I like this defense mechanism too!
Posted on 12/07/2006 7:27:32 AM PST by Hazcat
A Salt Lake City man says his gun saved his life today when a man threatened to take his car. It's a story that adds fuel to the debate over Utah's concealed weapons law.
The suspect in this case has not been caught-yet. It's probably fair to say he'll think twice before ever threatening to steal someone's car again.
Even when running errands, just like he was doing this morning, Mike Taylor is on guard.
Mike Taylor, Concealed Weapon Carrier: "The police have their hands full with everything and I don't think they could be every place at once."
So Taylor was ready when, he says, a man threatened to steal his car.
Mike Taylor: "Finally he told me he was going to kill me and take my car for himself. At that point I felt like he was going to kill me and I feared for my life so I drew my firearm and called police."
He never fired a shot. Clark Aposhian, Bureau of Criminal Identification Chairman says that is what usually happens.
Clark Aposhian, Chairman BCI Board: "We have not seen any type of pattern of abuse or escalation of these types of robberies. We haven't seen blood in the street that a lot of my adversaries or detractors would talk about."
Maura Carabello, with the Gun Violence Prevention Center, believes Utah's permit laws are lax.
Maura Carabello, Gun Violence Prevention Center of Utah: "They could injure themselves, often not well equipped psychologically; they often don't know how to shoot or handle a weapon with proficiency."
She says what happened to Taylor is the best possible outcome, but not always the norm.
Maura Carabello: "My reaction in general, though, is we are lucky. We are lucky the permit holder is safe."
Taylor says he has carried the permit for six years; he didn't think he'd need to use it this morning.
Mike Taylor: "I just came down to get my hair cut this morning."
Yes, but THIS 1 has a knee-jerk scaredy-cat liberal opining in it!
Much better fodder for fun.
He seemed psychologically prepared to save his life (successfully I might add)
Maura Carabello, elite psycho-babblist, presumes to tell others how best to protect themselves. Go away.
The really big problem for the bad guys is the other 99.9% of Concealed Carry Firearms are loaded
amazing that the PC media needs to interview a gun control freak every time.
They give the "he was lucky" dismissal and discourage others from achieving the same result.
Guns prevent crime.
We see this again and again and yet the media for some reason are terrified of armed and defended citizens. Why are reporters so scared?
Like someone taking a baseball bat and smacking your hand with it.
Builds character ;-)
Correction: Previously concealed weapon keeps man safe...
Right, and if this gentleman ended up shooting the perp, undoubtably Gun Violence Prevention Center of Utah would statistically file it under a preventable 'gun violence' death.
"The police have their hands full with everything and I don't think they could be every place at once... nor would I want to live in a country where they were."
I like this defense mechanism too!
Well it would certainly brighten his day!
This guy should have shot the car jacker. What's the old saying...."It's better to be judged by twelve than carried by six."
heh heh. Try a .454 casull. Pert near
knocked me on my rear. My older brother
was watching and I couldn't embarrass
myself. It took all I had to get through
it. It was indeed a character building
experience.
I've seen those hand cannons in the shops. What the heck would you carry it for? If I was in the boonies and worried about bears and such I'd have a nice carbine not a handgun. Just don't understand them myself.
My reaction is to note that a lot of these gun control people have serious personal boundary issues... who the heck is she to say "WE ARE LUCKY !" Like she was involved somehow ?
Don't you realize that she is part of the enlightened elite that are spokesmen for the human race? /s
One of the more restrictive "shall issue" ones.
Y'all need to get some reciprocity into that law, so I can carry when I'm up there visiting my family and in-laws.
I hate having to unload the handgun and put it in the trunk when I cross the Kansas border, and then retrieve it and reload when I cross the Oklahoma (which has reciprocity with Texas) border on the way back down.
It will, however, knock your opponent's socks off.
This one is not recommended for a crotch holder.
Yes. If he didn't have a gun, he might be dead.
Here is a slightly smaller .454. You can also get them in .480.
They are a blast too shoot. You just have to practice with the stout rounds to remain proficient and then play with the rounds of lesser evil.
Your palms will decide how long you shoot either of them :) In Florida we can't get away with carrying a 4" or longer barrel though I do like the 686, etc.
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