Posted on 06/11/2014 2:44:38 AM PDT by grundle
A St. Louis couple is likely thankful to have guns in their home after they were forced to use them to defend their daughter against two men Monday night.
The men, one of whom had an extensive rap sheet, confronted the couples 17 year-old daughter after she stepped outside of the house to go to her car, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Cortez McClinton, 33, and Terrell Johnson, 31, held a gun to the girls head and used her as a shield as they entered the family home, where a five-year old child was also present.
The girls father and mother witnessed the abduction, and both retrieved their guns. When McClinton and Johnson entered, the father fired several shots, hitting both men. The girls mother fired one shot but missed.
Johnson died at the scene. McClinton was wounded but was able to scramble off. He had his brother take him to the hospital.
In 2010, McClinton was charged with shooting another man. Charges were eventually dropped due to lack of witness participation. He also had drug possession and distribution charges against him.
McClinton is charged with second-degree murder, kidnapping, burglary, and criminal armed action and is being held on $1 million bond.
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Meanwhile, Obama wants to take away your firearms - and if he can, he surely will.
We want to make it perfectly clear that
One the Republic of Maine will be a Christian nation and two that abortion will not be tolerated.
McClinton is where Hillary worked when they “were flat broke”
Another article said he shot the punk
In the chest and both thighs, and, then shot out the tires on his car -- so his brother had to drive him to the hospital.
What do you want -- a blatant execution?
It’s sad they weren’t both killed... the one who ‘got away’ will probably spend a life inflicting damage on the innocent. I’ll bet they were both democrats too... most criminals are...
It’s sad they weren’t both killed... the one who ‘got away’ will probably spend a life inflicting damage on the innocent. I’ll bet they were both democrats too... most criminals are...
As of a minute ago, this article had 8529 comments, the great majority of them supporting the parents’ actions.
What should be surprising (but isn't) as that there are any comments that DON'T support the parents actions.
“SECOND Degree Murder ? His accomplice died in the commission of a crime. That generally makes it Murder One. . “
The statutes that I recall generally had it as second degree.
I am sure it varies between states.
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