2nd amendment saves lives..don't expect front page

Did I read correctly? A crazed angry man who self professed to hearing voices, somehow got access to a gun and went on a killing spree? Did I read that he went into a full church context after having unresisted free shooting of peoples at another location, and would likely have mass murdered many many innocent people...?

But something happened. No, it wasn't Rambo. Not 'Dirty Harry'. No it wasn't even GI Joe. Rather an off duty female security officer who was licensed with a permit to carry (something you can't apparently have on college or in schools or at the post office or near a sports field, or in the city of Chicago, or anywhere the new hermeneutic of constitutional interpretations have full sway) enters the scene.

What does she do? She saves a lot of lives by the direct and merciful action of shooting the shooter before he had an opportunity to create more obituaries with innocents. Did she relish it, enjoy it, dance in the streets like some religious zealots do when they torture a noncombatant? No. I think not. But is she a hero. Is she an unsung one? Is she a story not likely to be reported as it flows against the grain of what is and what is suppose to be? My guess is yes.

I'm sure other stories behind the scenes will emerge and that they will all be interesting and heroic and sad and grateful etc. But the obvious one from my read at the current time is how glad I am that a woman was packing heat, trained in using it, had the courage to do so, and saved a lot of innocent lives. May God bless her.