Meet the NRA’s ‘good guy with a gun’

By Daniel Terrill

Stephen Willeford on the show floor during the NRA annual convention in Dallas on May 5, 2018. It was around 5:30 pm and he was anxious to get his seats at the Charlie Daniels concert later that night, but he still stopped to give a quick interview. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
At the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Dallas this year, the organization and guest speakers assigned a face to the good guy with a gun theory. Normally, the concept is exemplified by those in law enforcement or military, who are already expected to take action amid a crisis, but this year they had a civilian representative. An honest-to-God good guy with a gun. That face belonged to Stephen Willeford.
Speech after speech throughout the event rehashed details about Willeford’s heroic actions when he confronted a gunman last November at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. They mentioned how Willeford sprung into action when he heard gunfire. Because the gunman had on tactical gear, Willeford retrieved an AR-15 from his gun safe. How each gunshot Willeford heard represented, in his mind, a friend or neighbor dying, so he grabbed his rifle, a handful of ammo, and ran barefoot to confront the killer.
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Source: Guns.com