A Hero Fights Back

posted on April 7, 2015
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“Suddenly, he reappeared, running at me and others near me, at full speed with the knife still in hand, blood on his arm and on the knife. I yelled a couple times for him to stop and he did not. Just at about 12 to 15 feet from me, I fired three rounds and he collapsed to the floor, the knife still in his hand. I stopped the threat.”

That chilling quotation from Mark Vaughan, CEO of Vaughan Foods in Moore, Okla., is central to NRA News investigative reporter Ginny Simone’s brand-new report, “Terror in the Heartland: A Hero Fights Back.” In this exclusive report, Vaughan discusses the horrific attacks in Moore, and how he was able to bring down a crazed attacker with the only thing that could have stopped him—his firearm. Watch the entire report here.

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