Posted on 06/28/2023 4:22:53 AM PDT by CFW
One year ago on July 3, Arizona resident and concealed-carry holder Raul Mendez and his family were enjoying a Fourth of July party before shots rang out and left their lives changed forever.
Mendez was shot in the head as suspect Jason Hunt opened fire on the partygoers, leaving two men dead and four others, including Mendez, seriously injured. The rampage ended when Mendez was able to gather the strength to pick himself off the floor, unholster his concealed-carry weapon and shoot Hunt four times in the chest.
"It's still something that's unreal," Mendez told Fox News Digital in a phone interview this week. "It's kind of like, now we know what's out there. And you always see it on the news that this happened, that happened … but you never think it's going to happen to you."
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Two other women in the home tried to fight Hunt while Mendez’s wife protected five children barricaded in a closet. The women called to Mendez hoping he was still alive as they knew he had a concealed-carry weapon.
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I hope the first enrollees in his initial firearms training class were the others who attended that party.
Like the Eli Dicken story, this man has gotten little play in the media. Rittenhaus got publicity because he was prosecuted. These men’s names should be household words. Not the sicko whose face appeared on a beer can. (I am intentionally not mentioning HIS name.)
Shot the perp four times in the chest. Nice grouping.
Shot the perp four times in the chest. Nice grouping.
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By God’s grace, he retained his one good shooting eye.
“Like the Eli Dicken story, this man has gotten little play in the media. “
Eli Dicken’s action in immediately removing a threat to others was an amazing story of bravery and skill. Each time I review the video of his movements in taking out that thug, I’m impressed all over again.
“Hunt was thwarted and police later said Mendez was “acting in self-defense and defense of other innocent parties.””
Hunt was “thwarted” into a grave.
I had never heard this story.....which does not surprise me a bit. The corporate media doesn’t want to cover stories like this. It runs directly contrary to their gun grabbing propaganda.
Raul Mendez shall be remembered as a hero and soon to be patron saint of concealed carry.
well done raul mendez, well done indeed.
This
Here is an excellent short video on the mall shooter hero — Eli Dicken.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I_6TPWcFu0
Shot in his eye. Amazing that he was able to function, let alone survive.
There is a good interview with him on youtube, I saw a couple of months ago.
A First for me too.
I’m in Arizona!
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