Surviving a Shooting

California Lawyer | April 2004 | Gerald E. Curry

[Auntie Mame]

God bless you Mr. Curry, and thank you for letting us know how you are.

[Viking2002]

As much as I despise lawyers, it sounds like this poor guy was just doing as requested, and it didn't go down too well with the shooter. It's amazing that he took five .38 slugs, and is around to tell about it.

[So Cal Rocket]

[SheLion]

Thanks for posting this. I, too, have often thought about him and what the outcome had been. The world has gone nuts, and most people are going over the edge today.

Life as we knew it is no longer 'life as we knew it.' Pity.

Thanks again, Auntie Mame!

[riverrunner]

In a decent state he would have been arm and able to defend hiself.

[johnfrink]

Wasn't some other major case going on at the same time--that's the reason all the cameras were there? Was it the Peterson trial?

[Myrddin]

Good to hear he is recovering. I hope the shooter spends the rest of his days behind bars for his criminal use of a firearm. He should also be required to financially compensate Mr. Curry for his losses.

[breakem]

I think Peterson was in central cal at the time. This was Van Nuys. It may have been one of the Robert Blake hearings.

[johnfrink]

Oh yeah, it was Robert Blake. Van Nuys, Modesto--seen one boring nondescript town in CA, seen 'em all.

[Henrietta]

"In a decent state he would have been arm and able to defend hiself."

Exactly. And in a decent state, he would be able to carry his gun into the courthouse. In my state, judges and prosecutors are allowed to carry guns into the courthouse, but the rest of us have to go into court unarmed. I guess if you're not an agent of the state, you're not worth protecting.

This guy's lucky to be alive.

[DannyTN]

Just how much were the lawyer's fees? It sounds like the trust beneficiary felt like he was being robbed.

[Old Grumpy]

Who could ever forget watching that video over and over? It was bizarre and creepy.

[breakem]

sounds like you need a change of venue. lol

[festus]

It is amazing he lived. But the thing that I find even more amazing is the shooter is still consuming valuable oxygen.

We had the perp filmed by dozens of cameras. He's been incarcerated. He should have been hanged by the days end in front of the same cameras.

[Chuckster]

"In a decent state he would have been arm and able to defend hiself."

Not if he was on his way into a courtroom.

[Chuckster]

It's amazing that he took five .38 slugs, and is around to tell about it

Hmmmm. Was it a .38 Special or a .380 ACP? Makes quite a difference, though I'm no big fan of either.

[archy]

If the government doesn't value Mr Curry as a citizen and officer of the court sufficiently to see him carry a weapon and effectively defend himself, why should the rest of us feel any great sympathy for him.

To paraphrase: if God had not wanted him slaughtered, He would not have made Curry a sheep.

[archy]

It's amazing that he took five .38 slugs, and is around to tell about it

Hmmmm. Was it a .38 Special or a .380 ACP? Makes quite a difference, though I'm no big fan of either.

Five shots would be consistant with small concealable revolvers like the very popular .38 *Chief's Special*, the Charter Arms *Undercover* or the Taurus M85/M850 series handguns.

It's of course also possible he had a .380 pistol not loaded to its full magazine capacity, or that the shooter wished to keep a couple of rounds in reserve with which to take care of any interfering bystanders, though he had that second weapon in reserve for that as well.

[sheik yerbouty]

It was clearly a wheelgun.

[SheLion]

Wasn't some other major case going on at the same time--that's the reason all the cameras were there? Was it the Peterson trial?

Sometimes, some news stories fall through the cracks. Especially when there is another story bigger and better that "they" would rather report on.

For instance: what about those college kids that disappeared out in the mid-west? What ever happened to them?

I was surprised that they brought up Jonathan Luna, that attorney that was left in that creek stabbed multiple times? For quite awhile, we didn't hear anything. Then, a week or so ago, they had a press conference. The authorities have NO idea who did this to Luna! They were pleading for help. Now, the story has been silenced.

Even if Luna led a double life, we still would like to know what is happening with the case.