Statehouse shootbout PA lawmaker exchanges gunfire with would be robber

www.foxnews.com ^ | 10/15/14 | unknown

[armydawg505]

They messed with the wrong lawmaker.

Two Pennsylvania state representatives escaped unharmed Tuesday night after they were involved in a shootout with a gunman who attempted to rob them near the state Capitol in Harrisburg.

State Rep. Marty Flynn, a former prison guard who's licensed to carry a handgun, fired the shots after he and Rep. Ryan Bizzarro were accosted by the would-be robber. Flynn told the Associated Press he thinks he might have been killed if he had not been carrying a concealed pistol.

"We are used to fighting for the people in our districts every day," Flynn said in a statement to the Philadelphia Inquirer. "We certainly are going to stand up for ourselves and not become victims."

According to the Inquirer, the lawmakers were leaving a dinner with colleagues when a teen suspect approached them, demanded their wallets and pointed a gun at them. Another suspect reportedly shouted instructions at the gunman from across the street.

[armydawg505]

Once again the media covers for black crime by refusing to describe the robbers. Even Fox News is continually guilty. Then the names come forth and it is clear who the assailants are. So another armed, law abiding citizen protects himself and his associate which is the only way to get protection these days. My only questions are, A) how did he miss if he was a cop, and B) Why is he a Democrat? (from another report)

[Vigilanteman]

A) how did he miss if he was a cop, and B) Why is he a Democrat?

Take your pick:

1. He didn't spend enough time at the range.
   
2. He only wanted to frighten off and not injure or kill one of his party's constituents.

[Blood of Tyrants]

“Teen” has become the euphemism for black.

[Dr. Sivana]

B) Why is he a Democrat? (from another report)

Because he is Irish and in Pennsylvania, and he inherited it. Such types can be won over, but NOT with Romney-types.

[njslim]

In Pennsylvania even the ‘Rats are packing................

Almost everybody in state (excepting some area around Philly)
has a gun

One of them is from Lackawanna (aka Scranton) - mother is
from there and many of family still live in area

[Dilbert San Diego]

Yep it was a teen suspect. It gives you an image of Eddie Haskel pulling a prank on these legislators.

[Don Corleone]

Rep. Ryan Bizzarro

You can't make this stuff up.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Three (of four) Sons of Barry. L to R, Derek Anderson, 17; Jamani Ellison, 17; and Jyair Leonard, 15. Not pictured, Zha-quan McGhee, 15.

[Dilbert San Diego]

One of them is from Lackawanna (aka Scranton) - mother is
from there and many of family still live in area

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Small world. I have roots in the Wilkes-Barre area myself.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Were these guys turning their lives around? Did their mommas come out and say they were good boys, never hurt nobody, etc???

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

He deliberately missed because for a legislator to kill a teenager even if the kid is shooting at him would be political death.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Only the Ferguson protesters know for sure.

[Steven Scharf]

“The Inquirer reported the suspects, 17-year-old Jamani Ellison, 15-year-old Jyair Leonard, 17-year-old Derek Anderson and 15-year-old Zha-quan McGhee, were all charged as adults.”

If this had happened in Maine. The Dems legislators would be dead (although at least one dem leg. is a former county sherriff) and we would never know the names of the perps.