Posted on 08/11/2015 6:51:47 AM PDT by marktwain
Paul Deleon
On Wednesday, 5 August, 2015, an armed homeless man stopped a brutal assault on a teen-aged woman, then likely saved his own life in a dramatic gunfight. It occurred in Fresno County, California. From fresnosheriff.org:
Deputies discovered there was a domestic disturbance nearby in the parking lot of Fresno Liquor (5596 E. Griffith Way). Two men in a white Lexus pulled up next to two women standing by the store. One of the men got out of the car and began to kick and punch one of the women, a 19-year-old. She was later determined to be the suspects ex-girlfriend. A 53-year-old homeless man who stays in the area, intervened by pepper spraying the suspect and then he ran away. The suspect tracked down the homeless man near the parking lot of a business named Illest Ink Tattoos (4077 N. Clovis Ave). The suspect fired several rounds at the man, striking him in the arm. The homeless man grabbed his registered handgun and returned fire, sending multiple rounds toward the suspect. Its unknown if the suspect was hit. The suspect then drove away.The suspect did not attack Deleon until after the ambulance had removed his ex-girlfriend from the scene; clearly a pre-meditated attack. The suspect's Lexus was later found with several bullet holes, but the the unnamed ex remains at large at the last report.
Deputies have a good idea of who the suspect is, but they did not publicly identify him as of Friday afternoon, KGO reported, adding that they said DeLeon did a great job by intervening, but it's usually better to call 911 to get help.Fresno County issues the most concealed carry permits of any County in California, but even so, it is a daunting process to obtain one, with no guarantee of success. From the Fresno Sheriff's department web site:
The applicant shall fill out every page in the packet, but shall not sign nor date any of the pages. Failure to complete the above mentioned portions of the application prior to coming to your scheduled appointment will result in a delay of processing your application.At least the $208 fee is only paid *after* the application is approved. Many counties used to require pre-payment. A reform of the California law stopped that abuse. The class required for the permit costs another $90. $300 could be a lot of money for a homeless man. The video on ABC mentions work as a security guard. Perhaps his employer paid for the permit.
Upon completion of the application, contact a member of the CCW unit at the Fresno County Sheriff's Office at (559) 600-8515 Monday through Friday to schedule an appointment for an interview. Do Not mail this application back to the Sheriff's Office. Please bring this application with you when you come in for your interview.
It is the policy of the Fresno County Sheriff's Office to review each application for a License to Carry a Concealed Weapon. All applicants will receive written notice whether the application is approved or denied within 90 days of the application being received by the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.
Approved applicants will be required to pay a $208 processing fee, which consists of a $76 California state fee, a $17 FBI fingerprint fee, and a $115 Fresno County Sheriff's background investigation fee. Approved applicants are required to be fingerprinted and must also provide a certificate showing their proof of completion of the six-hour CCW firearm training course. The course must be taken from a DOJ and Fresno County Sheriff's Office approved CCW instructor (instructor list is located on the website).
A feel good story that didn’t have a happy ending....no dead perp.
DeLeon sounds like a character from book or TV show. Hope his fortunes pick up!
Very good. No bill.
Bets on...the suspect could have been a son of Dorkbama the Muslim.
Perhaps. We'll know better when they find him.
Why is it that 19 years old qualifies as a woman when depicting a female victim, but is a child when depicting a male suspect?
Either they or the reporter felt obliged to say that it is usually better to call 911. ..................... Call 911 while under fire. I guess the police think they can respond faster than a speeding bullet?
I can see that police might want to give the advice that calling 911 is a good idea. I often give that advice. If you have time, it is a worthwhile to have reinforcements on the way.
I wonder, however, how much of the “Call 911 and wait” “let the police do their job” and “give them what they want” advice is simply boilerplate added on by reporters. thatThas been pushed by the old media for several decades.
I would not be surprised if it is included in the AP style advice somewhere.
“Why is it that 19 years old qualifies as a woman when depicting a female victim, but is a child when depicting a male suspect?”
It is all agenda driven. Reporters adjust wording to forward agendas. It is what reporters do. The idea that reporters, media, and editors can be objective is an idea that was pushed by “progressives” to advance their agenda.
At the beginning of the Republic, everyone understood that newspapers had agendas. It was only in the age of mass propaganda that the fiction of “objectivity” was fostered and pushed.
Not to be a buzz kill but how does a person with no home address get a concealed carry permit?
You would have to ask the Fresno County Sheriff department. Maybe he has a post office box, maybe he had an address when he first got the permit, maybe his address is one of businesses that hire him for “security”.
Many possibilities. The Supreme Court ruled that a person listing “under the fifth street bridge” as an address had a right to register to vote from that address.
You do not need a fixed address to have Constitutional rights.
1. Don't you have to have an address to register a gun? (Otherwise how will the regime know where to confiscate it?)
2. All together, now: HE NEEDS MORE RANGE TIME!
You do not need a fixed address to have Constitutional rights.
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You do not need a permit either..........
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2015/07/me-governor-paul-le-page-signs.html
Between 7 and 9 states now have Constitutional carry.
To license a ‘right’ denies it.......
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