Heroine Jeanne Assam Credits God in Stopping Church Gunman

"I just knew I was not going to wait for him to do any further damage--I knew what I had to do." --Jeanne Assam

Sgt. Jeff Johnson of the Colorado Springs Police Department reported that Matthew Murray of Englewood, CO, was carrying two handguns, an assault rifle, and 1,000 rounds of ammunition.

Jeanne Assam was outgunned, but she didn't hesitate to emerge from cover and confront the gunman who had just fatally shot two young ladies at her church (and wounded their father). She reports that she felt God's presence, and she didn't shake. When Murray failed to respond, she ended the threat without hesitation.

Fortunately, the New Life Church is not a "Gun-Free Zone" (like so many schools, post offices, or malls), or the bloodshed would no doubt have been far worse. And while she doesn't claim to be a heroine, I believe she is, God's help or not...after all, she could have acted like Jonah or Peter.

I'm sure that her actions are little comfort for the friends and family of the victims who were already shot by the gunman, but we can be grateful there were no more added to the list.




This clip is posted for discussion of this news event, but please use discretion in your comments. See http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=82536 for more information on the story, and the original video with her introduction by the pastor.

Note that I had to cut off the initial few seconds of her own introductory remarks, to fit Youtube's limits.

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[jptl2]

she is still a Hero

[ak47lover]

The probem is we cant collect all the firearms...what I am saying is gun control would not work..because we will only take the guns from law biding people...Look at England since their gun ban,GUN RELATED CRIMES have jumped 40%..so that obviously doesn't work. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE THIS WOMAN!!!

[JimmyGunXD556]

When people reach for a higher power they are just people how are lost. They can't figure out life for themsleves. When you have no commone sense you say god did it or helped. If god helped why did you need a gun to defend yourself? Why didn't god just step in at stop it, with his free will magical powers?LOL I am glad she had a gun thats all I can say. She needs to give herself the credit. God did nothing. LMOA!! Koo Koo Koo!

[kmcl11]

i agree fro the most part...

[ClassicFIHD]

East?

As were can I find your supporting data? However the "RATE" is possibly correct as in 1860 in the USA there were only bout 31.4 million people as today there are over 300 million people. Just think how high the murder rate would have been in 1860 if only the bad guys had the guns?

[Gondring]

You do realize that he didn't finish his Rhodes Scholarship program because of being accused of sexual assault, don't you? One in a long history.

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Recall also that Clinton depleted our ENTIRE non-nuclear air-launched cruise missile inventory and left his successor to pay for replenishing what he had used. Add to that the SPI, and you get to see Clinton's not so rosy.

[Gondring]

I partially thumbs up. :-)

[Gondring]

Actually, murder rates were far higher in the East during the "Old West" times, but the newspaper play was more sensational out west because people carried openly (instead of concealed, in the genteel but murderous east).

[Gondring]

Well, actually, some of the laws that have gone into effect have raised that violence level. The ones mandating that SOMEONE must be arrested after a domestic call--and mandating the loss of gun rights after three calls--means that many folks figure they have nothing to lose by pulling the trigger cuz they're going to be losing their rights anyway.

Unintended consequences...but if they'd listened to the police who actually deal with the situations, they would have predicted this.

[Gondring]

Actually, the Texas Tower sniper was stopped by police and a private citizen with the rifle he got from the Civilian Marksmanship Program. He saved the life of a policeman who was about to be shot by the sniper.