A happy ending with a tax payer relief shot and a nice handgun too!
Posted on 11/18/2016 12:34:46 PM PST by PROCON
The good Samaritan who shot and killed another man who was brutally beating a Lee County sheriff’s deputy on an Estero, Florida, highway Monday morning now has a new gun thanks to a Fort Myers gun shop.
Deputy Dean Bardes initiated a traffic stop after Edward Strother blew past him at a high rate of speed. But when Strother eventually stopped, he exited the vehicle and attacked Bardes, threw him violently to the ground and repeatedly punched him.
When the good Samaritan came upon the scene, he stopped his vehicle and exited with his gun drawn. The man warned Strother multiple times to get off of the officer, but when Strother refused to comply and continued beating Bardes, the man fired three shots, fatally striking Strother.
Bardes was injured, but survived, and many say it’s thanks to the good Samaritan’s actions.
But the man’s gun was taken for evidence while the investigation is underway. It’s a routine move, but the owners at Straight Shoot in Fort Meyers did not want the man left without protection. So, Mark Williams, who has managed the gun shop since it opened six years ago, contacted the sheriff’s office to make arrangements to give a gun to the good Samaritan, according to the News-Press.
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A happy ending with a tax payer relief shot and a nice handgun too!
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Mark Williams at Straight Shoot is an honorable man, that I would graciously do business with , unfortunately I do not live close.
“Above all, I thank the hero that recognized the imminent threat, rushed to Deputy Bardes’ aid, and ultimately stopped that threat,” Scott wrote.
“In a day and age where race is a near-instant focus for media and other pundits in police incidents,” Scott continued, “the fact is that this hero happens to be a man of color who stopped another man of color from further harming or killing a white cop; thereby reminding us that black lives matter, blue lives matter, and indeed all life matters.
Website and email for Shoot-Straight:
https://shoot-straight.com/locations-and-ranges/fort-myers/
comments.ftmyers@shoot-straight.com
I’ve heard for years now that SS Guns was owned by “towel heads”, or “Camel Riders”,,,,don’t know if true...Have U heard anything like that??
Can’t find any info on their ownership....U have any knowledge on the subject ?
Registered Agent Name & Address
AKKAWI, KHALED W
100 S EOLA DR. PH#118
ORLANDO, FL 32801
Name Changed: 04/28/2000
Address Changed: 04/25/2007
Officer/Director Detail
Name & Address
Title P
AKKAWI, KHALED WPRES
100 S EOLA DR. PH#118
ORLANDO, FL 32801
*************
Check it out for yourself, there are a number of "shoot-straight" listings and not all may be affiliated with the above. Anyway, FWIW...
Can’t find any info on their ownership....U have any knowledge on the subject ?
You may be thinking of Shoot Straight in Orlando, Fl. Was and may still be owned by Syrians. Don't know if this company is related but the story calls them Straight Shoot. Sounds like a different company.
I carry that gun everyday. It’s a fine choice.
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Quoting Hillary .... and ducking,
“At this point in time, what difference does is make?”
Seriously, who gives a rat rear-end where they are from?
They Did the right thing! No one else did!!
Middle Eastern folks have a BIG affinity for firearms.
Up here in Jacksonville all the best gun stores are owned by middle eastern families.
What do the Hekawi have to do with towels?
"We sneak up and steal them from the riverbank when Wrangler Jane's in bathing!"
True - I know a shop that’s run by a Lebanese Christian man and his son.
That’s what I love about FR, anthropologists on staff.
You ready to go to the next level and buy a Glock?
(ducking)
There are some DAs who’ll pull your CCW/CHL, too, in a shooting death case under investigation, regardless.
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