Witnesses said Adam slumped to the pavement screaming in pain after the shotgun blast as he went to help the woman,
It's amazing that he's alive, and even (apparently) on the road to recovery. A shotgun at close range is an absolutely devastating weapon.
who had been loading a cash machine outside busy Rayleigh train station in Essex at 7.15am on Friday.
Only in a nation that has disarmed itself would thieves even think of doing such a brazen crime at the height of the commuter flow time in a busy location....they had absolutely nothing to fear. A similar crime attempted in, say, Dallas would have resulted in fifty commuters drawing their sidearms and reducing these scum to a fine mist in the air and a mound of pulp.
May God Bless and Heal this brave young man, and may this event spur our British Friends to consider what the outcome might have been like if the passersby had been allowed the proper tools to attend to a matter such as this.
1 posted on
05/27/2007 1:36:02 AM PDT by
Stoat
To: All
Pictures from The Sun's version of this story:
The Sun Online - News Gang shoot hero commuter
Wounded have-a-go hero ... 'quiet, gentle' IT consultant Adam on MySpace
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Dumped ... burnt-out getaway car, top right, and the security van at the scene, see map
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2 posted on
05/27/2007 1:40:18 AM PDT by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
But, but, they don’t have any evil guns in UK!
5 posted on
05/27/2007 2:20:53 AM PDT by
wastoute
To: Stoat
I hope the man is not charged with interfering with a robbery. The second he was shot, he became in possession of a bullet, so they might charge him with the illegal posession of a bullet. If the robbers are caught, maybe they can testify against him...
6 posted on
05/27/2007 4:41:20 AM PDT by
Wilhelm Tell
(True or False? This is not a tag line.)
To: Stoat
The robbers' white Escort getaway car was found burnt-out nearby. Why aren't there any commonsene automobile control laws? Hope for a full recovery.
To: Stoat
...the woman was also attacked and the white robbers, with scarves covering their faces....
Wow an actual description of the perps. Guess the press didn't want these plain crooks to be confused with the Youths running amuck in Britain
8 posted on
05/27/2007 8:46:49 AM PDT by
RedMonqey
( The truth is never PC)
To: Stoat
When his test came he stood up.
That’s all too rare these days. Males aplenty but men are few.
Prayers out for a full and speedy recovery.
9 posted on
05/27/2007 8:51:19 AM PDT by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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