As both Dr. Lott and David Kopel say, merely the presence or brandishment of a weapon are often enough to stop criminal attacks.
Posted on 04/04/2005 2:41:51 PM PDT by Spiff
Just as the controversial Minuteman Project was getting under way in Tombstone Friday night, a Cochise County resident was forced to use a handgun to defend himself from a menacing border intruder. The citizen, who wishes his name not be used, was visiting his girlfriend's home in one of the lower canyon areas on the east side of the Huachuca Mountains along Highway 92 when an angry border intruder charged him.
The home's yard and driveway have been the scene of many reports of illegal aliens being picked up by load vehicles. Recently, in the evenings, two or three load vehicles would pull into the driveway and yard, a driver would step out and wave a flag, and dozens of illegal aliens would come pouring out of the bushes across the street, into the driveway and yard, and then into the load vehicles. The woman who lives there has felt very threatened and has been forced to arm herself. Last week, on a single night, Border Patrol apprehended 50 illegal aliens right in her yard and driveway.
Friday night the man was walking in the street in front of his girlfriend's home. A large jackrabbit was frightened by something in the brush across from the home and came out into the road toward the citizen. He knew that he had not frightened the jackrabbit and determined that there may be someone in the brush where so many illegal aliens had been seen before. He started peering into the brush and suddenly an illegal alien came out from behind one of the trees. The border intruder was very large and menacing and looked right at the citizen in the street. He started to charge toward the citizen who was then forced to pull out his 9mm handgun and chamber a round. The citizen then held the weapon up where the intruder could see it but did not point it at the intruder. At that point the border intruder ceased his menacing charge and stopped and glared angrily at the citizen. The standoff only lasted a few seconds at which time the intruder flipped the citizen off and ran back into the bushes.
The resident immediately called the Border Patrol to report the incident and the intruder. An agent was dispatched and on the scene after more than 20 minutes. The agent said that he did not know the area and had not been briefed about the ongoing problems with the large groups of illegal aliens piling into load vehicles there. The agent and the Cochise County resident walked through the brush searching for the border intruder but he was not located.
The man later said that he was certain that if he had not drawn his weapon he would have been violently attacked by the border intruder. Both the man and the home owner are now planning to take the required training to receive an Arizona Concealed Carry Weapon Permit to further protect themselves. Neither are members of or are involved with the Minuteman Project in any way. Both work for defense contractors in the IT industry.
An area next to the canyon home has now become the site of one of many observation stations set up by the Minuteman Project. The owner of the home says that she feels safer now knowing that she's got other concerned citizens looking out for her and that some of them are armed in case she or anyone there is again threatened with violence.
The mere presence of a firearm has stopped many criminal attacks.
I admire anyone who would live there.
I also thank them for standing their ground while we are being invaded.
And, thanks to the Minutemen for defending our border.
Almost every use of a firearm to protect someone against violence or stop criminal activity never results in the discharge of the firearm. But here on Free Republica we already know that.
So, that's what Jesse Jackson meant when he warned everybody to "stay outta da bushes!"
I believe the precise quote was, in perfect ebonics "stay out the bushes.."
BUMP!
As both Dr. Lott and David Kopel say, merely the presence or brandishment of a weapon are often enough to stop criminal attacks.
At least one of them was just banned/suspended again.
Thanks for the ping! Things could have come out bad for him if he wasn't armed. Thank God for guns! ;)
Since we don't have any respect for our own immigration laws, we can't expect illegal aliens to have any respect for us whatsoever.
even the border intruders in your blood cells have ANTI-BODIES attack them and kill them.....
...just a thought...
ok, no, I didnt say it was ok to kill aliens, ok??
""border intruder" = a nicer way to say illegal alien?" are CRIMINAL INVADERS!
hey there!
very commonsensical comment there..
: )
the *new* term is "border intruder" ; )
i LIKE it!
MANY thanks to the MMP volunteers for doing the job that our government refuses to do!!
U.S. Constitution Article 4 Section 4:
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,
GWB needs a remedial reading class on the Constitution.
The media will call them anything, but what they are....calling them Criminal Illegal Aliens would necessitate, doing something about it.
Most of us have respect for the immigration laws. Unfortunately our brain dead elected officials forgot what that means.
Are they only allowed to carry handguns?
Actually, citizens in Arizona can carry what they darned well please.
John Law frowns on shotguns in bars, but so far the law lets you if you aren't drinking and the owner hasn't posted a 'no firearms' sign.
In Arizona, the right to keep and bear arms is the norm instead of the other way around.
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