Tennessee Carjacker Picks Wrong Guy To Assault

CNSNEWS.com ^ | 1/01/03 | Marc Morano

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(CNSNews.com) - A man who turned the tables and fatally shot a would-be carjacker in Nashville this week deserves a "good citizenship" award for fighting crime, according to a national gun advocacy group.

According to published reports, Billy J. Brown stopped at a convenience store in South Nashville at around 1:00 a.m. on Dec. 29 to get a snack. When he got back into his car, he was surprised by two carjackers demanding that Brown start driving.

Instead of following orders, Brown pulled out his gun and shot and killed one of the carjackers who had jumped into the backseat, according to police and press reports. The other carjacker fled the scene, but was later apprehended by police and reportedly admitted to the attempted carjacking. Brown has not been charged with any violation of the law, but the local district attorney is expected to review the case.

"I hope there is some agency at the state level that is prepared to reward this guy or give the guy an award appropriate to the circumstances," said Joe Waldron, executive director of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, in an interview with CNSNews.com.

"[Brown] deserves some kind of a good citizenship award," Waldron said.

Waldron believes Brown's actions were completely justifiable.

"When an incident like this occurs with the carjacker being killed, while any loss of life is unfortunate, the carjacker made that decision and had suffered the consequences," he explained.

But a group favoring restrictions on gun ownership cautioned that this one incident should not be used to draw conclusions on gun laws or to heap praise on any individuals.

"Anecdotal stories like this don't necessarily make up good policy. To say that because one individual may have used his gun in self-defense in this case doesn't necessarily mean anything about gun policy. It tells you very little," said Matt Bennett, spokesman for Americans for Gun Safety.

"Gun laws should not be based on one event, either tragic gun shootings or instances of self-defense like this," Bennett said.

"There are 250 million guns in private hands. It is a much more complicated issue," he added.

But Waldron said instances in which would-be victims fight back against criminals are not rare.

"This case is actually quite common. There are any numbers of legal defensive gun uses in the United States everyday and newspapers are beginning to carry more accounts of these things," Waldron explained.

"Every day, I see reports of citizens, law abiding armed citizens, who are forced by circumstance to use a firearm to protect themselves and their families," he added.

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[Tigercap]

Bravo!

[End Times Sentinel]

It's only too bad he wasn't able to shoot them both.

Owl_Eagle

”Guns Before Butter.”

[ConservativeMan55]

Bump.

[Guillermo]

"Gun laws should not be based on one event, either tragic gun shootings or instances of self-defense like this," Bennett said.

Is this freak serious? During the sniper shootings, all the anti-2nd groups came out pointing to this as a reason to ban guns. Editorial cartoonists were blaming the NRA for the snipers actions. If anyone uses "one case" as a reason to ban guns, it's these wackos.

[From The Deer Stand]

Another successful self-defense story. Criminals are starting to realize, hopefully, that an armed public is a dangerous public. Remember, the "armed public" aren't the ones holding up convenience stores and hijacking cars from innocent law-abiding Americans.

[JoeSixPack1]

Cool. Chaulk one up for the good guys!

Chaulk one down for fair and balanced reporting. There was no way this article was getting printed without the lefty disclaimer of one-good deed does not a good gun make.

Even in victory gun rights are disclaimed in print.

[willyboyishere]

I always love to hear stories of the "criminals picked the wrong person to criminalize" theme.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Bang

[Bernard]

The local authorities should have a fund available to help this guy clean out the car. When I was with a car rental company, we got back a vehicle with two gunshot homicides in the back seat. We had to strip it down to the metal frame and let it air out. All the material had to be replaced. Think this is covered under the comprehensive insurance policy?

[AlaskaErik]

"When an incident like this occurs with the carjacker being killed, while any loss of life is unfortunate, the carjacker made that decision and had suffered the consequences," he explained.

What is unfortunate about a piece of human garbage taken out of circulation, never to prey on another soul again? I just feel bad for the guy who has to deal with all the body fluids this scumbag left behind in the back seat.

[SunTzuWu]

"Anecdotal stories like this don't necessarily make up good policy. To say that because one individual may have used his gun in self-defense in this case doesn't necessarily mean anything about gun policy. It tells you very little," said Matt Bennett, spokesman for Americans for Gun Safety.

Alice might disagree. I wish she had been armed.

[curmudgeonII]

That's one less.

[mountaineer]

To say that because one individual may have used his gun in self-defense in this case doesn't necessarily mean anything about gun policy. It tells you very little

Arguably, it tells us that gun ownership protects innocent lives, which is the very reason I started carrying one.

[babylonian]

I'm running for dictator in the next election, and when I get elected, concealed carry will be mandatory for all Americans over 21. I'd appreciate your vote.

[Dan Day]

When I was with a car rental company, we got back a vehicle with two gunshot homicides in the back seat. We had to strip it down to the metal frame and let it air out.

[jaz.357]

HEY MAN...I JUST WANTED TO USE YOUR CAR! YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO SHOOT ME DUDE! I...JUST...WAN..TO...(glug..glug)..SLUMP!

[LibKill]

Darwin gets a second amendment assist. :)

[cubreporter]

Why should the police have to clean up this mess? They didn't do it! If they found this guy's carjacking partner, perhaps as part of HIS punishment, HE should be the one to do the dirty job of cleaning out the car. Wonder what he would think when he had to clean up his buddie's remains??? No doubt very grateful it was not him! Maybe he will think twice of preying on innocent people in the future. I hope so but I doubt it very much.

[Coleus]

Slain Teacher's Tape Reveals More Evidence

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/784701/posts

Too bad the teacher only had a tape recorder to defend herself, a 357 may have helped her.

Teacher, Social Worker, Liberal, she probably wouldn't have owned a gun anyway.

I wonder if those 2 CarJackers were former Ritalin users?