Posted on 05/07/2014 3:16:38 PM PDT by Drew68
The family of an armed robber is speaking out after surveillance video was released of their family member committing an armed robbery.
On the video Dante Williams is clearly seen entering a South Carolina Waffle House, pointing a gun at employees and customers and attempting to rob the restaurant.
Justin Harrison was eating at the bar. Harrison, a concealed carry permit holder, was armed. He waited for an opportunity, shot Williams, and attempted to detain the second suspect.
The family of Williams says that Harrison didn’t need to shoot and shouldn’t have felt threatened. They want to change South Carolina’s carry permit laws to require more training in order to get a permit. Many gun rights activists consider time consuming and costly training requirements to be a burden on their Second Amendment rights.
According to Fox Carolina
“…He was always sharp, always goofy, loved to dance, he was a respectable boy,” McSwain said.
McSwain said her family was disappointed that Harrison wasn’t charged in the shooting and says her family is still considering pursuing other legal action against him.
The second suspect was eventually caught and is now in prison, serving out a 30 year sentence.
We already documented this incident back when it originally happened, so we won’t add this post to the defensive gun use database.
another one who could have been Obama’s son bites the dust !
WOOT!!
A very important lesson we should all take from this case is the *huge* advantage concealed carry has over armed criminals.
The criminal(s) was brandishing his gun, and likely ready to shoot, though his intention was to rob. However, he could not keep an eye on all the staff and all the customers at once. His attention was all over the place.
The concealed carry holder had focus. When the time is right, draw your weapon and put bullets in the criminal(s).
It really didn’t matter what anyone else in the place was doing. That focus is incredibly important.
It’s not really a fair fight. But then again, it shouldn’t be.
One less worm. It will never threaten anyone else again.
Stricter gun laws? OK, I’ve got one. “Anyone using a gun to rob a waffle house or any other business, private residence or individual(s) shall be immediately shot in the head, no fewer than two times, with a handgun with a caliber no less than 9mm, a centerfire rifle with a caliber of 7.62 mm or more, or a shotgun of no less than 20 GA.”
Watch the video. Not to be believed.
From the family's comments it is not hard to see why Williams went wrong. Shame on the parents.
Sorry parents, your children do not have a right to behave like thugs and not pay the consequences. You would be well advised to raise your children to not behave like thugs if you don't want to see them end up like the William's son and Trayvon Martin.
Harrison has shown he has had sufficient training. Good job Harrison.
Excellent point. The guy did pretty good, putting all rounds on target but I think he gets demerits because he didn’t cap the other perp. All in all not a bad performance though.
The incrementalists want to develop grounds to sue and get some of that compensation stuff, for loss of future filthy lucre, etc.
HF
There should be a law requiring the parents of such dead thugs to stand trial in their place and serve their prison sentence for armed robbery.
They could exempt themselves from such prosecution by keeping their pie holes shut except to apologize to the real victims and the community for raising such a thug.
Shoot the family.
Why should he have been shot, after all the Waffle House had money and the stupid moron had none so he figured the best way to get some, without working for it, was to steal it from someone who actually worked for it.
Don’t need to worry about monet anymore, and one less crook to deal with.
Well, the deceased young man is every bit as innocent as Trayvon Martin was. Of course, that means he was not the least bit innocent.
If I’m ever ordered by gun toting criminals to lay on the ground or get into a freezer, my first thought would be that they intend execution(s) and my second thought would be about how I could best put fatal bullets into the threat(s).
The CCW shooter did a righteous self-defense shooting.
Counting down til Sheila Jackson or garb are lee, the lee sisters propose the trey on memorial on the capital mall. This poor victim of a gun crazed society will have his own wing.
I’ll bet armed robberies go down significantly for months where these criminals get killed.
Kinda makes me want a waffle.
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It is also the legal definition of assault:Law. an unlawful physical attack upon another; an attempt or offer to do violence to another, with or without battery, as by holding a stone or club in a threatening manner.
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