Dad Picks Up Daughter from Movies. Their Car Gets Rear-Ended. Then Their Evening of Terror Begins.

Blaze ^ | Feb. 12, 2014 10:28am | Dave Urbanski

[driftdiver]

Too bad he wasn’t armed.

[Pharmboy]

First thing I thought of.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

What you said.

[OneWingedShark]

First thing I thought of.

The first thing I thought of was that the dad (or daughter) was going to end up shot dead by the police right in front of the other… glad that wasn't the case.

[Blood of Tyrants]

This is why I carry. You never know when the criminals and crazies will come out of hiding.

[xrmusn]

“I just believe that my brother is a hero,” Floyd said. “He is an absolute hero.”
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YES, he should have been armed.

I don’t want to downplay his dilemma in any way possible and glad they are both safe.
He acted sanely, got to a safe place and out of ‘immediate’ danger.

Commendable Yes.
Father protecting his family. YES

Hero? NO,
sorry but they have surely been watering down what a ‘hero’ is these days.

Remember the ‘first stage’ of being a hero is to be one of the people who run towards gun fire or fire while others are retreating.
Then when he gets there he ‘sacrifices’ himself to save others etc.
By ‘sacrifice’ I don’t mean gives up his life BUT he puts himself in MORE danger to save others.

[JimBianchi11]

A carry gun and some training would solved this problem, permanently.

[Politicalkiddo]

“I just believe that my brother is a hero,” Floyd said. “He is an absolute hero.”

What? He called the cops and then ran into a store. That’s not heroic.

[La Lydia]

Meth.

[La Lydia]

Agree.

[miss marmelstein]

That’s what I was thinking. This is the super high behavior I remember from the crack days.

I’m not sure how you shoot someone who is rear ending your car while you are driving unless you’re Steve Martin in L.A. Story. The guy did the best he could and he and his kid survived. I hope the perp goes away for years and years.

[luvbach1]

‘roid rage?

[bicyclerepair]

Shoot out the guy’s tires?

Or this Headline:

Crazed White Man Kills Mentally Disabled Man Over Fender Bender

[Leaning Right]

Police say Jost found the right moment to get his daughter out of the car so she could run inside the Whole Foods for safety while he waited outside

He did not run into Whole Foods immediately with his daughter. He waited outside. Hero.

[PistolPaknMama]

they have surely been watering down what a ‘hero’ is these days

He may not be your definition of a hero, but to his little girl he certainly was. I wouldn't take that from her.

[NonValueAdded]

He may not be your definition of a hero, but to his little girl he certainly was. I wouldn't take that from her.

I hear that!

[FreedomPoster]

Seems likely. Or at least not-unlikely.

[bobby.223]

Good point and she is a heck of a lot better off looking up to him than that douchebaggorous kid Bieber.

[cherry]

the hero status and the purple heart ain’t what they used to be sorry to say...