Posted on 07/26/2015 4:11:59 PM PDT by marktwain
On July 3rd, 2015, Ronnie Murrar grabbed a sport utility rifle when it counted. It was a good choice. Three robbers smashed through a concrete barrier and into the gates of his store with a stolen mini-van. Ronnie accessed an AR 15 pattern rifle and fired at the invaders as they attempted to squeeze through the damaged gates. At seconds 54-57, he fires about 7 shots.
Link to video
Deishun L. Byrd-McWay has been charged in the incident. He showed up at the hospital with three gunshot wounds. Three hits in three seconds out of seven shots at about 20 yards is pretty good. In the video, Ronnie does not appear to be using the sights, but does have the rifle at his shoulder, using a variation of a point shooting technique.
The video illustrates many of the virtues of the AR 15 type rifle for defense of self and others. It is easy to use, points naturally, is easy to control with mild recoil, and has sufficient magazine capacity that you do not have to worry about a reload or attempt to count your shots in a tense, life and death situation.
After the perpetrators flee, Ronnie puts down the rifle and grabs his pistol to investigate the damage to the door. A pistol allows a person to be armed without having a gun in their hand when the police arrive.
From wisn.com on 23 July:
The owner of the store found out Wednesday he won't be charged in the shooting.
The attorney for Bouchard's owner told WISN 12 News reporter Christina Palladino his client had every right to defend himself after three men with guns broke into his store.
"The persons who tried to break into his store that night not only intended to steal but intended to kill him,” attorney John Schiro said.He said the video clearly illustrates how the men rammed the back of a stolen minivan into concrete posts blocking the entrance. Then, the men jumped out and tried to squeeze through the opening of the gate.
The most troubling aspect is why it took months to clear the store owner when it was obviously self defense against armed robbery and attempted murder.
Unless I misread the article, it look like it took less than three weeks, from July 3 to July 23.
That’s what I’m talking about! My British friends, don’t you wish you had this choice too?
Por favor, its a Modern Sporting Rifle.
Could be my mistake...I could have sworn in another FR posting about this was that it happend in november.
The point remains...it shouldnt have taken three hours to clear him....much less almost three weeks.
Agreed, especially with the video evidence.
I call mine `Roscoe’.
dear tumblin,
re:’roscoe’ .....
if you were to look up all the various names for handguns, in any detective fiction, in the era of dashiell hammett, or earlier, you will find that you are not the first, nor the last, to name ‘your piece’, as ‘roscoe’.
What gets me about this raid is that it seemed to be a very “professional” job. By this I mean considerable planning and forethought, and some degree of discipline by the robbers.
They knew it was a harder target, so planned accordingly and used two vehicles, a ramming vehicle and a getaway vehicle, with the idea that the ramming vehicle had a good chance of being disabled.
With that much planning, they also knew that time was at a great premium, so needed to identify what would be stolen that was of high value, light and easy to carry. Once the gate was breeched, they all had to work very quickly.
Hit by gunfire, they immediately fled and didn’t try to shoot it out, and when the one went to the hospital, he had nothing to say.
Based on these things, I suspect the robbers were a robbery gang, likely from out of state, knew exactly what they wanted to steal and had a fence waiting to take the hot merchandise.
It says “video” but all there is is a still shot of the shoot.
Excellent observations. I had similar thoughts, but did not get as far as you. Quite a bit of planning involved.
In the article, right after it says “He fired about 7 shots.”
There is a phrase “Link to Video” that should be highlighted.
Click on that, it should take you to the video. It worked when I tried it now.
Uh, ok.
Got it.
He drizzled his shizzle full of mizziles.
It’s an AK, full name `Boris Roscoevitch’. I don’t have a name yet for my recently acquired AR-15. I’m thinking `Sam’.
G-damn commie city makes the guy wait 20 damn days to find out they won’t prosecute him.
I f@cking hate Milwaukee socialist government.
Fired 7 shots...
When in doubt empty the magazine....
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