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Chalk one up for the Good Guys: Customer With Own Gun Foils Robbery Attempt
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/14967933/detail.html ^ | 01/03/2008

Posted on 01/03/2008 3:49:39 AM PST by FunkyZero

INDIANAPOLIS -- A customer at a grocery store stopped an armed robbery by pulling his own gun and holding the suspect at gunpoint until police arrived, authorities said.

(Excerpt) Read more at theindychannel.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: armedcitizen; inarmedcitizen
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1 posted on 01/03/2008 3:49:46 AM PST by FunkyZero
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To: FunkyZero

Unclear how this would have turned out had the criminal been smart enough to buy ammo, but this one turned out well, nobody hurt either.


2 posted on 01/03/2008 3:51:22 AM PST by FunkyZero
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The perp

Dwain Smith

3 posted on 01/03/2008 4:06:21 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: DaveLoneRanger

armed citizen ping


4 posted on 01/03/2008 4:07:09 AM PST by Solitar ("My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them." -- Barry Goldwater)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

dang look at those ears! lol


5 posted on 01/03/2008 4:09:16 AM PST by ovrtaxt (Hunter is ignored by the MSM for a reason.)
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To: ovrtaxt

Think his “street name” might be WingNut?


6 posted on 01/03/2008 4:13:44 AM PST by Justeggsactly
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To: FunkyZero
Police said the suspect’s gun was not loaded. Merrell had a valid permit to carry his gun, which was loaded, police said.

first rules of a gunfight.....get a gun

second rule.....load the gun.

7 posted on 01/03/2008 4:17:04 AM PST by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

What’s inside that large space above his eyes. It’s definitely not brains. Some kind of filler?


8 posted on 01/03/2008 4:17:10 AM PST by samtheman (Fred Thompson '08)
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To: Justeggsactly

Check my posse yo.

9 posted on 01/03/2008 4:17:37 AM PST by ovrtaxt (Hunter is ignored by the MSM for a reason.)
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To: Justeggsactly

Dumbo. No offense to flying elephants. ;)


10 posted on 01/03/2008 4:21:43 AM PST by DaveArk
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To: A.A. Cunningham

Recken he might be a relative of Osama?


11 posted on 01/03/2008 4:23:46 AM PST by primatreat ( Hold political and scientific idiots responsible by taking there money and glory away!)
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To: ovrtaxt
dang look at those ears! lol

I wonder if he is related to B Obama?

12 posted on 01/03/2008 4:26:27 AM PST by dearolddad (Opinions are like rectums: everybody has one.)
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To: dearolddad

HEHE!

13 posted on 01/03/2008 4:28:11 AM PST by ovrtaxt (Hunter is ignored by the MSM for a reason.)
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To: FunkyZero

Charges include: ...”Pointing a firearm”..

Is this a real crime?


14 posted on 01/03/2008 4:28:44 AM PST by CrappieLuck
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To: FunkyZero
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947565/posts
15 posted on 01/03/2008 4:30:03 AM PST by ASA Vet (Does Hillary share Huma with Bill?)
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To: CrappieLuck
Is this a real crime?

In Michigan it's felony "Assault."

16 posted on 01/03/2008 4:32:28 AM PST by ASA Vet (Does Hillary share Huma with Bill?)
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To: ASA Vet
Fits the definition of assault.

From Dictionary.com: an attempt or offer to do violence to another, with or without battery, as by holding a stone or club in a threatening manner.

17 posted on 01/03/2008 4:44:23 AM PST by synbad600
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To: FunkyZero

I like this story. It is a textbook case of how concealed carry is supposed to work.


18 posted on 01/03/2008 4:48:01 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (Not a newbie, I just wanted a new screen name.)
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To: samtheman
A vacuum.
19 posted on 01/03/2008 4:48:24 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: ovrtaxt

His cell mate calls them ‘love handles’.


20 posted on 01/03/2008 4:52:47 AM PST by biggerten (Love you, Mom.)
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