Roberson, who was armed at the time, grabbed one of the men, held him down and waited for police, according to witnesses.
“He had somebody on the ground with his knee in back, with his gun in his back like, ‘Don’t move,’” Adam Harris told WGN-TV.
But witnesses said Roberson became the victim as soon as police arrived. A responding officer with the Midlothian Police Department immediately shot Roberson, who later died at a hospital.
Terrible.
So, imagine, when people tell you “gosh, we just need MORE people armed to stop shootings…”…this could have been any good guy with a gun.
Basically… drunk idiot asked to leave bar. Comes back with gun. Starts to shoot up the place. Armed Security returns fire and apprehends. Police show up and shoot Armed Security.
Oh, you mean the exact situation we said would be inevitable, only to be mocked by keyboard Rambos who think more guns are the solution to every problem?
If we are going to make having more guns everywhere to part of the solution… and that is apparently the solution that this country is going with… then it doesn’t make any sense to have no training on both sides of the equation, the police and the citizenry of how to avoid the good guy getting shot.
There are also some of us ardent gun rights supporters who have preached that if you pull out a gun in a situation like the bar, you better be damn sure you know you have a target on your back from multiple people (bad guy, others good Samaritans with guns, and cops).
I freaked out a person who know’s I’m armed most of the time. They joked that if anything went “down” while they were with me, they knew I’d take care of the bad guy. I looked at them and said unless the guy is within 10 feet of me, or I’m in danger of being shot that very moment – the only thing I’m going to do is find the closest, safest place to shelter in place and protect myself as a last resort.
The other thing, is if you’ve pulled a gun out, better make damn sure you don’t put it back in your pocket. Some is going to see it and point you out to the cops with “I think he was involved, I saw him put a gun in his pocket!”
It’s a sad deal. But it’s a risk anyone with a gun takes . . . from officer to armed securty guard (plain clothes as this guy apparently was), to concealed carry holder.
