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Dentist opens fire on purse snatcher(shoddy journalism alert for CCW & RKBA!)
Arkansas Democrat Gazette ^ | BY ANDY DAVIS

Posted on 03/25/2009 8:10:46 AM PDT by DCBryan1

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To: DCBryan1

This was obviously written by an anti-dentite bastard.


21 posted on 03/25/2009 8:31:45 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: DCBryan1
recommend that people cooperate with the robber and “be a good witness,” paying attention to what the robber looks like, remembering what he says and making note of the weapon he uses and the vehicle he drives.

What a crock!!!

22 posted on 03/25/2009 8:31:57 AM PDT by ontap (Just another backstabbing conservative)
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To: DCBryan1
huh? in NYC we don't wait for perps to be discharged before arresting them. we lock them right to the gurney.

what if this guy just up and walks out? is there a cop watching him?

as for the SGT, as they say in England, "piss off!"

23 posted on 03/25/2009 8:33:49 AM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: Travis McGee
Davis said, she would recommend....

$5 says we got another Affirmative Action Clymer on our hands.

24 posted on 03/25/2009 8:34:31 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk (The Election of 2008: Given the choice between stupid and evil, the stupid chose evil.)
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To: DCBryan1
a 63-year-old dentist pulled out a .357-caliber revolver and opened fire, striking the would-be robber in the buttocks, police said Tuesday.


25 posted on 03/25/2009 8:40:45 AM PDT by wastedyears (April 21st, 2009 - International Iron Maiden Day)
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No doubt she got to her position thanks to affirmative action.


26 posted on 03/25/2009 8:43:12 AM PDT by wastedyears (April 21st, 2009 - International Iron Maiden Day)
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To: DCBryan1

All I know is that every criminal needs to have a sidekick named “Tequila Rice.” That’s better than “The Sundance Kid.”


27 posted on 03/25/2009 8:43:26 AM PDT by ponygirl ("Do not let anything into your body or into your heart that will damage your faith.")
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To: Travis McGee
Davis said, she would recommend....

$5 says we got another Affirmative Action Clymer on our hands.

28 posted on 03/25/2009 8:50:04 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk (The Election of 2008: Given the choice between stupid and evil, the stupid chose evil.)
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To: DCBryan1
Pace-Antonetz, who answered the door at the couple’s brick, two-story home in Little Rock’s Pleasant Valley neighborhood, declined a request for an interview Tuesday. A woman who lives across the street described them as “a good Catholic family

It sounds like Dr. Pace-Antonetz was following Catholic Teaching on Legitimate Defense.
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church:

2263 The legitimate defense of persons and societies is not an exception to the prohibition against the murder of the innocent that constitutes intentional killing. "The act of self-defense can have a double effect: the preservation of one's own life; and the killing of the aggressor. . . . The one is intended, the other is not."65

2264 Love toward oneself remains a fundamental principle of morality. Therefore it is legitimate to insist on respect for one's own right to life. Someone who defends his life is not guilty of murder even if he is forced to deal his aggressor a lethal blow:

If a man in self-defense uses more than necessary violence, it will be unlawful: whereas if he repels force with moderation, his defense will be lawful. . . . Nor is it necessary for salvation that a man omit the act of moderate self-defense to avoid killing the other man, since one is bound to take more care of one's own life than of another's.66

2265 Legitimate defense can be not only a right but a grave duty for one who is responsible for the lives of others. The defense of the common good requires that an unjust aggressor be rendered unable to cause harm. For this reason, those who legitimately hold authority also have the right to use arms to repel aggressors against the civil community entrusted to their responsibility.

29 posted on 03/25/2009 8:52:55 AM PDT by sockmonkey
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To: sockmonkey

Luke 22:36, American King James Version: Then said he to them, But now, he that has a purse, let him take it, and likewise his money: and he that has no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.


30 posted on 03/25/2009 8:56:29 AM PDT by wastedyears (April 21st, 2009 - International Iron Maiden Day)
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To: ontap
Best-case scenario for me, is that the "authorities" make such statements in public to counteract "Vigilante-ism", but privately applaud the effort to thwart a crime.

Worst-case would be that they agree with their spokesman, rank & file. I would tend to think it would depend on who you asked.
31 posted on 03/25/2009 9:00:17 AM PDT by HotLead61 (Death as a Free Man is much preferred to "life" as a slave)
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To: tumblindice

“Is it safe?”


32 posted on 03/25/2009 9:01:43 AM PDT by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: DCBryan1
They may be more skilled than you are...

Not likely. Those idiots cannot even kill each other. They spray and pray and I never see them at the range.

I'll take my chances and just shoot.

33 posted on 03/25/2009 9:06:55 AM PDT by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: DCBryan1
“In most instances, if an individual just gives them what they want without any resistance, in most cases, the suspect just flees with the property,” Davis said.

Yes, but in all cases the thug gets a bullet in the ass, he just flees

34 posted on 03/25/2009 9:07:15 AM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget (July 4, 2009 see you there))
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To: dfwgator

It rubs the lotion in, or it gets the drill again.


35 posted on 03/25/2009 9:07:23 AM PDT by tumblindice (Good stem, bad stem)
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To: Salo
He's the guy with the bullet in his ass...

"All right, you guys in the lineup file in. Face the witness. Oh. Oh, OK, now turn around..."

36 posted on 03/25/2009 9:13:11 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: DCBryan1
In this sick society one thing I have learned is that never to keep anything valuable in my purse.

When I go shopping I take out my check book and all credit cards except the one I am going to use that day (whether it is one check, a debit card, or a credit card). I just carry one of those and put it in my pocket. If I am going to write a check, I take my drivers ID and put that in my pocket. I put my keys in my other pocket, not my purse.

All that is in my purse is kleenex and a pen (and maybe some candy and lint!). I bother to even carry the purse, because that is the target robbers always want. If someone wants to grab my purse, I can freely let it go. They won't get much, and I will be safe and can hurry to unlock my car and get out of there fast. They won't even have my address or any information from ID cards.

Mothers with small children should particularly do this, as well as senior citizens. It took a while for me to get used to doing this, as women like to have everything handy. But it sure makes me feel much safer.

37 posted on 03/25/2009 9:13:45 AM PDT by CitizenM ("An excuse is worse than an lie, because an excuse is a lie hidden." Pope John Paul, II)
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To: wastedyears
Luke 22:36, American King James Version: Then said he to them, But now, he that has a purse, let him take it, and likewise his money: and he that has no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.

One of my favorite verses....except for this version from the Cotton Patch: Luke & the Happenings. (I'm not making this up, honest).

Luke 22:36 He said, "Okay, but now if you've got a wallet, go get it; and do the same if you have a suitcase. If you don't have either, sell your shirt and buy a switchblade.

38 posted on 03/25/2009 9:14:57 AM PDT by sockmonkey
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To: DCBryan1
...when a man wearing a wig and a cap approached the vehicle, pulled out a silver revolver and announced a robbery.

When the police ask what did the robber look like, "Well he had a wig and hat ..." will make for a nice positive ID won't it! Truthfully, the police are between a rock and hard-place on this. I would like them to advise restraint but also to congratulate the good Dentist on potentially saving his wife's life as well.

The unsaid benefit of this is to remind all potential bad guys that there are armed citizens in the populace and that a lawful life reduces that occupational hazard. I know that this felon will bear the memory of this to his grave!

39 posted on 03/25/2009 9:17:22 AM PDT by SES1066 (Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
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To: wastedyears
It is good to know that when trouble in Little Rock is seconds away, in just a few minutes Cassondra (orig sp) will be there with a reassuring statement to the press.
40 posted on 03/25/2009 9:19:10 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk (The Election of 2008: Given the choice between stupid and evil, the stupid chose evil.)
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