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AR15 Style Rifle Used in Defense; Did California Restrictions Handicap Defender?
Gun Watch ^
| 14 June, 2017
| Dean Weingarten
Posted on 06/22/2017 6:09:43 AM PDT by marktwain
On 6 June, 2017, at a quiet residential home in Fresno, California, a home invasion resulted in a gunfight . The 30 -year-old victim who fought back was wounded, two home invaders were killed, as was another victim, the father of the wounded defender. Another man was wounded. His name was not released. The defensive firearm used was described as an AR-15. From abc30.com:
Yang said the family was preparing to celebrate her brother-in-law's birthday when in the early morning two armed suspects walked through their front door. The father, 69-year-old Chong Yee Yang, hollered to warn his children-- one of his son's ran out with an AR-15 and that's when a gun fight began.
"On face value, it appears that these individuals are violent street gang members," said Lt. Dave Madrigal, Fresno Police.
Elijah Mays, 27, and Xavier Williams, 23, are from Stockton and both have extensive criminal histories. Their records include murder, robbery, and home invasion charges.
The home invaders, Mays and Williams, were half-brothers. No drugs were found at the house. This article from last year shows that Asians are being targeted by home invaders. From abc10.com:
The Sacramento Police Department said they sent out an alert via NextDoor in March, warning South Sacramento residents of increases in armed robberies targeting Asians. Most of these were happening in Avondale, Fruitridge Manor, Southeast Village, and Glen Elder. Police said several robberies happened while the victims were at home getting out of their car.
From yourcentralvalley.com:
As a result of the shooting, Mays, Williams, and 69-year old Chong Yang died. Yang was the father of the 30-year old man. That man survived with only a wound to the shoulder, and Dyer said he remains in stable condition. Dyer said Mays and Williams were gang members. Criminal records from San Joaquin County show the two had been arrested previously for robbery, grand theft, and even murder. But why they came to the house armed is still being investigated.
It is not known if California's severe restrictions on magazine capacity hampered the defensive shooter in this situation.
It is not known how many crimes were prevented, and how many lives saved, by the defenders actions. Both men shot were career criminals. They were fairly young 23, and 27. The had the potential for hundreds, possibly thousands of crimes in their future.
A facebook post by the presumed mother of the home invaders is circulating. I cannot verify if it is legitimate. It has been taken down, but screen shots were taken while it was up. This site shows the post in its comments section, comment by Tee Ele.
AR-15 type clones are excellent choices for home defense. They are powerful and easy to handle. With the right ammunition they do not over-penetrate. Normally, they have excellent magazine capacity to deal with multiple attackers.
Anti-rights activists claim that semi-auto rifles are not useful in defense of home and self. This is another datum disproving that claim.
©2017 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice and link are included.
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TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: ar15; banglist; ca; california; fresno; selfdefense
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Another case where an AR15 was used to repel invaders.
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:09:43 AM PDT
by
marktwain
To: marktwain
Nothing to see here. Just more Sons Of Barack.
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:13:15 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
To: Paladin2
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:13:41 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
To: marktwain
If they had been arrested for MURDER what the h*ll were they doing out on the streets??????????
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:13:58 AM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: JBW1949
If they had been arrested for MURDER what the h*ll were they doing out on the streets??????????
Out on bail, most likely.
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:15:38 AM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: marktwain
One of his sons immediately came out armed with an AR-15, reportedly igniting a gun battle.
Bull, the invaders came to the Yang's house with weapons, obviously ready to use them. THEY ignited the battle, and got burnt pretty bad in the gun battle THEY ignited.
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:18:33 AM PDT
by
wbarmy
(I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
To: marktwain
Well, yeah...That makes sense...(It’s still early...Not ready to think clearly)...:^)
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:21:06 AM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: JBW1949
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:22:12 AM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: marktwain
Notice the window bars. Glad I don't live in a place like that where I need bars on my windows. Hard to imagine living like that.
Modern day vandals, rather than riding in on horses, today they ride in on rimmed out purple Chevy.
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:24:05 AM PDT
by
Mouton
(The MSM is a clear and present danger to the republic.)
To: marktwain
I’m draining a cup as we type...LOL
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:24:59 AM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: Mouton
I worked in DC (contract with DoD) for a while...I noticed once you got outside the central government office area, there were bars on about every house or business building....
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:27:35 AM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: marktwain
The story ended the right way but the police statement, “it is unclear why they targeted this home” tells me that the post murder investigation is probably making this poor Asian families life a living hell.
THEY are the ones being treated like criminals, From an investigative standpoint.
In California, first the criminals attempt to take your life, then the police show up and make the survivors want to DIE.
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:30:50 AM PDT
by
gaijin
To: Paladin2
The purported Facebook post by the mom is jaw-dropping:
http://tinyurl.com/y9kg8kmx
Taking out those two guys was a significant public service.
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:33:09 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: FreedomPoster
Yes. They were warriors in the “War of All against All.”
They were at war with everyone not in their immediate clan.
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:38:16 AM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: marktwain
In CA criminals ofttimes become the victim because of being charged and jailed and all.
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:39:43 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.)
To: marktwain
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:48:18 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: FreedomPoster
Well at least it was honest enough to not mention choir practice or plans to attend college in the fall.
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:54:57 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
To: marktwain
Out on bail for MURDER ???? I was thinking of making my last trip to my homeland, SoCal. But Kalifornia will not allow travel with self-protective device, ie firearms. What a Hell Hole it has become.
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:56:39 AM PDT
by
ghostkatz
(catslivesmatter....all 9 of them)
To: KarlInOhio
Ha! That’s a great point. Usually it was “he was getting his life together, he was going to get his GED, he was going to marry his babymomma, . . . “
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posted on
06/22/2017 7:12:52 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: FreedomPoster
Two down, apparently four to go.
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posted on
06/22/2017 7:14:05 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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