Monday feel good story
Chief Tango sends a link to today’s feel good story in the Tampa Bay Times about Vickie Rock who came to the aid of Cristy Vasilakos whose life Daniel Robertson was trying to turn around. Robertson, it seems was a but inebriated as well as adamant about something to the point of beating Vasilakos with a metal object.
Ms. Rock heard the commotion and went out to investigate with her .45 caliber life changer in hand;
When Rock tried to intercede, Robertson turned on her. Rock suffered several facial injuries before firing at least one round and striking Robertson, McKinnon said.
Robertson, 56, staggered away and was found dead in the parking lot a few minutes later by deputies.
Vasilakos had never met Rock before. She hadn’t realized Rock had a gun until it went off. Even then, she didn’t know how serious Robertson’s injuries were. “I had no idea he was dying,” she said.
She understands why Rock fired, though.
“She was doing her part,” Vasilakos said. “I feel like she stood her ground. He was on top of her when she shot him.”
Of course, at least one of the doinks at Democratic Underground got it all wrong.
Category: Feel Good Stories
The link leads to the following ass hat comment by the Democratic Underground.
“So the question is, should this intervention have taken place? He probably wasn’t going to kill her before the police could arrive…if only Rock had dialed 911 instead of 1-911.”
Yeah I’m sure he couldn’t have killed her before the police arrived. Give me a metal object and see how many licks I can get in on YOU in 5-10 minutes ( earliest estimate on how long it take the police to arrive). If you aren’t dead or brain damaged you will have several broken bones ad require constructive surgery.
The again these clowns are the type to ask why she didn’t shoot the weapon out of his hand or just “wing him”.
I wish I had kept a copy of the self-defense thread they had going a few years ago…they were honestly describing how to shoot the gun from an attacker’s hand as a strategy. No shit.
“they were honestly describing how to shoot the gun from an attacker’s hand as a strategy. No shit.”
They obviously have missed their calling. They should all be on our Olympic Shooting Team, or since they have ice water in their veins they could all be SWAT snipers.
Center Mass. Double tap. Mozabique.
There were tons of “shoot to wound” and “hit them in the kneecaps” sort of bullshit posts, and then the requisite “I’d run away” or “I couldn’t hurt another human being” crap mixed in. Can’t fix stupid.
Wow, that Ileus at DU is really some special kind of stupid. Good on Ms. Rock. But, never let anyone with a knife, or blunt object, get within 15 or 20 feet of getting their weapon in play.
So the question is, should this intervention have taken place? He probably wasn’t going to kill her before the police could arrive…if only Rock had dialed 911 instead of 1-911.
So, it would have been okay for the man to have beat her for 11 minutes (the average response time of the Tampa Police Department). Now, assuming that he was using a metal object, any single strike could be fatal. So, rather than stop the CRIMINAL from assaulting the VICTIM, the GOOD SAMARITAN was supposed to stand there and watch a woman be beaten to death by a man? I don’t think so.
I would try to shoot the metal object out of his hand.
But I would probably hit him twice in the chest and once in the skull.
Probably…I’m jus’ sayin’.
Here we go again:
“No charges were filed Saturday. Since 2005, Florida has had a “stand your ground” law, which allows the use of lethal force with no duty to retreat if a person reasonably believes his or her life is in danger.”
What has that got to do with anything? The guy was on top of her beating her face in. It’s called Self. Defense. Geez!
Showed this to Mrs. Insanity. Her comment: “You said shoot center of mass until the gun goes ‘click’, then reload, right?”
She’s actually been listening!
One thing we can always expect from DU’ers is turbocharged weapons-grade stupidity, they never fail to deliver it!
@ #9: Good for her!
And congratulations to Ms. Rock. She may well have saved two lives. Well done.
Hehe with a 45 no need to use all ur ammo . Two to chest. One to head
I love how badly warped Hollywood has made guns if the gibbering idiots at DU think that a shot to the knee or shoulder couldn’t kill someone. Then again, I get the distinct feeling they’d be surprised that there wasn’t a giant mosaic of blood behind someone that gets shot or that a shotgun doesn’t send someone tumbling through the air. First thing I taught the cousins while shooting is that there’s no such thing as a non-lethal shot with a gun. Helped hammer in that they shouldn’t consider it a toy.
Only Hoppalong Cassidy could shoot a pistol out of the hand of a bad guy, and Hoppy’s long gone.
.45ACP to center of mass, repeat as necessary.
“found dead in the parking lot” – got to love a story with a happy ending.
MAJMike, I beg to differ. The Sundance Kid could shoot a revolver (6-shooter) out of anyone’s hand. I’ve seen him do it, too.
I guess the twit at DU thinks one should just use harsh words, right?
Anger management at its finest.