Posted on 11/18/2002 1:07:06 PM PST by WalterGR
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=1012057&nav=3YeXCNgu
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20021114/1042844.asp
http://www.abqtrib.com/archives/news02/111502_news_albright.shtml
Hmmmm. 3 stories in 4 days about a citizen using a firearm in self-defense. And yet, all the soc/libs tell us is that "guns are evil". I wonder why they NEVER admit guns are an effective means of self-defense. Could it be that they don't WANT people to defend themselves from criminals? Naahhh, that's just crazy thinking.
Why, every civilized person KNOWS that, if you just do as the criminal says, you won't get hurt. Especially if you're a woman about to be raped. But, if she tries to use a gun to protect herself, the attacker will just take it away and shoot her with it. After all, women are so weak and fragile - that's why they aren't allow to serve in ANY military in the world.
Just like every civilized person KNOWS that, a gun in the home is more likely to kill a family member than be used in self-defense. That's why, with over 80 million homes having firearms, the population of the United States is shrinking due to the millions of accidental shootings each and every day. In fact, by the end of 2002, the USofA will be deserted. (Will the last person standing please turn off all the nuclear reactors?)
James Borla, owner of Borla's Service Station, said he saw Erick Valsecchi on a video camera walking into the station as Borla was at work in his back office.
He said he saw Valsecchi wielding a crowbar.
The 22-year-old Valsecchi demanded cash from the attendant.
Borla grabbed his .44-caliber gun, came up behind Valsecchi and ordered him to drop the crowbar and lie on the ground.
Valsecchi complied and was soon arrested.
He was charged with first-degree robbery and held on a $75,000 bond
Borla should have shot him a couple of times.
1) They cannot imagine taking responsibility for themselves - the very thought is anathema to them. Anything that suggests that they can do it easily is a challenge to their House of Cards worldview and is, hence, evil.
2) Guns represent the ability of the average person (or tens of millions of them) to resist the government. Since these people mainly worship the State, anything opposed to its power is automatically evil.
Crime has little to do with it, despite protestations to the contrary.
It's usually illegal to shoot someone in the back. Even if they deserve it.
Even while that person is threatening the life of another person with a deadly weapon (crowbar)?
It's usually illegal to shoot someone in the back. Even if they deserve it.
Even while that person is threatening the life of another person with a deadly weapon (crowbar)?
Well, there's the blow-through issue; according to the story the Good Guy had a .44, and both .44 Spl and .44 Magnum would be likely to exit the Bad Guy and perhaps hit an Innocent downrange.
Besides, a capture's better than a kill. The Bad Guy couldn't fight and gave up to the Good Guy.
Unfortunately, in most circumstances, yes. District Attorneys tend to go after anyone doing this (shooting someone in the back) is most instances. Some States commendably excepted. Even if a jury aquits you, you will often have lost all of your savings, your home, your family, your job or business, etc. It costs a lot, in both money and family, to prove your innocence. And in most Jurisdictions today, if you shoot someone with any doubt at all that you could have avoided it, you will be presumed guilty until you prove yourself innocent. I don't much like it, but I will probably never get on a Jury where my beliefs will matter.
That would be a Christian view; that evil originates in the heart of man. Don't expect it to factor into liberal reasoning that believes our behavior originates in our environent.
Alas, the perp complied with the order to desist & go prone...
Yes. Now if the guy with the crowbar turned around to face the guy with the gun, it would be a different story, and probably with a much different outcome.
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