Posted on 04/15/2002 12:37:40 PM PDT by scouse
Monday, 15 April, 2002, 19:08 GMT 20:08 UK
Woman dies after robbery
A 77-year-old woman who was badly beaten by a robber as he stole her fish supper has died.
A murder inquiry is under way after the attack on Marie Watson in Newcastle upon Tyne.
The pensioner suffered a broken right shoulder and extensive bruising to her face during the attack in the Heaton area.
Detective Superintendent Derek Storey, leading the murder investigation, said: "This was an appalling unprovoked attack upon an elderly defenceless woman."
Marie Watson died 11 days after the attack
Mrs Watson's family issued a statement through police saying: "Our mother's death was undignified and she has gone before her time.
"She was as much a friend as a mother to us and she will be sorely missed by us all."
Beth Gallagher, the woman's daughter, said her mother suffered great pain after the attack, which happened 11 days ago.
She said: "We don't want anyone else to go through the agony we have and just want the scum who did this to be caught.
"She was carrying her money in her pocket and all this person got was her new shopping bag and the fish she had just bought from a nearby fish and chip shop.
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and it was you and your loony liberal government who made her defenseless, by taking away her right to defend herself.
I'm sure she has the right to defend herself; you're probably saying that she doesn't have the means to do it. But don't you think that at her age he might have just taken her gun away from her and shot her with it? I mean, there's no guarantee that she could have defended herself even if she had a weapon.
That's correct.
So, better to leave her utterly defenseless than to give her a fighting chance, eh?
There is never any guarantees, but she didn't even was given a chance by the government. Besides, in having arms out in the public, the hoodlum is made guessing if the victim is armed or not. Plus, there could be an armed witness that could help out as well. In passing the gun control alws, both of these classes of people were disarmed.
But we all know that her chances were zero since she was now defenseless
Imagine being awakened to the sound of your front door being broken down. With the sound of feet pounding up the stairs, you leap from your bed to retrieve your .357 Magnum revolver from your nightstand. Running to the window, you toss the weapon outside and turn to face your attacker completely unarmed and infinitely safer!
If that sounds correct to you, you must be a liberal. If it sounds preposterous, congratulations! Your brain is starting to engage and you are on the road to conservatism!
Next lesson: Two to the chest and one to the head.
In the UK, if you DO happen to blow someone away who is burglarizing your house, YOU will go to prison.
Over there, they are subjects -- have been for millenia.
We've got the right idea here, although we are fast becoming subjects of our own oppressive government as well.
Well before the majority of the people notice.
Quite true, but one of the perp's victims of the week before could, if armed, easily have performed a little social prophylaxis.
That'll happen when only the lawbreakers own firearms.
Neither of my folks have or carry a gun even though they could if they wanted. I carry always but have never needed it.
Another factor would be the removal of morality as a standard of living. We seem to be doing that here in the US as well.
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