Today’s feel good video
Old Trooper sends us a link to the story of 71-year-old Samuel Williams who thwarted some playful youths with guns when they tried to rip off Sam’s hangout, the Palms Internet Cafe.
Williams, who lives in Ocala, could not be reached for comment on Monday. But at least one of his 30 fellow patrons at the cafe wants to thank him.
“I think he is wonderful. If he wouldn’t have been there, there could have been some innocent people shot,” said Mary Beach.
Beach was sitting in with her back to the door Friday night and didn’t realize what was happening until she heard shots.
“I heard pop, pop; then pop, pop, pop, all at once,” she said. “In the confusion I never really got to see his (Williams) face.”
Unfortunately, the two crooks survived their wounds, but they’ve been arrested.
You can tell from the video that Sam has been training.
Category: Guns
“…Williams pulls out a .380-caliber semi-automatic handgun…”
“Both men were shot by Williams. Their wounds were not life-threatening.”
That’s why, if I’m packing, it’s nothing smaller than a 9mm or .38.
Clearly this was racially motivated.
God Blesss America … a land where We the People have the right to bear arms!
He didn’t let up on ’em, either…chased ’em right out of the cafe! 🙂
Not so tough when someone else has a gun are they? Besides shitty drawers, I wonder where their injuries were.
Outcome was “unexpected”.
Are you sure they weren’t shot because they wore hoodies when everyone else was in shorts and t-shirts?
“You can tell from the video that Sam has been training”
Ya damn right he was training! Notice in the still, before you fire up the video, that in the upper right hand corner of the screen, Sam is on 1 knee in the crouched firing position with proper arm extension and target acquisition. Good job!!
Excellent form old man, excellent form.
There’s a hilarious article where they interview one of the robbers. He bitches that the guy shot him “when he was down”.
Also, hilariously again, the aunt of one of the perps shows up in the comments section. I’ll see if I can get the article.
Bobo #1: There’s packing and then there’s packing.
Not to begin a heavy duty debate, but the .380 is fine in most cases – as this fellow demonstrates.
If body armor is not involved, and center of mass is the target, a .380 (or even a .22) will suffice.
A full-tilt shoot out is another issue! Then a .38 revolver or a 9 ain’t enough gun to suit me.
Slight disclaimer: I carry a .380 pocket pistol nowadays so I’m prejudiced.
Ah, here we go: http://www.ocala.com/article/20120713/ARTICLES/120719846/1001/NEWS01?p=1&tc=pghttp://www.ocala.com/article/20120713/ARTICLES/120719846/1001/NEWS01?p=1&tc=pg
Perp: Though Henderson said he doesn’t blame Williams for shooting, he takes exception with Williams shooting at him while he was down.
“I was down, and I’m not going to continue to shoot you,” he said
Aunt:
Katrina Thomas Oats
And to top it off, check my record…I worked for.Marion county attorneys office for 10 years. While I’m on the clock I’m professional and know my job. While I’m on Facebook or off the job, I am the way I wanna be and speak how I wanna. Point was made and like i said we r decent ppl and my nephew was spared because god said so. I knew it was gonna he idiots like u that would get steaming hot…lovin it. The devil never like the fact the word of god is Tru all by itself. Next!
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Either a Ruger LCP or Keltec P3AT. I have carried a p3at for a long time. my 1911 is never far away. Given the current political gun climate in Florida I for see Mr. Williams taking some legal heat for the parting shot as they ran
There are a lot of us old farts that have a ccl and don’t think a lot of people have the balls to aim and fire. Some of us have killed in war so don’t have that guilt thing to concern us and don’t respect punks acting tough. Airborne!
HAHAHAHA I love it!
We need more of it, too. Just read an article about a flash mob of about 300 (yup, I didn’t add a zero, that’s “300”)in Jacksonville FL that robbed and trashed a Walmart, destroyed the security equipment, and terrified the employees. Of course, you’d need more than a .380 to stop a crowd like that.
Wow that’s amazing. Made my day.
@16: You don’t necessarily need more than a .380 in that situation, because once the first couple of rounds are sent downrange, the cockroaches will scatter rather quickly.
Screw them punks and that whiny ass aunt. .380’s fine for scaring ’em unless your right in their chest, a 9MM? *pft*…Give me my .45ACP.
Oh damn! I forgot to say job well done, Mr. Williams!
No. 19:
I, too, choose to Make Peacemaker .
(but don’t call me a peacenik !!)
No. 14:
If I shoot myself — that’s guilt !!
If I shoot bad guys — that’s justice .
[…] Hat tip to Mr. Williams. […]
This guy motivates me! I live how they scrambled out of the door
I carry an old Charter Arms Bulldog and an even older PPK. Yes, I carry 2. A 44 spl and a 765mm. If I need more than that I beter go home and get a rifle.
Semper Fi
Nice–douchebag one is running over douchebag two trying to get out of there.
Hope they have fun playing prison bitch.
That could be a finalist in this week’s episode America’s Got Idiotic Criminals.
Spade- Holy crap is that lady nuts. Someone employs her? I hope it isn’t to write anything.
I like how she admits she was a criminal. Nice touch.
It’shard to tell from the video because they are wearing masks, but is there any chance that either of them would look like President Obama’s son if he had one?
TSO, well, a state government agency employs her. Which isn’t really that shocking.
Love it. Nothing but assholes and elbows going out that door. Nicely done, sir.
So the punk with the gun claims that it was rusty and unloaded and he couldn’t see because of flying glass, courtesy of the bat wielding punk. I guess that makes everything ok then.
Well done to Mr. Williams.
Jonn was betting this guy had been training; well, I noticed in the comments that a person mentions that he’s a retired cop. I don’t know how that person would know that, because it wasn’t revealed in the story, but maybe it is true and the reason why he won’t be charged?
Either way, the little punks are in the jug and have some scars to brag about to their boyfriends in their cells.
Also, the punk with the gun, who caught a couple of rounds to the leg and hip, says that he was blinded by glass in his face from his buddy smashing the computer monitor so he couldn’t see all that well, seems to be doing ok in the seeing department when he starts ordering people to the ground while waving his pistol. Also, in the story provided by Spade, it seems that he’s trying to play the victim card, even though he and his punk buddy wouldn’t have gotten shot if they hadn’t been engaging in criminal activity. I love his references to G-d while explaining why he isn’t currently at room temperature, too. Suddenly, he’s all religious?
I have to give mad props, again, to Mr. Williams for scoring 3 hits on 2 moving, scrambling, wildly running and ducking targets in the span of about 5 seconds.
Kudos to Mr. Williams!
Am guessing that the final shot out the door was because one of the punks turned around or looked like he was considering a return to the scene.
(Further evidence that punks really don’t want to mess with us old folks.)
Having nearly taken rounds to the chest or head….yeah I’d find religion too….and fast.
Only….I thought once you found it you owned up to your mistakes? At least that is what I was taught.
Did anyone else see the aunt’s “cause all white people wish death upon black people” plug..? I’m pretty sure he shot them from the .45 in the punks hand and the other one smashing the computer… some people find racism in everything.
Fucking hilarious how thug 1 and thug 2 tripped over each other as they ran for their lives. They’re lucky that’s all they got,acting like a bunch of billy badasses until they found out someone was actually armed. They found that out the best way possible; when said armed individual shot them. Fuckin PUNKS.
Were the two gunman wearing hoodies. If so, why haven’t we already built a monument praising them as being strong oppressed individuals obviously trying to get a leg up?
@39: Yes, they were wearing hoodies, which is clearly visible in the video. That it hasn’t been mentioned means that there is video evidence of a couple of punks committing a crime and paying for that.
One of the hoods also had a gun, which negates the “adorable children” factor considerably.
Saw the pics, yes, both of these fine, upstanding citizens would look like Obama’s sons, if he had sons.
And,seriously, a helicopter flight for getting shot in the ass and leg?
And, one of the dimbulbs was kidnapped and forced to participate? Man, even Johnnie Cochran could come up with a better story than that.
Then the aunt sat down at a keyboard, this stands out, “What about u who have hatred towards blacks should u be put to death? What about all the sin u have commuters in ur life should u be put to death?”. Seriously, commuters in our lives?
No, UpNorth, but perhaps I deserve death for not being able to understand whatever language was being typed there? Clearly that makes me a racist bigot unworthy to breath the same air as the beautiful children I called punks earlier. Had I only known then perhaps I could have used some other words to describe them based on their skin color rather than their actions.
Mr. Williams skillfully shot one in the leg and the other one in the behind.
Rule #1 – Don’t mess with geezers.
Rule #2 – Don’t turn your back on a geezer.
Rule #3 – See Rule No. 1.
OWB, I studied ebonics, so it was all pretty plain to me. It was a necessary second language in my line of work.
@45 UpNorth, there is a distinct difference between ebonics and functional illiteracy.
Ebonics is a dialect.
Functional illiteracy is evidenced when someone can’t write a complete sentence that makes any sense, and/or uses words because they look nice, but are out of context in a sentence.
The aunt is one of the functionally illiterate.
Ex, most definitions I looked at said it was a “language”, not a dialect. And, that isn’t the definition that Urban Dictionary lists for it. That’s even more basic in it’s description.
The aunt lacks common sense, the ability to communicate her ideas and a working knowledge of English, either the variety used by the majority of the citizens of the U.S., or the African American Vernacular English. So, you’re probably correct that she’s also functionally illiterate.
Getting serious for a moment, I would have to agree that ebonics is a dialect, in spite of whatever the “experts” would have us believe. It is based upon the English language (both geographically and linguistically), so is a dialect of English.
But then what would WE know – we are handicapped by having actually shown up for English classes and learned such things.
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