You can see an interview with him at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD52IxplEoM
With that, you should be able to judge his believability for yourself.
pax
With that, you should be able to judge his believability for yourself.
pax
That is a total of 4 shots fired . Is that the official count . If not why did he not hear the other shots . Might be a way of confirming his story .
Meli, who has a concealed carry permit, positioned himself behind a pillar.
"He was working on his rifle," said Meli. "He kept pulling the charging handle and hitting the side."
The break in gunfire allowed Meli to pull out his own gun, but he never took his eyes off the shooter.
"As I was going down to pull I saw someone in the back of the charlotte move and I knew if I fired and missed I could hit them."
Meli took cover inside a nearby store. He never pulled the trigger. He stands by that decision.
What I want to know is: in this exact situation would it still be considered self defense to take the shot if the mall shooter was busy clearing a jam?
No prosecutor around here would indict, and no jury herabouts would convict someone who killed someone who was clearing a jammed weapon so he could keep killing more people.
YMMV. If it does, your locality has some serious issues with it's justice system.
he host of the show (Piers Morgan) actually said that no civilian/ armed citizen has ever stopped a mass shooting and that it is a "myth" that it has been done.