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THE WOMAN WHO STOPPED THE KILLING (Colorado Gunman)
NY Post ^ | December 10, 2007

Posted on 12/11/2007 5:35:12 AM PST by Sopater

Col. Jeanne Assam said her hands were steady as she aimed her gun at a young man firing a high-powered rifle in the crowded foyer of the New Life Church.

And she prayed for divine guidance.

I was given the assignment to end this before it got too much worse, the volunteer security guard said yesterday, a day after police say the same man killed four people at the church and a missionary training school in a nearby city.

I just said, Holy Spirit, be with me, Assam said. My hands werent even shaking.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: assam; banglist; newlifechurch
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1 posted on 12/11/2007 5:35:12 AM PST by Sopater
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To: Sopater

“I just said, Holy Spirit, be with me”

Nothing like a fully jacketed Holy Spirit when confronted by a crazed gunman.


2 posted on 12/11/2007 5:37:08 AM PST by Slapshot68
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To: Sopater

Woman of the year?


3 posted on 12/11/2007 5:38:56 AM PST by SMARTY
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To: SMARTY

Did you catch the statement about the police saying he might have shot himself?

He comes to the church with 1,000 rounds, shoots two people dead, and says, ok that is enough killing & shoots himself? I doubt it.

I believe the police chiefs that are dead set against conceal & carry are thinking they need to bring Jeane down a notch and are spreading misinformation.


4 posted on 12/11/2007 5:42:13 AM PST by HD1200
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To: HD1200

Let’s get a consensus of the people who are alive but would not be except for her action.


5 posted on 12/11/2007 5:44:34 AM PST by SMARTY
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To: HD1200

It would have to be misinformation, because the person who took the creep’s gun away (after the guard had shot him dead and he was sliding down the wall) said that the gun had jammed. So I think that rules out suicide.


6 posted on 12/11/2007 5:47:00 AM PST by livius
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To: Sopater

What a beautiful, noble, and thoroughly admirable woman. And she’s not married? You single guys in Denver are all idiots for not snapping her up.


7 posted on 12/11/2007 5:51:53 AM PST by Fairview ( Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.)
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To: HD1200
All of the witnesses would have had to have gotten together in a matter of seconds and concocted the story about the woman taking the shooter out. Unbelievable!
8 posted on 12/11/2007 5:52:27 AM PST by Coldwater Creek
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To: Sopater

She reminds me of a modern day Charlie’s angel.


9 posted on 12/11/2007 5:53:32 AM PST by Earthdweller (All reality is based on faith in something.)
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To: Sopater
The ny post is anti-gun (just like the ny slimes), so I think they tried to make it LOOK like this woman, who was NOT a current police officer or licensed security guard, WAS one of these "officials", by putting Col. in front of her name. It's probably short for Coloradan, but THEY want all to believe she is a Colonel, in my opinion.

Can't report that an AVERAGE LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN accomplished what she did, now can we?

10 posted on 12/11/2007 5:54:22 AM PST by DocH (RINO-rudy for BRONX Dog Catcher 2008!!!)
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To: Coldwater Creek

This woman is going to need near the strength she demonstrated at the Church to defend herself against the liberal media who are now going to tear her apart for proving their lies about the importance of right to carry..


11 posted on 12/11/2007 5:55:21 AM PST by HD1200
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To: HD1200

Yep..the NRA needs to step in and provide some political cover for her.


12 posted on 12/11/2007 5:56:41 AM PST by Earthdweller (All reality is based on faith in something.)
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To: Sopater; xzins; Alex Murphy; Larry Lucido

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!


13 posted on 12/11/2007 5:58:37 AM PST by Gamecock (There was only one victorious life.)
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To: livius

I heard that this morning also—that the kid took one shot, then killed himself. I also heard that his body was found outside the church. Which is it?


14 posted on 12/11/2007 5:58:37 AM PST by sarasota
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To: DocH

The results the same either way, he is dead and dead is done.
Last week here in Alaska we had a guy kill his father with a machete, stole a truck, killed an innocent man in a totally random act, shot a woman jogger before police stopped him, I actually met the guy in a bar and a lot of people knew him, he just snapped.
I am wondering what real influences there are at work to create these people, its becoming almost a weekly thing.

And I am doing CCW daily now.


15 posted on 12/11/2007 6:00:38 AM PST by Eye of Unk
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To: DocH

Interesting point.


16 posted on 12/11/2007 6:01:18 AM PST by Sopater (A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left. ~ Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: HD1200
She’ll do alright. Her humility was astounding!
17 posted on 12/11/2007 6:02:17 AM PST by Coldwater Creek
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Here is a real-live example of a “strong, confident woman”. You hear about them from the MSM, however they use Madonna, Christina Aguliorlaroaskank (sp), Sarah Jessica Parker, Oprah, and Hillary as examples. Those ladies couldn’t hold a candle to this brave woman.
I know she is going to go thru some tough times and I hope she gets plenty of support to re-affirm the righteousness of what she did...
18 posted on 12/11/2007 6:02:22 AM PST by Maverick68 (w)
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To: HD1200; sarasota; Gamecock

FoxNews is reporting an online rant left by Murray in which he says he intended to kill as many as possible in the “shootout.”

This woman saved a lot of lives.


19 posted on 12/11/2007 6:04:39 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain! True Supporters of Our Troops Support the Necessity of their Sacrifice!)
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To: xzins

Yeah, Murray thought this church would be a gun-free zone.


20 posted on 12/11/2007 6:09:01 AM PST by sarasota
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