I'm glad that the Good Guys won one, and PI$$ED at the comment by the cop! If you get the Miami Herald, try writing a letter to the editor and make them aware of two million successful gun defenses each year....better yet how about the DOJ stat that says that in any given year about 650,000 attacks are perpetrated against potential victims armed with a handgun. Of that number about 6500 are actually carried thru to completion. That's roughly 1% So to turn it around in 99% of the cases where the victim is armed with a handgun, the crime is foiled. Typical cop mentality. Let's repeat after me: A society in which ONLY the POLICE have guns is called.....A POLICE STATE!!!
Yes, I'll be writing a letter, too. Perhaps to the Detective quoted!
Serves him right.
I love a story with a happy ending.
Guess he won't be robbing folks no more! BLAM!
Only because armed victims have been fairly rare, thanks to gun control.
Oh, and nice shooting. So long perp.
>instances of armed victims successfully defending themselves against armed assailants are fairly rare.<
That's because not enough "victims" are armed!
If they were, a there would be a lot fewer assailants!
Armed Citizen Bump
DRUM ROLL....One less scumbag! :)
Another tragedy caused by the CCW laws. (sarc)
Citizens are armed, subjects unarmed.
he always carries 2 weapons, one in an ankle holster.
Even Batman knew to keep the Batzooka in the car.
I wonder of this quoted cop thinks it's a good idea to look up how often cops are out drawn or out shot by perps--especially that latter. (And what his solution would be--disarm cops for their own safety?)
"....ooops...." [thud]
Very good !
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
The guy doesn't read FR.
Good shooting!
See, there is some good news in the world.
No matter which link I use, I'm getting a blank page. Darn!