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\"Connor
The USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio, is Mecca for an airplane nerd.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I used to be an Army pilot, and I maintain a small plane today. In early August of 2019, one of my adult kids and I flew to Dayton, Ohio, to spend the weekend walking around the Air Force museum. Theirs is likely the greatest collection of vintage warplanes in the world. As quality time with the family goes, it was epic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Connor
The Springfield Armory Hellcat is a superb concealed carry pistol. With 13+1 onboard and unflinching reliability, the Hellcat represents the current state of the art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the evening we went into Dayton for dinner and a movie. These were the days before Covid, so we could just wander about taking in the sights without worrying about contracting some ghastly disease. Ohio enjoys concealed carry reciprocity with my home state so I packed a nice carry gun, in this case a Springfield Armory Hellcat charged with fourteen SIG SAUER 147-grain V-Crown 9mm hollowpoints. The trip was great, and we made it home without incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One Week Later\u2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Connor
Connor Betts, shown here on the left alongside his sister Megan, was a full-bore psychopath.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One week after we had been strolling around the Oregon Historic District in Dayton, Connor Betts was hanging out in a nearby bar with his 22-year-old sister Megan. He had been texting a former girlfriend earlier in the evening and seemed to her to be fairly normal. After a couple of hours in the club, Betts disappeared. He returned in short order wearing body armor and some kind of creepy mask while carrying an AR15 pistol. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Connor
Betts is shown here outside the Ned Peppers Bar just before Dayton\u2019s finest shut him down. Even today nobody is really sure what set him off.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For reasons that are not well understood, Betts then opened fire on the revelers in the street outside Ned Peppers Bar. In thirty seconds he fired forty-one rounds. In that half-minute, he killed nine people and injured another seventeen. One of the dead was his sister Megan. One of the severely wounded was his best friend Chace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Connor
 Ned Peppers was the site of a horrible shooting in the summer of 2019. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At the first sounds of gunfire, the partiers in the streets fled indoors through any handy doorway. People streamed into establishments around the neighborhood trying to avoid Betts and escape his rampage. Betts made a beeline for Ned Peppers, now packed with terrified people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Connor
The cops were unbelievably efficient. Their fast action saved untold lives.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There were several Dayton police officers nearby when Betts opened fire. They responded immediately, running to the sounds of battle. Miraculously, the cops engaged Betts a mere 32 seconds after he fired his first shots. An autopsy determined that Betts had been hit by thirty rounds fired by police. He collapsed at the threshold of Ned Peppers and died at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gun<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Connor
 Betts\u2019 gun was a fairly typical low-end AR pistol with some inexpensive accessories.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Much hay has been made over the details of Connor Betts\u2019 firearm. A no-frills Anderson Arms AR15 pistol with an 11.5-inch barrel and unremarkable round forearm, the gun featured a flat top upper and a red dot sight. Betts fed his gun via an imported 100-round drum magazine. Betts\u2019 AR also included a Shockwave Pistol Stabilizing Brace (PSB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Connor
Prior to his unprovoked rampage, Connor Betts had seen his share of trouble. However, his behavior had not risen to the point that he could not pass a background check.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Betts had no criminal record and bought the gun legally from a supplier in Texas. The weapon transferred to him via a local FFL. When Betts was gunned down by the Dayton cops he dropped a thirty-round magazine onto the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Connor
The Shockwave PSB slides over the buffer tube on an AR-style pistol.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

PSB\u2019s are curious things. Initially developed by Alex Boscoe of SB tactical to aid disabled shooters in running heavy handguns one-handed, these accessories have spawned an entirely new genre of firearms. By including a PSB on an otherwise unremarkable AR or AK pistol, these short-barreled weapons become easier to operate despite their stubby barrels. These weapons also transfer like regular handguns rather than heavily regulated short-barreled rifles. PSBs have subsequently been fitted to shotguns and pistol-caliber weapons like the CZ Scorpion EVO and SIG MPX as well. There are estimated to be in excess of four million brace-equipped handguns in circulation in America. At the time of this writing, Connor Betts\u2019 shooting was the only example I could find of a PSB having been used in a crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Connor
The media fixated on the particulars of Connor Betts\u2019 firearm. It seems to me it might have been better to fixate on Connor Betts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One subsequent headline screamed, \u201cDayton Shooter Used Gun That May Have Exploited an ATF Loophole.\u201d The presupposition on the part of the less durable members of society that a guy who would willingly undertake mass murder might somehow inexplicably be motivated to adhere to gun laws seems utterly bewildering to me. However, in the aftermath of the Dayton shooting the loudest voices on the Left were screaming not about the psychopath Connor Betts but rather for enhanced restrictions on firearms. There was relatively little furor over what might have been practically done to stop the deranged shooter himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Shooter<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Connor
Connor Betts was a fairly troubled young man. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Connor Betts never was quite right. A bully in high school, Betts was bipolar and carried a diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. He also admitted to hearing voices, though apparently he had not been formally diagnosed with schizophrenia at the time of his crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Connor
This is Connor Betts and a former girlfriend. Apparently Betts held a mean grudge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Betts took rejection poorly. While at Bellbrook High School he kept a list of girls who had spurned him and anyone else he perceived to have slighted him in some way. He told friends he intended to rape the girls and kill the boys on his list as the opportunities arose. He also told fellow students he intended to shoot up his school. Betts was suspended for a year as a result in 2012 and subjected to a police investigation. He worked at a local gas station as well as Chipotle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Connor
 The Antifa supporter Connor Betts was also a Satanist. His life was unfettered chaos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Betts was an avid supporter of Antifa and regularly retweeted posts espousing extreme left-wing, anti-police views. He was a vocal supporter of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. He was tepid toward Kamala Harris based upon her historical connections to Law Enforcement. On his Twitter bio he described himself as a \u201cMetalhead Anime-fan Leftist.\u201d He wrote, \u201cI\u2019m going to hell and I\u2019m not coming back.\u201d He often used the hashtag #HailSatan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Connor
 Here\u2019s a shot of Connor Betts\u2019 band, the Menstrual Munchies. In our enlightened age apparently a Shockwave pistol brace is a big deal while these guys are not.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Betts was the lead singer in a pornogrind metal band called Menstrual Munchies. His lyrics orbited around violence, gratuitous gore, and necrophilia. His music glorified sexual violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Connor
Connor Betts looks pretty normal here with his family. He wasn\u2019t. His poor parents lost both their children that night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A former classmate of Betts had this to say about him, \u201cConnor Betts was a psychopath…I remember when he threatened to shoot up our school and had a hit list of people that he wanted to kill. I’ve worked with him, too, and he scared the employees on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Connor
 Betts shared a photo of this receipt with his girlfriend. Apparently he found the final total somehow gratifying.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEveryone who knew him knew he had issues. I would tell people all the time to just stay away from him because he’s threatened to kill people. When the customers didn’t tip him, he would threaten to go to their house and kill them. I thought he was just all talk but then I would be at work by myself with him and hear him chanting things that sounded like he was worshiping the devil. I would be calling his name for him to stop and he wouldn’t answer.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruminations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Connor
Satan worship was apparently a central part of Connor Betts\u2019 worldview. Everyone who knew him well seemed to have seen this coming, yet the problem was his pistol brace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This devil-worshipping Antifa loser exhibited all the hallmarks of a dysfunctional mass shooter from an early age. He was aggressively investigated by Law Enforcement fully ten years prior to his murder spree. He was being treated for serious mental health issues and was the lead singer in a band that screamed about killing women and then copulating with their corpses. And the primary problem is that he had a pistol brace on his firearm? As a society could we really be that na\u00efve?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Connor
The media is awash in cop-bashing narratives. However, when Dayton police risk their lives and stop a mass shooter less than a minute after he begins his rampage that story is not widely disseminated.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hating the cops is both in vogue and in the news these days. However, Connor Betts\u2019 final moments were captured on surveillance footage from outside the Ned Peppers Bar. The Dayton PD simply could not have been any faster. They were on-site and engaging less than a minute after the first shots were fired. They killed this guy literally seconds before he made it into a bar packed with terrified humanity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Connor
All of us want to stop these senseless mass shootings. However, laws that only impact law-abiding citizens are counterproductive.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When Betts was shot he presumably had 59 rounds left onboard his weapon and carried his next 30-round magazine ready to go. I think this may be the finest example of tactical police work I have ever seen. It is literally impossible to determine how many lives were saved by the bravery and selflessness shown by Dayton\u2019s finest that fateful evening. And yet the Left persists in denigrating police in general while minimizing the importance of the services they provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Connor
Connor Betts\u2019 life was inexplicably all darkness and hate. The pain that he unleashed on the world would be tough to quantify.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was walking these same streets with my child a week prior to this event. But for the grace of God, we weren\u2019t there when Connor Betts detonated. There are some 400 million firearms in America. If all guns were outlawed tomorrow under pain of death, psychopaths like Connor Betts would still be armed a century from now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Connor
This cute little guy, shown here along with the sister he would ultimately murder, was a monster in the purest sense.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t carry a gun to prove anything. If I\u2019m doing it properly nobody will ever know. I carry a gun because my family and I share the world with anarchist Satan worshippers who are lead singers for pornogrind bands that celebrate murdering people and then desecrating their corpses. Some people study the Dayton shooting and see a desperate need for more gun control. I narrowly miss experiencing the same thing and give thanks that I live in a place where I don\u2019t have to walk among such predators unarmed. Had I been there that fateful night I likely would have been killed along with the rest of them. However, I would have nonetheless had the means, the skill, and the will to fight back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Connor
Connor Betts was quite vocal about his malevolent worldview online. America doesn\u2019t have a gun problem. America has a people problem.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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