The BBC put the word “hero” in quotes when describing the man who stopped the mass shooter at an Indiana mall

Elisjsha Dicken from his Facebook page.

I saw this BBC article on the Yahoo website that explains the how a 22 year old man Elisjsha Dicken stopped a mass shooting at an Indiana mall using his concealed weapon, where the gunman had two rifles, a handgun, and over 100 bullets.  Dicken shot and killed the attacker two minutes into his assault.

However, the article put the word “hero” in quotes in the title and put the word “heroic” in quotes in the text of the article, along with putting any other positive words about him in quotes such as “proficient” and “sound.”

The article then attempted to claim that it is futile for people to carry concealed weapons in order to stop mass shootings, since “Only two out of 61 such attacks last year ended when armed bystanders engaged the active shooter.”  However there were certainly not 61 such attacks last year, and the most well-known of such attacks were phony and staged anyway such as the Uvalde, Texas school shooting and the Buffalo, New York Tops grocery store shooting.

Also see this Fox New article that explains how gun control advocates are mortified by the fact that Dicken has been labeled a “good Samaritan” for his actions.