Posted on 02/15/2025 6:25:38 AM PST by marktwain
I love stories with a happy ending. God bless our heroes.
Amazing he felt the need to go home to get his gun before going to get his hair cut. His guardian angel was whispering in his ear.
The robber found out the hard way that Texas isn’t new york city.
Some robbers mistake Salon for Saloon.
I never leave the house without my CCW.
The robber is reported as 50 years old.
Think of how many victims he created over his lifetime.
Think of how many future victims the armed Samaritan saved.
Well, Victor doesn’t have to worry about ICE anymore. That’s one bright spot.
Years ago I used to hunt/fish on a buddies private property. We’d go out to find someone had broken in to steal lanterns, fishing gear etc. One weekend the folks across the road from my buddy’s place were having the same issue, came out to their cabin, found it had been broken into and they went looking to see if they could find someone in their timber and came across a lean to on their property. A homeless guy had gotten the jump on them and told them to drop to their knees. One guy had a .38, pulled it out while flipping back to the guy and emptied his gun. After the dust settled a couple months later, he told my friend that he just started shooting and kept pulling the trigger after the revolver had been emptied.
Te homeless guy had been estranged from his family for a couple years & was an addict. He had lived in the area for about a year and he had a .22 pointed at the guys. Ruled in self defense.
Catholic Charities was operating just up the road from here on San Pedro.
Notice I said, “was.” Lot fewer transients in the area now.
Quite so. I imagine he had a quality prayer of thanksgiving that night.
> He could not allow himself to be tied up. <
That and being taken somewhere else (voluntarily or not)… two very bad signs.
There was a story awhile back about a guy who wanted to buy a used car. When he arrived at the agreed-upon location, the “seller” told the guy the car had been moved.
So the guy followed the “seller” to a new location, where he was badly beaten and robbed. There was no car, of course.
Well it is Texas. And those hairdressers can get ornery with scissors.
“And then he pointed the gun at us and said, ‘Don’t move, don’t move.’ So, we didn’t move,” Nancy explained. “Then he asked us why we weren’t getting him the money from the register, and I said, ‘Well, because you told me not to move.’”
This sounds exactly like a scene from, “Raising Arizona”!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCYtC1p6xbo
He probably just wanted to look good for his Valentine.
Very good! I was trying to come up with an old west reference but it escaped me. It is still early in Cali and I haven’t had my black rifle coffee yet.
Like the American Express card?
:-)
Good thing this was in Texas.
In California, the Good Samaritan would be facing all kinds of criminal charges, possibly up to murder - gun charges, definitely.
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