Man pulls concealed carry weapon in gun-free mall to defend family and bystanders during shooting

[Steal2B]

A father pulled out his concealed carry weapon in a weapons-free Nebraska mall to protect his family and others when a fatal shooting unfolded.

The scene unfolded on Saturday while Tafoya was trying on a new suit for his daughter’s baptism and his wife and two daughters were shopping upstairs in the mall.

He saw a group of people running and made eye contact with a man who yelled, “Shooter!”

He ran to his family while unholstering his gun, and his wife told him she heard gunfire.

He then stood guard outside of a bathroom where mall officials had people shelter.

Man pulls concealed carry weapon in gun-free mall to defend family and bystanders during shooting

A father pulled out his concealed carry weapon in a weapons-free Nebraska mall to protect his family and others when a fatal shooting unfolded. “Every indication said our lives were in danger, and I was going to do everything in my power to make sure we got out of there OK,” Scott Tafoya said...

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[Celt]

A father pulled out his concealed carry weapon in a weapons-free Nebraska mall to protect his family and others when a fatal shooting unfolded.

The scene unfolded on Saturday while Tafoya was trying on a new suit for his daughter’s baptism and his wife and two daughters were shopping upstairs in the mall.

He saw a group of people running and made eye contact with a man who yelled, “Shooter!”

He ran to his family while unholstering his gun, and his wife told him she heard gunfire.

He then stood guard outside of a bathroom where mall officials had people shelter.

Man pulls concealed carry weapon in gun-free mall to defend family and bystanders during shooting

A father pulled out his concealed carry weapon in a weapons-free Nebraska mall to protect his family and others when a fatal shooting unfolded. “Every indication said our lives were in danger, and I was going to do everything in my power to make sure we got out of there OK,” Scott Tafoya said...

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Good for him, and thankfully it doesnt look like he will be charged with anything.

 

[Hillbilly77]

Didn’t anybody tell the shooter that the mall was a gun-free zone?

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

Good for him, and thankfully it doesnt look like he will be charged with anything.

Give it time.

 

[spat]

Didn’t anybody tell the shooter that the mall was a gun-free zone?

Apparently it takes more than a sticker in the window to make someplace a gun free zone.

Who knew ?


I actually think it's very hard to make a gun free zone. You need people with guns to enforce the rules, so then it's not gun free.


Maybe the room they put MRI machines in qualifies ?

 

[Dr. Evil]

Apparently it takes more than a sticker in the window to make someplace a gun free zone.

Who knew ?


I actually think it's very hard to make a gun free zone. You need people with guns to enforce the rules, so then it's not gun free.


Maybe the room they put MRI machines in qualifies ?

An oldie but a goodie.

 

[Cooolone]

And...?

I fail to understand the significance of the scrutiny of his actions on any level at all!?

Would it matter if he emerged from a sporting good store with a shotty? Or an ax? How about golf club... Anything to protect his family!

Pffffft

 

[Acer-m14]

Didn’t anybody tell the shooter that the mall was a gun-free zone?

i would love to see where the gun free zone sign on the doors were posted at that mall ....

A place in Rochester i went to with friends for there youngest boy b-day ... the fking sign was at the very bottom of the door on the glass. ..
If you didn't bend down to tie your shoe you would have never seen it ..

bounce house place .. he did get a brick of 22lr

 

[spat]

i would love to see where the gun free zone sign on the doors were posted at that mall ....

A place in Rochester i went to with friends for there youngest boy b-day ... the fking sign was at the very bottom of the door on the glass. ..
If you didn't bend down to tie your shoe you would have never seen it ..

bounce house place .. he did get a brick of 22lr

In NY they can put the sign in 12" neon letters that you have to duck underneath to enter and it still doesn't matter.

 

[nortatoga]

Signs do have force of law in Nebraska.

I would think charging him would up to the mall to press..

I. Do “No Gun Signs” Have the Force of Law? - Gun Laws By State Gun Laws By State

Yes. “No Guns” signs have the force of law in Nebraska. A permit holder who carries a firearm into an establishment that has a “no guns” sign conspicuously posted is guilty of a Class III misdemeanor for the first violation and a Class I misdemeanor for any subsequent violation...

www.gunlawsbystate.com

I. DO “NO GUN SIGNS” HAVE THE FORCE OF LAW?
Yes. “No Guns” signs have the force of law in Nebraska. A permit holder who carries a firearm into an establishment that has a “no guns” sign conspicuously posted is guilty of a Class III misdemeanor for the first violation and a Class I misdemeanor for any subsequent violation. [Nebraska Legislature]

 

[fresch]

And the shooters were?
Need I guess?

 

[PDR_AR15]

Maybe the best advice is don’t talk to the media about what you did or didn’t do. And tell your spouse not to say anything either... just leave and go home anonymously.

 

[Justincase]

Probably not the greatest idea to have a gun out when people are shouting “shooter!” Responding officers or other carriers won’t know you’re not the bad guy.