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Police report that a homeowner shot suspect Michael James Brooks II during an alleged break-in. The 28-year-old, who is wanted for murder in Ohio, will receive an arrest warrant upon hospital discharge. (Photo: Fayette County Sheriff’s Office<\/em>)
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The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) slammed the gun prohibition lobby this week for ignoring armed self-defense incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alan Gottlieb, CCRKBA Chairman, cites a recent case where a Georgia man shot an Ohio murder suspect<\/a> during a Fayette County home invasion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSuch incidents provide proof that guns are used effectively by private citizens in self-defense situations, which the gun prohibition lobby repeatedly argues is a rarity,” said Gottlieb. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research suggests that armed citizens use firearms in self-defense up to 1.7 million times a year<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe gun ban lobby doesn\u2019t want the public to know this,\u201d he added, \u201cwhich should raise questions about what else they are hiding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael James Brooks II, the Ohio suspect, was linked to a stabbing in Columbus and a carjacking. The stolen car was found at the Georgia shooting scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gottlieb also highlights a perceived leniency from gun prohibitionists towards criminal suspects. This approach, he believes, encourages criminality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cGun prohibitionists tend to favor leniency toward criminal suspects,\u201d Gottlieb observed, \u201cwhich only encourages more violent behavior when criminals figure out the legal system isn\u2019t going to hold them accountable. Anti-gunners are quick to demand more gun controls to penalize law-abiding citizens every time some criminal misuses a firearm, rather than placing the blame solely on the perpetrator.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recalling incidents where armed citizens intervened, like stopping a Texas church shooting in 2019<\/a> or the Indiana mall shooter last year, Gottlieb questioned the lobby’s silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen Elisjsha Dicken heroically killed a would-be mass shooter at a shopping mall<\/a> in Indiana last year,\u201d Gottlieb recalled, \u201cthe gun ban crowd was totally silent. Likewise, when armed citizens stopped a Texas church shooting in 2019, we heard nothing from anti-gunners.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This scenario is repeated every time a private citizen acts legally and decisively in a life-threatening situation. After all, the gun prohibition lobby likes to justify every one of their extremist schemes by saying \u2018if it saves just one life, it\u2019s worth it.\u2019 That logic runs both ways. If armed self-defense or intervention saves just one life, isn\u2019t that also worthwhile? We\u2019ll wait for an answer,” he concluded<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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