Posted on 06/17/2009 8:01:05 PM PDT by metmom
IBTP ping
But thugs have transportation.
Great video of the attack at:
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/Clerk_Saved_by_Phone_Talks_About_Robbery_061709
Terrible story.
It says that the knife struck him in the cell-phone battery compartment.
It glosses over the fact that he discharged his weapon at the POS.
Could we, perhaps, get a more accurate description?
Oh, yeah, and by the way, given a choice between a handgun,or a cell phone, what would you rather have?
EXCELLENT video!!!!!!!!
If he had been stabbed, he might not have had the opportunity to shot the ahem, perp.....
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"That was the first time I had ever fired that gun," he said.
Always, always, always familiarize yourself with a firearm. Especially one that is intended primarily for self defense.
I had a feeling Carlos JeanPeirre wasn't French.
Note that the clerk shot the suspect as he was running away from the scene of the crime. If I were in the clerk’s position, and that same thing went down, I’d be in jail on charges of attempted murder or, most likely, murder.
I’ll give you 2 reasons why:
1) My son isn’t a cop.
2) I live in New Jersey, not Georgia.
I’m glad that this guy wasn’t in your situation. The guy needed shooting and the perp, not the victim, should be in jail on charges of attempted murder.
The only thing wrong with this story is that the perp was still breathing. Anyone who is willing to stab an old man in the heart doesn’t deserve any more chance to live than he was willing to deal out.
2) I live in New Jersey, not Georgia.
My son is a cop.
But I live in Illinois
Never bring a knife to a gun fight.
Glad the clerk is okay.
Working at a liquor store in Atlanta, it probably won't be the last time.
Oh I think he very well might have. He was backing away as the thug was stabbing at him, at maximum extension.Note that even though the knife hit the battery compartment, the phone was still operable and used to call 911 after the perp was either down or at least heading for the tall grass. He would have been cut, but probably not all that seriously, certainly nothing to take him out immediately. It was on his left side, he used his right hand to fire the pistol, so even if stabbed in the left pectoral muscle, or thereabouts, he very likely would still have been able to shoot. Of course his adrenaline level would have higher, and he might have shot the "suspect" multiple times.
In the video he was quoted as saying he had owned and shot guns for years, just never shot AT someone. Perhaps in this article he was misquoted, or perhaps while he had never fired that particular gun, with that serial number, he had fired one or more just like it.
Now if the clerk had been practicing double tap, center of mass shooting the creep wouldn’t be suffering non-critical wounds and wouldn’t be fed, clothed and sheltered by taxpayers.
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