Let's not forget the incident that brought concealed carry to Texas. It was a cold blooded, protracted series of murders committed by a lone gunman that reloaded several times. Had any patron been armed and had the guts to return fire, the entire incident could have been stopped much earlier. The testimony of survivors in this incident was very persuasive to Texas legislators. The victim list follows the article.
As a two tour Vietnam infantry veteran that carried automatic weapons all over and that had been in several combat engagements defending our freedom, before concealed carry laws, I couldn't legally carry a firearm here in the U.S. to protect myself from a situation such as this---but the bad guy did illegally.
Dave
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The
Luby's massacre was a
mass murder that took place on October 16, 1991, in
Killeen,
Texas,
United States when
George Hennard ″Jo Jo"
[1] drove his
pickup truck into a
Luby's cafeteria and shot 23 people to death while wounding another 20, subsequently committing suicide by shooting himself. It was the deadliest shooting rampage in
American history until the 2007
Virginia Tech massacre.
On October 16, 1991, 35-year-old George Pierre Hennard, an unemployed
merchant seaman who was described by others as angry and withdrawn, with a dislike of women, drove his blue 1987
Ford Ranger pickup truck through the front window of a Luby's
cafeteria at 1705 East Central Texas Expressway in Killeen. Yelling "This is what
Bell County has done to me!", Hennard then opened fire on its patrons and staff with a
Glock 17 pistol and, later, a
Ruger P89. He stalked, shot, and killed 23 people while wounding another 20 before committing suicide. Approximately 80 people were in the restaurant at the time.
The first victim was local veterinarian Dr. Michael Griffith, 48, who ran to the driver's side of the pickup truck to offer assistance to the driver after the truck came through the window. Hennard also approached 32-year-old
Suzanna Hupp and her parents. Her father Al, 71, rushed at Hennard in an attempt to subdue him but was gunned down. A short time later, Hupp's mother Ursula, 67, was also shot and killed.
During the massacre, Hennard allowed a woman and her four-year-old child to leave. Another patron, Tommy Vaughn, threw a chair through a plate-glass window, which provided an escape route for himself and other customers.
Hennard reloaded several times and still had ammunition remaining when he committed suicide by shooting himself in the head after being cornered and wounded by police.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby's_massacre
