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Jason Falconer, a part-time police officer and firearms instructor, killed an attacker wielding a knife Saturday at the Crossroads Center mall in St. Cloud, Minn. (Avon Police Department)<\/p><\/div>\n

Jason Falconer is a part-time police officer, but he didn\u2019t have to carry a concealed firearm to Crossroads Center mall in St. Cloud, Minn., on Saturday. He wasn\u2019t on duty when a knife-wielding man went on a rampage. He was\u2014like the thousands of concealed carry permit holders across the country\u2014an American citizen exercising his constitutional rights. But his decision to do so saved dozens of lives, and his quick thinking and good training kept the situation from getting much worse.<\/p>\n

Falconer was shopping when Dahir Adan entered the mall and began stabbing shoppers (reportedly<\/a> after asking whether or not they were Muslim). Adan managed to wound nine people before Falconer arrived, gun in hand, and put a quick end to the terrorist\u2019s plot.<\/a> According to police, surveillance video shows Adan falling and getting back up three times before the fatal shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was put in unfortunate circumstances. I believe there was divine intervention,\u201d Corey Nellis, the police chief in the neighboring city of Avon, said at a news conference Monday. \u201cI think he was the person that needed to be there to prevent it from being worse than it was.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most mainstream media accounts (except perhaps this piece by the LA Times<\/a>) lead readers to believe that Falconer\u2019s position as an off-duty police officer is enough to explain his possession of a firearm. It doesn\u2019t. Falconer has maintained a low profile since the incident, but it\u2019s clear that his decision to carry a firearm on Saturday was an exercise of the Second Amendment rights shared by all Americans.<\/p>\n

The Second Amendment gave Falconer the right to carry a firearm, and his training gave him the skills to use it. Falconer is the former police chief of Albany, Minn., and current owner and president of Tactical Advantage LLC<\/a>, a shooting range and tactical training facility, according to the LA Times. He\u2019s also active in three-gun competitions and is an NRA-certified firearms instructor.<\/p>\n

In short, he takes seriously his job as an officer and his right to carry a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I was going to ask anybody to fire live rounds in a crowded mall, I would trust his abilities next to anybody\u2019s,\u201d Nellis told reporters.<\/p>\n

While first responders and mall patrons are no doubt grateful for Falconer\u2019s actions, the mall\u2019s gun-free-zone<\/a> could have kept anyone from stopping Adan until police arrived. Crossroads Center Mall prohibits firearms on its premises. Independent Journal Review<\/a> notes that police officers whose training is in good standing may carry firearms in the mall, but that rule doesn\u2019t appear in the mall\u2019s Code of Conduct<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whatever the case\u2014whether Falconer ignored the mall\u2019s policy or was permitted to carry a firearm\u2014his decision to bear arms stopped yet another terrorist plot on American soil. If an armed citizen like Falconer had been present in Charleston\u00a0or San Bernardino, those horrific incidents could have ended much differently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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