Posted on 10/30/2016 5:07:30 AM PDT by marktwain
The exact circumstances of this shooting in Anniston, Alabama, are a little uncertain. It happened on 22 October, 2016, just before 8:59 p.m. One source says that Malachi Hicks, the robbery suspect, was running away when he was shot by the employee's parent, who was armed with a model 1911 in .45 ACP. The Anniston Police Chief, Shane Denham had this to say.
From annistonstar.com:
Denham said Hicks was apparently lying in wait as employees were closing the restaurant for the evening. Hicks was armed with a .22 caliber pistol, Denham said.
“He forced his way into the back of the business and got that night’s proceeds,” Denham said.
Denham said that as the crime occurred, one employee ran out the front of the business to where his parents were parked to pick him up. Upon hearing of the robbery, the employee’s father grabbed a .45 caliber pistol, confronted Hicks behind the building, then shot him multiple times.
That 1911 was probably an employee purchase of a real Government 1911.
So, where is the equality in that? Obviously the guy with the .22 was outgunned so how is that fair? ;-)
“I doubt that the man with the .45 will be charged.”
...for now. Until the ‘crime’ is FEDERALIZED by Clinton...then he hangs for just having the gun with him.
(something that you lurking NeverTrumpers might want to consider)
I always worry about these cases, since so much depends on the local prosecutor and interpretation of the law. However, if I were on the jury, I’m past the point where I will rule based only on the letter of the law. It would take a lot for me to vote “guilty” when any decent person shoots a robber.
An armed society is a polite society.
Anniston is home to the CMP.
You forget. Situations like this are always a gamble. So, the proper way to do it is...
“Sir, I’ll see your .22, and raise you .23.”
That gives the bad guy an opportunity to call or fold.
Anniston Alabama was the basic training base of the old Women’s Army Corps, the WACS, which was shut down decades ago.
Having lived in Anniston and had a CCW there for decades, I can guess that the court will not prosecute the man with the .45. Many moons ago, when you obtained your CCW in Calhoun County (the county of Anniston) you were automatically placed on a list of ‘reserve deputies’ for ‘in case of emergencies’. ... BTW, the man with the .45 had more than one hit on the perp. We used to practice a lot down there ...
The hero is safe only if he lawyers up and keeps mouth shut. He will never be convicted in the absence of some well intended but stupid statement.
Don’t bring a pea shooter to a gun fight.
“So, where is the equality in that? Obviously the guy with the .22 was outgunned so how is that fair? ;-)”
Indeed, it’s not fair at all! Must start a new government program! Instead of the “Obamaphone”, it will be the “Obamagun”. All those who cannot afford a decent caliber pistol can apply to get one for free, along with a monthly allotment of bullets . I’d suggest that a pilot program first be tested out in the south side of Chicago area. They can set up booths on busy street corners every few blocks, and those low income folks who can pass a background check shall be issued a free Obamagun. Of course those who don’t pass the background check will be stuck having to continue using their little .22’s.
Two year Army vet. My MOS 15E, Pershing Missile Crewman, but I worked as an S-2 clerk in a Pershing Battalion HQ. My desk came with a loaded M1911. There didn’t seem to be any arms room accountability, it was just there. S-2 is intelligence and security, and often my duties required being armed with an M1911 or .38 “on the Strasse”, i.e., in off base settings in Germany. On these occasions, I would draw a pistol from the arms room. Turns out during an AGI they realized that I had been drawing pistols from the arms room regularly, without ever receiving any pistol training, except with a Fanner 50 as a boy. They took a bunch of us to the pistol range where in about 15 minutes we all qualified with pistol. My Fanner 50 training paid off. We didn’t use swivel holsters in the Army.
:-)
Fanner 50 provided much needed training for me also. ;-)
If you really think a .22 is a pea shooter try shooting yourself with it, a pea shooter won’t even leave a mark. Many a grave is filled with the victims of the .22 rimfire. There is a huge difference between a saturday night special .22 loaded with cheap ammo and a quality weapon loaded with CCI Minimags or Stingers. It can be the difference between a minor wound and death. My brother used to tell me that you will have a hard time killing a dog with a .22 and then he himself brought down a large feral dog at 200 feet with one shot from an H&R .22 pistol he paid five dollars for in a pawn shop back around 1960. I grew up eating home butchered beef and pork brought down in every case with a .22 SHORT fired from a Remington rifle by my father. He never needed a second shot, every animal dropped in his tracks.
Yeah, but did you have a swivel holster?
As it happens, I was First Sergeant of HHB 141 FA at Schwaebisch Gmund, Germany, 1976-1979, and one of the things I had to clean up during that tour of duty was weapons accountability. But the major problem I had to deal with during that tour was the large number of drug addicts I found manning nuclear weapons.
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