HoodaThunk?

Ed Morrissey is one of many who are calling Jeanne Assam, the former police officer who stood up to a Christian-hating evil bastard with a gun and saw to it that his body count was significantly lower than what he intended:

Murray didn’t show up to shoot a couple of people and call it a day. Two handguns, an assault rifle, and over a thousand rounds of ammunition would have equaled a church full of corpses had Assam and others not been able to defend themselves and their fellow parishioners. Before Murray had a chance to really open up on what he assumed was a defenseless congregation, Assam used her training and preparation to save dozens of lives, at the least.

He’s got it 100% correct. Assam is a bona-fide hero and, in a just world, she’d be getting a medal from the White House, keys to her city, and kids named after her. This story is focusing on her quite a bit and I’m glad for it, even if I’m wary that the media are just looking for some dirt to slap her around with. But it’s a very different story from the Virginia Tech situation (in many ways, to be sure) chiefly because the citizen who kept and bore her arms used that weapon in defense to cut short the shooter’s rampage and because she’s getting more attention than the killer.

That’s as it should be. People who step up to stand between the darkness and the light should be celebrated and remembered. Loser jerks seeking to achieve the notice of others by killing others ought to be consigned to the memory hole.

Well done, Ms. Assam. We’re all damn glad to have you!