Tuesday feel good story
Chief Tango sends us a link to the story of a shop owner in Alabama who was forced to shoot a man who held a shot gun to the owner’s head while the thief attempted to rob him;
“He had a shot gun and held it to my head. I saw my life passing by and I thought I wasn’t going to see my kids anymore. That’s why I got really angry. That’s why I went after him,” he said.
But he didn’t just go after the suspected robber, the owner grabbed his own gun and fired a shot.
“He then followed the suspect out of the store and as that suspect got into a white charger he fired a couple more shots at the white charger,” said Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran.
“That’s the second time I’ve shot a gun ever in my life and I couldn’t believe that I hit him,” said the owner.
Several minutes later, the cops found 34-year-old Charles Steele with a center-mass bullet wound and hauled him off to the hospital to get him well enough to survive jail on a 1st degree robbery charge. Steele’s excuse was that he was laid off from work a few weeks before, so, I guess he felt he deserved that which someone else had earned.
Category: Feel Good Stories, Guns
Heart warming …
No, he missed the heart or the guy would be cooling.
Good job for the armed law-abiding citizen using her weapon correctly in self defense against a criminal who was using a weapon illegally to commit a crime.
Good on the owner for realizing where his priorities lay (his life, children and livlihood), and the will and courage to protect them. And he’s lucky. A sawed-off can leave a very bloody mess.
As for the perp, did the announcer REALLY say he used a SAWED-OFF shotgun?? If so, was the barrel 18″ or less? If so, that’s a FEDERAL offense. I wonder if Holder, BATFEces & Co will prosecute, or will they do a F&F and stonewall? Betcha a dollar to a doughnut Holder doesn’t prosecute. Which will put phony to all the gun-grabbers caterwauling that the FedGub must pass more laws in order “TO DO SOMETHING!!” when they’re not even will to prosecute under already existing laws.
#3 Well, since it’s a white guy I am sure Holder & Co. will try to throw the book at him. If he was a member of the Black Panthers though, he would get a pass.
#3:
My spelling/gramer error; will=willing.
#4 Instinct. You may be right. It will be interesting to follow this (LSDM willing) and see how it shakes out.