Gun Control & RKBA
Related: About this forumCustomers disarmed Fred Meyer gunman
A verbal argument started just after 3:30 p.m. and quickly turned into a physical fight at the checkout counter of the store, located near Interstate 205 and Highway 212, according to Sgt. Adam Phillips of the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.
A witness told KGW his family was in line when a man behind them tried to look at their PIN number as it was being entered. The fight quickly escalated and the suspect shot the victim, 59-year-old William Young of Milwaukie, in the leg.
Fred Meyer officials said other store customers helped to take down and disarm the shooting suspect, later identified as 66-year-old Jerry T. Harryman of Milwaukie.
http://www.ktvb.com/news/regional/167110955.html
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)Wait....I thought that never happened!
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,481 posts)There's your problem right there.
Missycim
(950 posts)DanTex
(20,709 posts)Missycim
(950 posts)could have come up with a retort like that. You really have out done yourself, BRAVO!!!
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,481 posts)Thanks buddy.
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,481 posts)...they pay me the big bucks.
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)Do they do direct deposit? Is it by the post or by the word?
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,481 posts)Here's a word for you: Libel
Get a life!
GreenStormCloud
(12,072 posts)None of the regular pro-RKBA posters have claimed that CCWers never go bad. A few do go bad, but very, very few
4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)ever?
Atypical Liberal
(5,412 posts)Only that they hardly ever do so, and are less likely to do so than people without CCW permits.
DanTex
(20,709 posts)CokeMachine
(1,018 posts)rDigital
(2,239 posts)Remmah2
(3,291 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,481 posts)and everywhere
Remmah2
(3,291 posts)nt
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,481 posts)Some are sharper than others.
Remmah2
(3,291 posts)nt
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,481 posts)...stripped out and some with cross threading.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,481 posts)...this short monolog by Sam Jackson from the movie Basic.
Your weapon, man. Your weapon.
What keeps you alive and makes the other guy die?
What is your weapon?
lt's your brain, Mr. Pike.
Your noggin. Your noodle. Your smarts. Your gray matter.
Your poise under fire.
Your wits, when all about you are losing theirs.
I think you came to this party unarmed, Mr. Pike.
spin
(17,493 posts)commits a crime with his weapon. Fortunately it is rare.
Using Florida as an example, the state has issued a total of 2,246,827 concealed weapons permits since October 1, 1987 and currently 963,512 are valid. During that 25 year period of time only 168 carry permits have been revoked for a crime involving the use of a firearm after the license was issued. Not all of those cases involved a shooting. Those that did were indeed tragic.
While this is only anecdotal evidence, I personally know of three incidents in Florida in which a person with a carry permit was able to stop an attack from an armed dangerous individual who intended to rob, seriously injure or kill them. No shots were fired.
It does serve your cause to report on incidents in which a carry permit misused his weapon but it ignores the fact that overall "shall issue" concealed carry has proven successful and beneficial to many.
(source of data: http://licgweb.doacs.state.fl.us/stats/cw_monthly.pdf)