Hot Yoga Shooter Stopped When He Met Armed Resistance

By Tom Knighton

Mass shootings are awful events. They’re horrible for those of us sitting here watching the aftermath, which means they’re infinitely more horrible for the poor souls trapped in the hell of an actual mass shooting.

Time and again, we tell people that the best defense against a mass shooting is an armed citizen with the will to act.

But it’s also important to note that even if someone isn’t carrying a firearm, resisting an attacker may well save a whole lot of lives.

A yoga practitioner says he fought the gunman who killed two people during a class at a yoga studio in Florida.

Joshua Quick spoke to ABC’s Good Morning America on Sunday.

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Quick said he grabbed [the killer]’s gun after it jammed and hit him. But [he] got control of the gun again and pistol-whipped Quick.

Quick said he then grabbed a broom and struck [the killer], which gave some people in the studio time to flee.

Now, a broom isn’t exactly anyone’s first choice of weapon in a situation like that. No one wants to have just a thin piece of wood to go against someone armed with a firearm, but guess what? Sometimes, that’s all you have.

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Source:: Bearing Arms