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Mugger goes free, victim arrested
WorldNetDaily.com ^
| November 7, 2003
Posted on 11/07/2003 1:11:04 AM PST by nickcarraway
80-year-old fends off attacker with unlicensed gun
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He survived a violent mugging, but now 80-year-old Lester Campbell faces criminal charges for defending himself with an unlicensed gun.
The frail octogenarian told WABC-TV he relies on the .38-caliber pistol given to him by his mother for protection when he cashes his Social Security checks.
After cashing his latest check, Campbell pocketed the $262 and went to the supermarket. A mugger apparently spotted Campbell's wad and followed him home to his apartment building in the Bronx and jumped him inside the elevator.
A fierce struggle ensued, reports the news station, during which the assailant ripped Campbell's pants to snatch the wallet.
The gun went off, sending the bullet richotted into the ceiling.
"He tried to keep the barrel away from him, twisting and turning," Campell told WABC. "And when I was going to pull it, see, I lose some grip. And that's when he started twisting and twisting."
When the elevator car stopped at the third floor, the attacker fled with Campbell's money, leaving him bruised and bloodshot.
Police officers arrived on the scene some time later, confiscated Campbell's pistol and another gun from inside his apartment and arrested him. He's due to appear in court next month on charges of misdemeanor criminal possession of a weapon.
Campbell complains the wrong man is getting punished.
"He had no business doing that. I was minding my business. I don't bother nobody," WABC quotes him as saying.
Campbell's neighbors had mixed reaction to the incident.
"The way I feel, if he didn't have the gun probably something would happen to him, serious," said Ernest McKenzie. "And at the same time, he has to be licensed."
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: banglist; crime; newyork; secondammendment; selfdefense
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Unfortunately this article doesn't even mention what state this happened in.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
11/07/2003 1:14:41 AM PST
by
nickcarraway
(www.terrisfight.org)
To: nickcarraway
Bronx, NY
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posted on
11/07/2003 1:17:51 AM PST
by
clee1
(Where's the beef???)
To: nickcarraway
Last time I checked the Bronx was a borough of New York City.
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posted on
11/07/2003 1:17:59 AM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(A country of one.)
To: Canticle_of_Deborah; Desdemona; Richard Poe; Flying Circus; EternalVigilance; *bang_list; ...
ping
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posted on
11/07/2003 1:18:12 AM PST
by
nickcarraway
(www.terrisfight.org)
To: clee1; Smokin' Joe
oops
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posted on
11/07/2003 1:18:52 AM PST
by
nickcarraway
(www.terrisfight.org)
To: nickcarraway
"... the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Who gave NYC permission to ban guns anyway? Why haven't the Supremes ever overturned this obviously unconstitutional law?
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posted on
11/07/2003 1:19:45 AM PST
by
clee1
(Where's the beef???)
To: nickcarraway
Sean Hannity mentioned it. I think it was in NY. I also wonder what happened to Acosta and those two guys who killed a robber with a saw horse.
To: clee1
The only right the Supreme Comics want you to have is to kill your unborn child.
To: Arthur Wildfire! March
I don't have that "right" either. Gotta be a woman to have the right to murder a baby.
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posted on
11/07/2003 1:24:11 AM PST
by
clee1
(Where's the beef???)
To: clee1
Who gave NYC permission to ban guns anyway? Why haven't the Supremes ever overturned this obviously unconstitutional law?No one. Remember, the Supreme Court is above the Constitution. They told us so.
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posted on
11/07/2003 1:24:33 AM PST
by
nickcarraway
(www.terrisfight.org)
To: nickcarraway
Welcome to New York City, where victims are (almost) guaranteed to be dis-armed.
To: nickcarraway
This 80 year old man's MOTHER gave him the gun...Maybe they ought to arrest her too. While they're at it they might ought to check out his granny too. This sounds like a dangerous family to me.
To: nickcarraway
The victim(s) MUST have MININUM success, the perp(s) MUST have MAXIMUM success,, tis written on the wall of a pay shxthouse somewhere in NYC....
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posted on
11/07/2003 2:02:00 AM PST
by
Waco
To: XHogPilot; Graybeard58
Interestingly, they didn't mention the race of Mr. Campbell. The powers that be might not want it to be known they like blacks to be defenseless, along with everyone else.
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posted on
11/07/2003 2:08:04 AM PST
by
nickcarraway
(www.terrisfight.org)
To: nickcarraway
Simple solution...shoot the judge and his entire family. The go after the jury. Okay, too far?
I'm sick and tired of idiots not allowing us to defend ourselves.
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posted on
11/07/2003 2:21:54 AM PST
by
Fledermaus
(I'm a conservative...not necessarily a Republican.)
To: nickcarraway
FMCDH bump
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posted on
11/07/2003 2:21:59 AM PST
by
wafflehouse
(the hell you say!)
To: nickcarraway
followed him home to his apartment building in the Bronx Does that help?
To: Arthur Wildfire! March
I heard Sean say this also.
He also told his people to find out the guy and his lawyer
to see what help he might need.
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posted on
11/07/2003 2:33:31 AM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(CCCP = clinton, chiraq, chretien, and putin = stalin wannabes)
To: nickcarraway
Bronx is New York.
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posted on
11/07/2003 2:43:31 AM PST
by
exnavy
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