Concealed Carry Permit Holder Stops Knife Attack in Utah

Last week a man with a concealed weapons permit drew his gun and ended the carnage of innocent victims by a violent criminal who went on a stabbing spree outside a Salt Lake City, Utah grocery store. 

The incident happened last Thursday shortly after 5 p.m. A man walked into a Smiths store in Salt Lake City and purchased a kitchen knife, attracting no attention. He then went just outside the store and began yelling and randomly stabbing people. Dorothy Espinoza, an employee of the store, was quoted by ABC News saying,

He pulled it out and stood outside Smiths in the foyer. And he just started stabbing people and yelling you killed my people. You killed my people.

While it is not known what is meant by you killed my people, records from the Salt Lake City Jail describe the man as a Vietnamese national. A 45-year-old man was stabbed several times in the abdomen while a 30-year-old man received stab wounds to his head and arms. Both victims were taken to hospital in critical condition.  The knife-wielding man then chased other people into the parking lot. In the lot was an unidentified 47-year-old man who is licensed to carry a concealed weapon. He pulled out a pistol, pointed it at the attacker, and ordered him to drop the knife. The man with the knife complied and got down on the ground.  Employees and customers of the store then restrained the attacker while the citizen with the permit continued to point the gun at him until police arrived. Kiet Thanh Ly, 34, is facing attempted murder and aggravated assault charges. The unidentified man with the gun was praised by the police. Salt Lake City Police Lt. Brian Purvis was quoted by ABC News as saying,

This was a volatile situation that could have gotten worse. We can only assume from what we saw it could have gotten worse. He [the man with the concealed weapon] was definitely in the right place at the right time.

And W. Clark Aposhian, a Second Amendment advocate with the Utah Shooting Sports Council, told the local Fox News affiliate,

I think the permit holder showed great restraint in not firing the firearm. This is an imminent, an immediate, on-going attack and if he believed that deadly force was necessary, he is perfectly justified in doing that.

Ly has a long criminal history dating back to 2000.  Ly has previous convictions for assault, sexual battery lewdness, and drug offences. Unlike the shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman, this incident received virtually no media coverage outside of the Salt Lake City area.  The main stream media (MSM) decides what news the general public receives. The MSM is the voice of gun grabbers in America, including the unstable Sarah Brady, founder of the Brady Campaign.  There are no low crime areas.  Anything can happen, anytime. Follow the pants rule whenever you can be legally armed.  If youre wearing pants, you should be carrying! Exercise your Constitutional Rights. Dont be a victim.