Elon Musk praises self defense shooting.

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Elon Musk praises unnamed woman who shot dead man who opened fire on party with an AR-15-style rifle

Sun, May 29, 2022, 10:37 AM

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk on September 3, 2020.Maja Hitij/Getty Images
Elon Musk praised the woman who used a pistol to shoot a man who opened fire on a party.

In response to a report on the incident, Musk tweeted: "Wow, good for her and saving those people!"

On Wednesday, Musk said he supports gun ownership but wants "tight" background checks.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk praised the unnamed West Virginia woman who used a pistol to shoot and kill a man who opened fire on a party.

On Saturday night, Musk tweeted: "Wow, good for her and saving those people!"

—Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 28, 2022

He was responding to a tweet that described the story as "a good gal stops a bad guy with a gun" tweeted by an account arguing against restrictions on gun ownership.

The tweet from user @RimmerTurk tagged Musk, saying: "There are legitimate reasons to carry. Help us counter the lies by anti gunners!"

According to the Charleston Police Department, the woman shot the man dead after he opened fire on a party of 30 to 40 people. Police said the attack followed him being asked not to speed earlier that day.

The man, later identified as Dennis Butler, started firing into the crowd on Wednesday night with an AR-15-style firearm, said police spokesman Tony Hazelett.

This prompted the female bystander to use a pistol to shoot and kill Butler, the police said. The woman hasn't been named.

"She's just a member of the community who was carrying her firearm lawfully and instead of running from the threat, she engaged with the threat and saved several lives last night," Hazelett said.

Butler died from multiple gunshot wounds.

Hazelett said there were no other injuries. He said there will be no charges filed against the woman.

Musk's tweet came at a time when the debate over stricter gun control measure laws has intensified after the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas

On Wednesday, a day after the shooting, Musk laid out his stance on gun control in an email to CNBC. Musk said he supports mass gun ownership but wanted "tight" background checks before people can purchase them.

Musk said he supports gun ownership as a "safeguard" against tyrannical government.

In June 2021 President Joe Biden mocked people who make arguments like Musk's, saying "if you think you need to have weapons to take on the government, you need F-15s and maybe some nuclear weapons."

Musk did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on Sunday morning.

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[JaySmith]

Maybe next time the shooter will pick a soft target where he knows no one is carrying guns, such as a gun free zone.

I still don't know if I can trust elon. He seems to be fighting the good fight, but something about him still makes me uneasy.

[JAKIII]

I still don't know if I can trust elon. He seems to be fighting the good fight, but something about him still makes me uneasy.

Anyone who makes libs lose their shit is probably an ally though.

[PickingPA]

Maybe next time the shooter will pick a soft target where he knows no one is carrying guns, such as a gun free zone.

I still don't know if I can trust elon. He seems to be fighting the good fight, but something about him still makes me uneasy.

His stance on “assault weapons” isn’t quite as friendly, his comment was along the lines of “extreme vetting” and special licensing.

Seeing the light isn’t easy for some. He’s not there yet, but he definitely took the red pill. Seems like it was a time release capsule though.

[Krichardson]

Elon Misk is also in favor of restricting firearms sales.

[ImminentDanger]

So long as the argument is about the effectiveness of guns as a weapon --- RATHER THAN THE SHEER FAILURE of communist & socialist & atheist ideas to grow good citizens --- people will not arrive at the right answer. The lack of moral values (and therefore the lack of moral teaching) will always produce evil effects.

So long as it takes a village to raise a child, the child will blame the village for every failure that is rightly their own. Until Personal Responsibility is reasserted and lauded in the moral fiber of our society, good guys (and gals) will have to take up arms to defend themselves and their loved ones from the evil that society permits (and sometimes promotes) to roam the streets,. The leftist liberals would be happy to force all of America to cower helplessly as the teachers and children did in Texas, waiting for the government (twiddling their thumbs in the hallway) to intervene and save them. And it is clearly predictable that the outcome for America would be the same as for those poor innocents massacred in Texas.

This is why, in the past, when common sense was moral & sensible, that it was sefl-evident that the 2nd Amendment was necessary and should be part of the Constitution.

When seconds count, the police are staying in the hallway.

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[General Geoff]

So long as the argument is about the effectiveness of guns as a weapon --- RATHER THAN THE SHEER FAILURE of communist & socialist & atheist ideas to grow good citizens --- people will not arrive at the right answer. The lack of moral values (and therefore the lack of moral teaching) will always produce evil effects.

(emphasis added)

Atheist since I was about 12, and I have a very strong moral compass, thank you very much. The Golden Rule doesn't need any invisible sky man to make sense.

The Czech Republic is also doing just fine with both widespread gun rights/ownership and an overwhelmingly secular population.

[JaySmith]

God doesn't always mean good. Look at biden, he's catholic. And pelosi, she's a ****. They're basically the opposite of good.

However, God often goes hand in hand with family values and general morality. It's not a requirement, but the book does teach a good deal of that. But God is not a prerequisite to family values and morality.

What's the real issue here is the misguided use of God and religion to further one's cause, and is generally the justification used in wars. I'm just waiting on biden to say something like he needs to wipe republicans off the map in Gods name. Because I feel like that's right around the corner, after that ultra-maga bit.

[ImminentDanger]

The Golden Rule doesn't need any invisible sky man to make sense.

Maybe now - but the Golden Rule was made popular by that Sky Man.

The Judeo-Christian principles spread around the world and permeated society. And while many claimed adherents to that faith tradition failed to live according to it's tenets, the underlying principles became the basis for most societal concepts of morality. Many eschew the faith, but cling to those principles, as if they came out of thin air. The fact is that selfishness and greed (in many forms - money, power, possessions, etc.), as was identified by that faith tradition, is most often the underlying factors of the evil we see in the wide world, as well as in the failures of those who claim they believe. In the presentation of that principle, 'Love your fellow man as yourself' was preceded by 'Love God with all your heart, mind and soul'.

There are many who eschew that faith tradition and work hard at trying to establish another basis for holding the same principles, without ever acknowledging that the permeation of those principles throughout most of the world, make them now seem obviously natural. I do not believe they are natural.

The founding fathers eschewed religion (as in factional Christianity) in the founding documents, but they clearly believed in the value of and promotion of the underlying principles of the Judeo-Christian faith tradition. The separation of Church & State was certainly not an attempt to separate America (state) from God and the principles espoused by the Judeo-Christian tradition, but rather separation (of the state) from factional religions. That can be seen in many of the founding documents. It has served America well in establishing a free society that allows diversity of opinion, so long as they are devoid of violent actions.

To the extent that non-believing individuals hold to and promote those same principles, living them out, they are better citizens and better fellow men & women, than they otherwise would be. Their principled actions and attitudes are a benefit in this present life.

For that, I am grateful. I wish for peace to those who promote those principles.

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[Walleye Hunter]

God doesn't always mean good. Look at biden, he's catholic. And pelosi, she's a ****. They're basically the opposite of good.

However, God often goes hand in hand with family values and general morality. It's not a requirement, but the book does teach a good deal of that. But God is not a prerequisite to family values and morality.

What's the real issue here is the misguided use of God and religion to further one's cause, and is generally the justification used in wars. I'm just waiting on biden to say something like he needs to wipe republicans off the map in Gods name. Because I feel like that's right around the corner, after that ultra-maga bit.

I approve this post and recommend Jethro Tull's 'Wind Up'.