etc.
Cannot find that thread

Hero who stopped Colorado gunman shot dead by police in case of mistaken identity

Unfortunately, seems like this happened yesterday in Denver. The guy did the trick, but for some reason he was not very careful about being mistaken for a shooter himself. That, and the cop should have issued at least one warning, bad move on his part.

Johnny Hurley, 40, was shopping in downtown Arvada, a Denver suburb, when he heard Ronald Troyke ambush and murder Officer Gordon Beesley, who was responding to a call Monday afternoon, officials said.

Troyke, 59, then returned to his truck to grab an AR-15, and was holding it when Hurley — who was carrying a concealed weapon — confronted him and shot him dead, Police Chief Link Strate said in a video clip posted Friday.

But when another officer responded to the scene, he saw Hurley holding the suspect’s rifle — and tragically mistook the good Samaritan for the cop killer, fatally shooting him, Strate said.