{"id":153433,"date":"2021-10-27T19:44:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T23:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=153433"},"modified":"2021-10-27T19:44:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:07:30","slug":"tennessee-rep-says-armed-good-guys-stopping-bad-guys-is-a-canard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/tennessee-rep-says-armed-good-guys-stopping-bad-guys-is-a-canard\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Rep. Says Armed Good Guys Stopping Bad Guys is a \u2018Canard\u2019\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1004\" height=\"604\" title=\"Tennessee Rep. Says Armed Good Guys Stopping Bad Guys is a \u2018Canard\u2019\u00a0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mr_Cohen.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee Rep. Says Armed Good Guys Stopping Bad Guys is a \u2018Canard\u2019\u00a0\" class=\"wp-image-153434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mr_Cohen.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mr_Cohen-400x241.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mr_Cohen-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mr_Cohen-768x462.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/><figcaption>Rep. Cohen believes armed self-defense in America is a &#8220;canard.&#8221; (<em>Photo: Twitter<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, doesn\u2019t believe that good guys with guns stop bad guys with guns in America.  Like, ever.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No joke.  &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShow me a case, please \u2014 we didn\u2019t have them in Memphis \u2014 where a good man or woman with a gun protected and stopped the use of a weapon,\u201d said the Democrat, recently.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat canard doesn\u2019t occur. That just\u2026dog won\u2019t hunt,\u201d he insisted. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ICYMI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tennessee-rep-says-armed-good-guys-stopping-bad-guys-is-a-canard\" title=\"Tennessee Rep. Says Armed Good Guys Stopping Bad Guys is a \u2018Canard\u2019\u00a0\">#ICYMI<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepCohen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tennessee-rep-says-armed-good-guys-stopping-bad-guys-is-a-canard\" title=\"Tennessee Rep. Says Armed Good Guys Stopping Bad Guys is a \u2018Canard\u2019\u00a0\">@RepCohen<\/a> just said he&#8217;d never seen a case where a good guy with a gun stopped a bad guy with a gun. <br \/><br \/>Countless Americans, who&#8217;ve had their lives saved by the Second Amendment, would disagree. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TfTTjHRety\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tennessee-rep-says-armed-good-guys-stopping-bad-guys-is-a-canard\" title=\"Tennessee Rep. Says Armed Good Guys Stopping Bad Guys is a \u2018Canard\u2019\u00a0\">pic.twitter.com\/TfTTjHRety<\/a><\/p>\u2014 House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudiciaryGOP\/status\/1453384740493463556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tennessee-rep-says-armed-good-guys-stopping-bad-guys-is-a-canard\" title=\"Tennessee Rep. Says Armed Good Guys Stopping Bad Guys is a \u2018Canard\u2019\u00a0\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Cohen, you or your handlers need to start reading GunsAmerica.&nbsp; We report on \u201cdefensive gun use\u201d (DGU) stories all the time.&nbsp; You know, instances where citizens use firearms to protect themselves and their loved ones from armed perps who wish to do them harm. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We even have a hashtag, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/tag\/dgu\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tennessee-rep-says-armed-good-guys-stopping-bad-guys-is-a-canard\" title=\"Tennessee Rep. Says Armed Good Guys Stopping Bad Guys is a \u2018Canard\u2019\u00a0\">DGU<\/a>, to make it easy for readers to reference these accounts.&nbsp; Go ahead, click the hashtag, not only will you find one account, you\u2019ll find hundreds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/a-tale-of-two-anti-semitic-attacks-armed-citizen-ends-assault-on-jews-in-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tennessee-rep-says-armed-good-guys-stopping-bad-guys-is-a-canard\" title=\"Tennessee Rep. Says Armed Good Guys Stopping Bad Guys is a \u2018Canard\u2019\u00a0\">A Tale of Two Anti-Semitic Attacks: Armed Citizen Ends Assault on Jews in Florida<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh yes, and you might find this interesting.&nbsp; That is the <a href=\"https:\/\/crime-data-explorer.app.cloud.gov\/pages\/home\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tennessee-rep-says-armed-good-guys-stopping-bad-guys-is-a-canard\" title=\"Tennessee Rep. Says Armed Good Guys Stopping Bad Guys is a \u2018Canard\u2019\u00a0\">FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2020<\/a>.&nbsp; According to the data presented, armed private citizens killed more criminals<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/ccrkba-fbi-report-says-armed-citizens-killed-more-criminals-than-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tennessee-rep-says-armed-good-guys-stopping-bad-guys-is-a-canard\" title=\"Tennessee Rep. Says Armed Good Guys Stopping Bad Guys is a \u2018Canard\u2019\u00a0\"> during the commission of a felony last year<\/a> than law enforcement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Per the numbers, armed good guys terminated 343 suspected felons while police fatally shot 298. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As our friend Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, observed with respect to the FBI&#8217;s report, \u201cThe use of deadly force is not something anybody wants but neither is being injured or killed by some thug during a violent criminal attack.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSelf-defense may be the oldest natural right, and every time we hear some politician, public official or gun control extremist call for citizen disarmament, we have to wonder which side they\u2019re on,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt certainly can\u2019t be on the side of public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With due respect Rep. Cohen, whose side are you on?&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cShow me a case, please \u2014 we didn\u2019t have them in Memphis \u2014 where a good man or woman with a gun protected and stopped the use of a weapon,\u201d said the Democrat, recently.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":153434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,262,240],"tags":[132,469,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-153433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-defensive-use-of-firearms","9":"category-this-week","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-gun-control","12":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tennessee Rep. 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