Twenty-four-year-old Jaden Perry intervened in a brawl around 8:00 p.m. on Labor Day, taking firearms away from a man who was in a brawl with another individual.
KTUU reported that Perry was helping a friend take down a booth at the Alaska State Fair when he saw the fight and noticed that one of the men produced a gun.
Perry jumped into action. He later said, “The first thought that went through my head is there are kids everywhere.”
The New York Post observed, “Perry wasn’t thinking about his own safety, but the swaths of young families still passing through the fairgrounds.”
Once he got involved, Perry realized the individual had two guns. He was able to remove both of the firearms.
After it was over he said, “I didn’t think much during it, but afterwards I’m glad I did. I would do it again every time. Last thing anybody needs to do is bury their child, take their kid to the hospital, or even a parent, they were everywhere.”
Alaska State Fair director of marketing Melissa Keefe praised Perry’s actions: “The Alaska State Fair commends the civilian for his actions to assist CMS in disarming the individual. His actions were heroic,” she said. “In addition, the actions of several unarmed CMS staff who took action to de-escalate the physical altercations taking place simultaneously during the incident should also be commended.”
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of Gun Owners of America, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on X: @awrhawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at [email protected].
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