US: The US gun lobby praised on the "heroic" actions of a civilian who used a pistol to shoot a culprit who opened fire in a shopping mall on Monday, pushing its case in the midst of a heated debate over firearms regulation.

Jonathan Douglas Sapriman, a 20-year-old white man whose motives are still unknown opened fire with semi-automatic rifle at a shopping center in Indiana on Sunday night.

Elisha Dicken, a 22-year-old customer who was carrying an unlicensed pistol until recently permitted by local laws, shot a 30-year-old man after killing a couple dining at the restaurant, and injured two others. ,

Greenwood Police Chief James Iason told a news conference that "many more people would have been killed last night if not for a responsible armed civilian who would have acted very quickly within the first two minutes of the shooting."

Iason told reporters that Dicken used a "skilled" and "tactically sound" trick to fire at a "gunner with a gun from quite a distance" despite having no law enforcement or military training.

The chief said that as Dicken "engaged on and off the suspect," he signaled the audience to run after him. Dicken later turned himself in to mall security and cooperated with the police. Isan claimed that the shooter appeared to have rehearsed his deadly attack by lighting up his computer and dropping his phone in the toilet. The police officer claimed that he also had a second assault rifle, a pistol and a lot of ammunition.

Isan claimed that the shooter appeared to have rehearsed his deadly attack by flushing his phone into the toilet and setting his computer on fire. The policeman claimed to have several rounds of ammunition, a second assault rifle and a pistol.

The National Rifle Association (NRA), a powerful lobbying organization quickly capitalized on the tragedy to reaffirm its position that an armed mass is beneficial to public safety.
"We'll say it again: The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," the NRA posted on Twitter.

The CCRKBA, another organization fighting against any restrictions on gun ownership, echoed the NRA's position.
Its leader, Alan Gottlieb, issued a statement saying, "We keep guns to protect ourselves and others from criminals and insane people in sudden emergencies."
He said, "That brave young man is being hailed as a hero.

Brady Campaign President Chris Brown retaliated on Twitter in support of stricter gun laws. Let me be clear: America would be the safest country in the world if having more guns made us safer.
Similarly, Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, shared graphs showing that the United States ranks first among developed countries for both firearms-related deaths and weapons per capita.

According to the Small Arms Survey Project, the United States had about 400 million guns among civilians in 2017, or 120 guns for every 100 people.
According to the Gun Violence Archives website, more than 24,000 people have been shot and killed, including 13,000 suicides, since the beginning of the year.

The shootings at a Texas school and a Buffalo supermarket frequented by African-Americans is a recent two-gun stampede that in particular shook the nation. As a result, lawmakers agreed in June to pass minor gun law reform for the first time in 30 years.

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