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ARMED ASSAILANT IS SHOT BY VICTIM
Miami Herald ^
| March 2nd 2006
| Herald Staff
Posted on 03/02/2006 11:19:11 AM PST by ExSoldier
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To: G Larry
instances of armed victims successfully defending themselves against armed assailants are fairly rare. This is just a plain out and out lie
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:34:07 AM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Peace through superior firepower)
To: ExSoldier
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:34:22 AM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
To: manglor
Instances where a legally armed victim smokes the perp are rareNot rare at all, according to Gary Kleck - non-police killed about 2.5 times as many felons as did police in the years he studied it ('80s)
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:35:52 AM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Peace through superior firepower)
To: dfwgator
sometimes easy money isn't.
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:35:53 AM PST
by
Rakkasan1
(Muslims pray to Allah, Allah prays to Chuck Norris.)
To: ExSoldier
Your link is bad. Here's good one:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/13986007.htm
The article does have that unfortunate hiccup in it, but at least the article (and the headline) is clear on which actor the "victim" is, and reassures readers that the victim will not be facing any charges. A Miami TV station's website carried an article on this incident yesterday, and correctly mentioned the "victim" no fewer than 5 times.
I'm getting feeling there's some conscious push for this in the South Florida media. Seems new to them, though, since they're having a little trouble keeping track of who's who while writing in this new language. The Herald had to print a correction today, to the article you posted:
"A brief story that appeared on 3B of the Metro & State section on Wednesday incorrectly described Smith Phillips as a victim in an armed robbery. He was the alleged assailant; the victim's name was not released by police."
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/corrections/13995724.htm
To: ExSoldier
Miami-Dade police spokesman Detective Roy Rutland said instances of armed victims successfully defending themselves against armed assailants are fairly rare.
That is a lie.. It's rare when a victim kills an assailant. Usually they scare them away.
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:36:58 AM PST
by
tje
To: ExSoldier
Miami-Dade police spokesman Detective Roy Rutland said instances of armed victims successfully defending themselves against armed assailants are fairly rare. The guy doesn't read FR.
Good shooting!
To: ExSoldier
See, there is some good news in the world.
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:37:19 AM PST
by
jw777
To: from occupied ga
and he said it like a dutiful police spokesman always does...
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:37:55 AM PST
by
Rakkasan1
(Muslims pray to Allah, Allah prays to Chuck Norris.)
To: ExSoldier
No matter which link I use, I'm getting a blank page. Darn!
To: ExSoldier
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:45:59 AM PST
by
NRA1995
(If feminists are so smart, why do they need masturbation workshops?)
To: Rakkasan1
and he said it like a dutiful police spokesman always does...It's about time for the jackboot lickers to come out of the woodwork and start yapping about how great the police are and how they're "on our side" whatever that means. Maybe they'll pick on you first. :-)
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:49:35 AM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Peace through superior firepower)
To: ExSoldier
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:49:39 AM PST
by
300magnum
(We know that if evil is not confronted, it gains in strength and audacity, and returns to strike us)
To: dfwgator
Spot on!
Second Ammendment Ping!!!
:-)
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:54:14 AM PST
by
Emmet Fitzhume
(They who attack Christianity will forever live in a state of anger, depression and worthlessness.)
To: ExSoldier
Can't pull up the article but the headline tells me all I need to know. Another violent felon retired. Nice work. As a side note, the police detective is totally useless. With luck, he'll find a new line of work.
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:56:49 AM PST
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: ExSoldier
"Detective" rutland needs to read the "Armed Citizen" column which appears every month(!) in the American Rifleman magazine.
To: paul51
Are police spokesmen really law enforcement or are they PR?
To: from occupied ga
most chiefs and their "spokesmen" don't speak for the rank and file.
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posted on
03/02/2006 12:08:46 PM PST
by
Rakkasan1
(Muslims pray to Allah, Allah prays to Chuck Norris.)
To: manglor
Instances where a legally armed victim smokes the perp are rare, but I'll bet the vast majority of incidents results in the bad guy running away with a new brown stain in his trunks rather than with him in the morgue.That's pretty much what happened the one time I used a firearm to prevent a home invasion (with wife and daughters in bed). The rackety-rack of a pump gun made him decide to look for a flatbar fight elsewhere. That part was not reported to the Sheriff's Dept; they didn't ask, I didn't tell.
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posted on
03/02/2006 12:10:16 PM PST
by
magslinger
(Pray for your enemies, It's like taking a B52 to a gun fight.)
To: ExSoldier
No charges will be filed against Phillips.In England, they'd probably throw this guy in the slammer for using excessive force.
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posted on
03/02/2006 12:15:17 PM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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