Posted on 07/18/2012 2:17:50 PM PDT by Kaslin
All three evening newscasts on Tuesday and two out of the three morning shows on Wednesday skipped the dramatic story of an elderly Florida man who saved a cafe full of people from gun-wielding robbers. Only Good Morning America covered the story of seventy-one-year-old Samuel Williams using his own weapon fend off attackers.
News reader Josh Elliot lauded the "gun-toting senior citizen" for his quick action and for "not taking it anymore." Co-host George Stephanopoulos narrated the video: "There he is right there. Takes them on. Saves the whole cafe." Elliott praised it as "remarkable." He misleadingly described, "Williams does have a gun license and is not expected to be charged." [See video below. MP3 audio here.
Elderly Man Saves a Cafe Full of People By Shooting Gun-Wielding Robbers; Only ABC Notes
However, Florida is a "shall issue" state. It's the carrying of the concealed weapon that requires a permit, not a "gun license" to own one.
Stephanopoulos offered a snarky quip after the segment ended, critiquing the old man: "And what a uniform. Bermuda shorts and a golf cap."
CBS This Morning, NBC's Today, as well as World News, Evening News and Nightly News all ignored the story.
A 2000 study by the Media Research Center found:
Morning News Shows Favored the Anti-Gun Position by 13 to 1. More than half of morning news gun policy segments (208) tilted away from balance. Of those segments, 93 percent (193) pushed the liberal, anti-gun position, while only six percent (15) promoted the pro-gun position. ABC’s Good Morning America (92 to 1) was the most biased morning show.
News Programs Are Twice as Likely to Use Anti-Gun Soundbites. Anti-gun soundbites were twice as frequent as pro-gun ones—412 to 209. (Another 471 were neutral.)
A transcript of the July 18 segment can be found below:
7:02
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Look at this stunning moment caught on tape. Two robbers go in to hold up an internet café and what a surprise they got. A 71-year-old man steps in, pulls out his own gun. There he is right there. Takes them on. Saves the whole café. We'll have all of that in just a little while.
ROBIN ROBERTS: He wasn't going to take it anymore.
7:06
JOSH ELLIOTT: And a brazen hold up in Florida didn't exactly go off as planned, again, thanks to one gun-toting senior citizen. Look at the surveillance video. Again, we just saw it, but two armed robberies storming an internet cafe. Watch the back right of your screen. Seventy-one-year-old Samuel Williams is not taking that anymore. Pulls his own gun, takes aim and would save the day. The suspects actually made a run for it. They were hit twice as they flee out the door. The suspects later arrested. We should put out, Williams does have a gun license and is not expected to be charged. Remarkable.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And what a uniform. Bermuda shorts and a golf cap.
We old coots can be bad a$$ =)
George Stephanopoulos would probably soil his pants if he were in the same situation.
You bettcha, now where did I put that other magazine?
Speaks volumes about the state of our culture that the newscaster felt it necessary to point out that the hero who saved the day “is not expected to be charged.”
We've done our time, had our fun, with the scars and pains to prove it, have got nothin' to lose and are past taking s*** from low life scum. So yeah, we be bad.
Megyn Kelly commented on this incident when I was home for lunch today. She was not sure the actions of this man was OK. I could not find her e-mail address to complain, but I would have said this:
If this man’s actions are somehow illegal, the law needs to be changed . . . TODAY. Megyn, if you could not see the justification and virtue in this man’s action, you need a new value system, a new job, and a new country! Attitudes and views like yours is what has enabled this country to devolve in depravity and lawlessness. That man very well may have saved several lives, if not in the immediate situation, in the future when these worthless slugs struck again. You should be ashamed of your perverted morality.
Need to check my subject-verb agreement closer . . . sorry.
the other great story airing there in the kicker line - Boy Scouts Re-Affirm ban on gays. Damn straight.
Girl Scouts have the perverts. American Heritage girls or the Boy Scouts. And the girl scouts let lesbians stay in the tents with the girls, but won’t let dads of the girls stay with their daughter in the same tent. How warped is that logic? Older lesbians target and prey and recruit vunerable younger kids. That’s just part of the lifestyle. Befriend the vulnerable and start making moves on them. That’s how all adult perverts go after young prey. Just ask any of your public school teachers looking at your kids like their own personal sexual smorgasbord.
Good for him!! Article didn't say if he hit either of the perps? Anybody know?
He probably soils his pants when he looks in a mirror!!
Cootesses too!
At least you know what that is.
He probably soils his pants when he looks in a mirror!!
He’s probably one of those guys that wears womens panties.
I know guys in their 70’s who could beat the snot out of some of these wimpy 20-30 somethings.
The proper response from the left would have been to piss and soil your pants, get down on your knees and scream like a little girl and beg for your life.
That’ll stop them.
Blessings, Bobo
The proper response from the left would have been to piss and soil your pants, get down on your knees and scream like a little girl and beg for your life.
That’ll stop them.
Blessings, Bobo
We old coots are too old to take an ass whipping and too young to die. That is why we carry firearms. Most of us have been shooting since we were young boys.
Leave the old coots alone. We are more likely to kill you than anyone else.
/johnny
Yup; he pegged ‘em twice as they were high-tailing it outta there. Doesn’t say where, though. Center of mass would have been good, but any round on-target is a good shot given the conditions.
I’d like to know how much time the gentleman spends at the range keeping up his skills. I’d spring for a box of match grade ammo in honor of his heroism.
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