Posted on 04/03/2020 5:18:30 AM PDT by marktwain
Another Armed Samaritan came to the assistance of police during a gunfight. This example is somewhat unusual. It occurred in California, which routinely infringes on Second Amendment rights.
In Fresno, California, at about 5:30 p.m. on 24 March, 2020, near the area of Belmont and Valeria, officers noticed a 2006 Nissan which was speeding. They attempted to pull over the car. Instead of pulling over, the car accelerated. Only a few blocks south, near Valeria and Grant, the car crashed. Inside the car was a driver and one passenger. The driver exited. He was armed. From kmph.com:
After the crash, the driver hopped out of the car with a pump shotgun.
He then reportedly aimed it at the officers and began firing at them.
After firing a couple of rounds, he then turned around and started to run away from officers.
During this time, a good Samaritan was walking down the street and spotted the guy running toward him with a shotgun.
That good Samaritan turned out to be a CCW holder and pulled out his gun to defend himself.
He fired one time at the suspect, making him fall to the ground.
Fresno County has the most concealed carry permits of any county in California. The Fresno County Sheriff has about 15,000 permits which are active in the county, as of July of 2019. The Fresno Police Department had about 2,400 active in July. There are probably over 17,500 total permit holders in the county in 2020.
Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims says, in her opinion, personal protection is sufficient “good cause” to apply for and receive a concealed carry permit. Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer also says that personal protection is sufficient “good cause”.
Link to youtube of Sheriff Mims explaining her position on concealed carry.
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Give him a medal!
One shot at a running target. Good training.
Armed Samaritan got the marksmanship part right, one in the chest - he may, however, wish to review his choice of caliber as the miscreant promptly got back up and was able to not only flee but attempt to break into a nearby apartment.
Another good guy with a gun stopping a bad guy with a gun.
Are most anti-2nders pro-choice?
“Armed Samaritans and police are natural allies.”
Indeed.
And anti-death penalty.
Yep. Note that they will say that no one needs guns so that if you ask them if guns should be taken away from everyone they will agree. But if you ask them if they agree that all guns should be taken away from blacks (which is necessarily included in the preceding statement), they will deny the statement - don't want to be bigoted, you know. If you point out that almost half of abortions are of black children they will look at you dumbfounded and probably try to deny it. But facts are stubborn things. They are happy to see half of all black children aborted. Evidently, they hate them.
And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves... But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, and attacked the thieves, driving them into the desert.
The Bible is in favor of self defense, conclusively so in the Old testament, as well as in the New Testament.
It is also in favor of the government maintaining peace and order.
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