KY: Victim who Disarmed, Shot Robber, Honored by Police

Gun Watch ^ | 9 May, 2015 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

In Lexington, Kentucky, the police department has given an award to Zara Adil, a young woman who disarmed one of two armed robbers, shot him, sent the other robber fleeing, and then fought the wounded robber for the cash register.   It was all recorded on video.   The police caught the suspects, and believe that they were responsible for more than a dozen robberies.  It doesn't take many violent criminals to create a lot of crime.  Armed citizens are often the ones who stop these crime sprees.    From lex18.com:

"Getting an award for bravery... I wasn't expecting it because I don't feel like I did anything out of the ordinary," said Adil.

However, Lexington Police said there was nothing ordinary about Adil's actions. Back in February her family store, the Tobacco Zone, was robbed.

"Robbery went down, we had a fight over the gun and I took the register and the gun from him," said Adil.

It sounds simple, however surveillance video shows Adil defeat two men who were armed with a gun. After they threatened her and another employee, she didn't hesitate when she saw a chance to take their weapon.

Ms Adil grabbing the robber's pistol

 Link to the video:


Most people realize that it is a bad strategy to count on a stupid criminal to set down his gun where the victim can grab it.   It is much better for citizens to have their own weapons that they are familiar with, and know that they work.

 It doesn't take much math to realize that a few armed citizens can have a large impact in reducing crime.    I have been expecting rewards for citizen crime stoppers for a good while.  The Internet makes fund-raising easy.  Many have suggested such rewards as a supply of ammunition, a better gun, or free range time.    That makes perfect sense when you consider that armed citizens and police are natural allies and compliment each other.  

Police cannot be everywhere.  They are terrible at stopping crime when it is happening.   Armed citizens are where the crime is happening.   But they have to make a living, and cannot devote the hours necessary to solve crimes, track down criminals that flee, and put them through the rigorous process of a criminal justice system that is designed to protect the innocent.  A good police force can do that much better, and serve as a quick reaction force, so that an armed citizen can call 911 and know that time is on her side.   All she has to do is hold out until the reinforcements arrive.

The violent crime rate has been dropping while firearm sales are soaring,  concealed carry permits are at an all-time high, and castle doctrine laws are swinging the pendulum back in favor of the law abiding citizen.

Independence day marchers celebrate the second amendment in Colorado

Maybe cities and states will start rewarding citizens who fight back on a regular basis.  Detroit and Milwaukee would be good places to start.   Chief Craig and Sheriff Clarke would be perfect authorities to hand out "armed citizen" awards.   The Bill of Rights day, 15 December, would be a good day to celebrate armed citizens with a parade of them down main street.  There would be many who would participate.  

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[marktwain]

Awards like this should be given in every city, every county, and every state. The President should pick among those and give national awards.

Fighting back should be celebrated and lauded. These people risk their lives and benefit everyone just as much as soldiers and police officers do.

They should be example held high as examples for everyone else.

[marktwain]

“example held high” should be held high as examples.

Coffee must not have kicked in yet...

[ansel12]

Here it is on youtube, without the commercial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF40Q_ouaao

[golux]

Another racist attempt by multi-racial AKA “white” agents of capitalist jack-boot thuggery to intimidate indian/asian/latino/black taxpayer-citizens, many of whom served with the Tuskeegee Airmen. Obama is a pawn in the white man’s machine as evidenced by his unwillingness to use total (unjust racist) police power to turn the wealth of white Jews over to the men and womyn who MADE AMERICA POSSIBLE ie. the sons and daughters of slaves who now toil in the Bush-Created ghettos, who have barely any opportunity except the table scraps of free room, board, food, and education. THE ASIANS AND INDIANS ARE COMPLICIT as evidenced by this clever propaganda! White womyn are pretending to elicit our sympathy. DO NOT OBEY! Fight back by aborting babies, looting convenience stores and REFUSING to use the ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROPERLY! FIGHT THE POWER!

[Fred Hayek]

There is a major sarcasm tag missing.

[MayflowerMadam]

Good line of hers: “He broke the deal.”

[GOPBiker]

Where did you get this?

[golux]

There is a major sarcasm tag missing.

You are obviously 1) white or 2) have never taken a history AKA social justice class because you think that I, in my heroic pursuit of class and race justice FOR WHICH I DESERVE FAR MORE THAN MY GOVERNMENT WAGE OF 120K PLUS MEASLY 89K PENSION BY THE WAY OH FOUR MONTHS VACATION PER YEAR IS TOO MUCH SAY CAPITALIST CRAPPY PARENT PIGS WHOSE KINDERGARTNERS KNOW NOTHING ABOUT CONDOMS BEFORE THEY MEET ME BOMB THE RICH am in some way sarcastic.

[ViLaLuz]

Too bad the thug is still breathing.

[marktwain]

There are many who would take you literally and seriously.

[b9]

Brave girl!

Thanks for posting sans commercial.

[Rodamala]

Yet clerks like this are more often fired by the employer for not following corporate procedure.

[Rodamala]

There is a convenience store in Rusk, TX that I distinctively recall a handwritten sign on the door that says “NO HOODIES”. This is why.