Posted on 07/28/2018 2:17:04 AM PDT by marktwain
On 2 July, 2018, a little after noon, on Rampart Range Road in El Paso County, Colorado, a carjacking attempt was reported to the El Paso County Sheriff's Office. The event escalated into a crime spree with numerous gunshots fired at innocent people.
Twenty-nine year old Austin Nelson has been identified as the suspect doing the shooting, threatening, and driving. He was stopped by an armed citizen in the Devils Head campground. From epcsheriffsoffice.com:
On July 2, 2018, at approximately 12:20 pm, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a Motor Vehicle Theft in Progress in the 9000 block of Rampart Range Road.
The victim reported they were traveling on Rampart Range Road when they were flagged down by a white male approximately 20-30 years of age, standing next to a blue Mazda station wagon with a blown rear tire. The victim sped away from the scene when they observed the suspect was in possession of a firearm.
The suspect then re-entered his vehicle and proceeded to drive northbound on Rampart Range Road. While driving on Rampart Range Road, the suspect encountered two other victims who he menaced with a weapon. According to second victim, the suspect shot in their direction. The third victim stated the suspect pulled the trigger on the firearm but it did not discharge.
The suspect continued driving and shooting at passing vehicles. He ultimately stopped near Devils Head Campground and approached an unsuspecting camper with a rifle. A confrontation ensued when the suspect pointed the rifle at the camper and the camper returned fire.
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This fool picked a fight with a retired cop who was fully armed. Play stupid games , win stupid prizes.
Very good.
I hear after 911 retired cops got the right to have a Federal Firearms license valid in all states, called HR218
Why the heck we do not have that?
Seems like the cop lobby is much more powerful than the NRA
It provides a good precedent for national reciprocity with carry permits.
There have already been several court cases that upheld the law and expanded it to more groups of people.
It *will* be cited when we get national reciprocity passed.
“It *will* be cited when we get national reciprocity passed.”
Let us hope so.
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HR218 allows retired peace officers to carry concealed in all jurisdictions. However, it does not exempt from magazine restrictions. So if you take your 19 round magazine to New York you’re still in trouble.
“Mattox told deputies he thought he was out of ammunition in his rifle, so he retrieved a second AR-15 from his truck...”
A second AR? Had a darn arsenal in that there truck, didn’t he? Why’d he have all those evil AR rifles? Probably some of those awful high capacity spray-shooting 30-round clips too.
Seriously, I’ve considered buying an extra AR for a trunk gun. Something basic & simple, 16” barrel, iron sights, and yes, a 30-round mag or two.
It does NOT matter to the leftist media for any such story. Their evil agenda is to disarm the populace, just like stalin/hitler/mao did, so that the population can no longer say ‘NO’ to them (and then those evil people are free to murder millions AS THEY DID).
It is what the leftists in our country seek, and they laugh at the soft headed libtard sheep follow them blithely straight into the abatoir.
IMAGINE !!!
America with NO Leftists.
IMAGINE !!!
Gosh sakes that was difficult to read. Obviously no proofreading was done.
Thanks for posting though!
Instead of driving around pointing his gun at people and shooting at them why not just ask for help?
Did he steal the car he was driving? Was he on the run from some other crime?
It seems to me that he would have fared much better to have acted like a normal driver with a flat tire.
I would bet he was on Meth or other drugs.
I won’t take that bet
A simple mag clamp will have your extra magazine close to the rifle when you need it.
Like this example:
“A simple mag clamp will have your extra magazine close to the rifle when you need it.”
I like to be organized. That’s a nice little organizational helper.
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