Posted on 02/05/2015 4:27:33 PM PST by Kid Shelleen
A would-be robber carrying a replica gun was shot and killed by the man he tried to rob in Cobbs Creek Park on Wednesday afternoon, according to police.
Upper Darby police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said the 67-year-old victim was walking in the park when he heard someone behind him and turned around to find a masked man pointing what he believed was a gun in his face.
The victim grabbed the robber’s gun and the two struggled, police said. As the victim felt himself falling back, he pulled out his legally-owned weapon, for which he has a concealed carry permit, and shot the robber one time, Chitwood said.
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Somebody needs to get “Loser” tattooed on his forehead.
D’oh!
Fake gun? He could have just winged him. /s
Would you put the "L" over or under the dot that's already there?
What a maroon!
Taking a toy gun to a gun fight.
Yes, they are that stupid.
No Skittles?
dARWIN AWARD WINNER.
Well, it may have been a fake gun, but the robber was also wrestling with him, and the intended victim was pushed over backward. So I think he had a right to defend himself even if the robber hadn’t had a fake gun.
Finally some good news today.
Has anyone seen the Quannell X police training report? He has a whole new attitude on police shootings.
In one exercise a guy with a baby in his arms rushes toward him pointing a knife. Quannell shot the guy. He was asked when he saw the knife. Quannell said “To be honest, I never saw the knife. I just knew he pulled something from his pocket. It could have a lolly pop and I’d have still used force. And everyone would be saying I killed a man because he had a lolly pop.” You can see it www.click2houston.com
Didn’t mention where he got the tattoo but it seems to be by Smith and Wesson——and it’s sometimes called a one-shot inking. Dammed effective in any case. A 38 caliber starting point is enough to change the conversation from “stick em up” to “hold still, dammit, while I reload.” Wonder if the Grand Kenyan will issue the requisite Medal of Freedom.?
I have a husband, no telling how many guns in our bedroom, four dogs and a good alarm system. She had nothing but a plastic toy gun. I feel pretty safe.
Good day at the office—the the perp was DRT-—I love a good ending. The taxpayers of PA have been spared yet another stupidly expensive defense of the indefensible.
Is worse than stupidity - it's knowing, deliberate, spiteful contempt for the truth.
YMMV, but for me, the meaning of the word "family" doesn't include that. In fact, for me, the meaning of the word "family" specifically excludes people who act like that towards me - on ANY subject.
And I don't give a damn who begat whom.
2-3 times to be sure the threat is neutralized.
sometimes they’re just grazed or dazed. sometimes they play dead or pretend you got them when you didn’t.
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