James Shaw Jr. saving the world
Early this morning, a gunman killed four people and wounded four others at an Antioch, Tennessee Waffle House. 29-year-old James Shaw Jr. prevented the body count from being much higher, according to the Tennessean;
James Shaw Jr., 29, said after feeling cornered he saw an opportunity to tackle the man shooting into an Antioch Waffle House. He said he doesn’t feel like a hero.
Police spokesman Don Aaron told reporters Sunday morning that the Waffle House hero rushed the suspected shooter, disarmed him and threw the assault rifle he was carrying over the counter.
“I don’t really know, when everyone said that (of being a hero), it feels selfish,” Shaw Jr. “I was just trying to get myself out. I saw the opportunity and pretty much took it.”
Shaw was grazed by a bullet and spent a few hours at the hospital;
“While I was in hospital, a girl that was there said you saved my life,” he said. “I didn’t do it to be hero.”
The gunman is still on the loose but he won’t see his name here.
Category: Who knows
Well done, young man.
Funny how real heroes reject that label, while stolen valor phonies concoct fantasies to claim it.
Amen.
Amen, again.
Absolutely. Great job Mr Shaw!
Good stuff from modest Mr Shaw! Heroic effort indeed.
His mother raised him right. Good job!
Bravo Zulu, James Shaw! Damn well done.
PS,
Chicks dig scars.
Here we go again with the so called “Assault” Rifle ban after the horrific Waffle House tragedy. I wish I knew how to send my IPN South Florida MVA/fatality texts I get every day along I-95 and the Florida Tpke to this site so we all can try and get vehicles banned and go back to horse and carriage.
/Sarc
He’s lucky the shooter didn’t have the rifle set to full semi-automatic mode.
He’s even luckier Mr. Shaw wasn’t carrying…
SoS Mayor of Nashville saw an open opportunity to spew some virtue signalling look-at-me comprehensive gun control talking points at the presser. A POS cunt rehearsing for his next gig – maybe governor or US congressman.
Thank you Mr Shaw! I respectfully disagree. You are a hero to those you saved, their families and the society in which you live.
Keep up the great work!
“He said he doesn’t feel like a hero.”
Heroes rarely do.
I saw an expression elsewhere: reluctant hero. On CBS he said he was protecting himself. BZ sir.
Mr. Shaw, you are indeed a hero. This is what good men do!
BZ!
WZ (via TV news source) says the shooter was arrested by the Secret Service earlier, and police confiscated his weapons due to the conviction. After, they gave them to his dad, who GAVE THEM BACK TO THE SHOOTER, violating a bunch of laws.
But “BAN EVIL GUNZ!!!!!!” Just watch.
From the Tennessean;
XXX’s dad should see some prison time for this. Culpable negligence if he willingly gave them back. However, it’d be just as easy to believe the kid stole them.
Especially, since it is obvious from his son’s behavior in the District of Criminals that he wasn’t right in the head.
There is some information about the shooter in this link. He also had a “thing” for Taylor Swift.
http://abc7chicago.com/man-wanted-in-deadly-waffle-house-shooting-in-tennessee-had-delusions-about-taylor-swift-arrested-at-white-house/3377973/
Too bad for the loser. She only likes dating Limeys apparently.
Mr. Shaw, you manned up and did what was right when you-know-what hit the fan, KUDOS!!!
Amazing and heroic things happen when folks find their will to survive, especially when they take decisive and correct action.
Well done, young man. You are a big help in restoring my faith in your generation. Too often what we see is bad press, but you single handedly are reversing that.
Thank you, Mr. Shaw. Your family raised you well.
Somewhere Davy Crockett is smiling.
Well done Mr. Shaw! Damned well done indeed Sir.
I hope the nut case, XXX AND his Father, Mr. XXX, Sr. both go behind bars the rest of their lives.
“he doesn’t feel like a hero.”
Heroes never do. Be wary of anyone who touts their own heroics *cough* John Kerry *cough*.
Mr. Shaw though is an obvious and real hero. I wish we had more people with the intestinal fortitude to fight this sort of evil.
I was looking in the dictionary under “Balls of Steel” and it said: See James Shaw Jr.
Good stuff, humble guy who stepped up when it mattered. Pretty awesome, heroic stuff for me.
Roger that!
Well done brave Sir
What’s his name pos is in custody. The father will be next.
Yup:
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2018/04/23/waffle-house-shooting-travis-reinking-search-continues-antioch-nashville/541313002/
I would be glad to buy this hero a gun of his choosing
And pay for whatever class his state requires so that he can become a licensed concealed carrier.
Imagine what it would be like like if all the patrons of that Waffle House were armed.
When you find Mrs. Right, Brother, please have many children. The Republic is in need of more REAL Americans.