Agreed, tons of courage to do what he did.AZGrizFan wrote:http://www.maxim.com/maxim-man/maxim-le ... ng-2015-10" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;andy7171 wrote:After the first guy/girl who stood up in the class and got popped after saying they were Christian. If I were there, if I hadn't gotten capped off the bat and was amonst the rest in the room. Why not rush the coward before it got to you? Much like the French subway incedent?
I guess all the victims were involved in "NO TAG" recesses growing up?
Why wait your turn?
Chances are, if the gunman gets rushed, it's not in his plan. And will panic. You live, everyone else lives. Andf you get to beat the **** out of someone.
Hats off to Chris Mintz.Meet the Hero Army Vet Who Took Seven Bullets Charging the Oregon College Shooter
A soulless lunatic opened fire on innocent students at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon Thursday, killing at least 10 before and wounding seven before responding officers took him out. The gunman, inspired by the on-air murder of two Virginia journalists earlier this month, reportedly sought public notoriety
We won't give it to him. The gunman's name is Chris, but there's another Chris from the Oregon shooting you should pay attention to instead: Army veteran Chris Mintz, age 30, who witnesses say displayed astonishing courage even as he took multiple bullets from the psychopath's gun.
According to CBS, Mintz ran toward the gunman in an effort to "protect his classmates" after the gunman tried to enter his classroom. Mintz's aunt Wanta told CBS her nephew tried to block a classroom door "to keep the gunman from coming in." He was shot three times before he fell, she said. As Mintz lay wounded, his aunt said he told the gunman 'it's my son's birthday' and was shot two more times.
Chris Mintz's constitution was made from the same iron as his character — he was gravely wounded, but survived after spending most of Thursday in surgery. His cousin Derek Bourgeois, with whom Mintz had joined the Army straight out of high school, told the Daily Beast he heard Mintz is "fine (...) but he’s going to have to learn to walk again."
A friend posted on Mintz's Facebook page on Friday on the hero's behalf, saying "Chris asked me to thank everyone for their support, he is grateful and keeping our community and all victims in his thoughts."
A comment left below the status seemed to speak for many who have heard the story of this man who ran headlong into a hail of gunfire:
You saved lives Chris Mintz. You are the one who will be remembered. You are a hero in my eyes with a warriors spirit. God bless you and your recovery.
We've only mentioned Chris Mintz and his family here and not the killer's name for a reason. The Umpqua killer left writing, as reported by both the Daily Beast and CNN, that indicated he knew mass murder was a route to lasting notoriety.
It's natural to study the motives of killers and natural to want to understand how they came to be. But it's the names of the victims, and the names of truly inspiring bad-asses like Chris Mintz — or the men who recently stopped a likely terrorist attack aboard a European train — that need to echo afterwards.
The security giards ARE ALREADY ON CAMPUS BEING PAID whatever they are being paid. Giving them a gun isn't going to add much cost...