Tuesday morning feel good stories
It’s my sad duty to bring the sad news of the death of innocence. In one of my countless hometowns, Saint Albans, Vermont, a homeowner saw Gary J. Campbell, 36, of Swanton, Vermont stealing his leafblower and his chainsaw. The homeowner grabbed his .410 shotgun and confronted Campbell who tried to run the resident over with his pickup, causing the victim to discharge the shotgun into the front end of the truck. Campbell still got away. When I lived in Saint Albans, we never locked our doors to our homes and all of the front doors on the street had the same key so we could help each other out. I guess those days are gone.
A home invasion became a gunfight between the homeowner and a pair of criminals in Amelia County, Virginia. One of the crooks was airlifted for medical care as a result. the other crook un-assed the AO and Blue Falconed his buddy. None of the residents were injured.
Six people were playing that Pokemon Go thing in a park in Las Vegas, Nevada. Another person pulled up to the park in a car and demanded that the players give up their property. One of the players pulled out his own legally carried weapon and a gunfight ensued. The armed victim was slightly wounded in the exchange and he went to the hospital. The thief was dropped off at the hospital by his pal, also with non-life threatening injuries.
Club Manager sends us a link to an incident in Pine Bluff, Arkansas where Jaylin Cobbs, 18, jumped into a slowly-moving automobile with his gun and tried to hijack the vehicle. The two folks in the car wrestled with Cobbs until all three of them had been shot with minor wounds. Police showed up intime to haul Cobb off to the hospital in preparation for his jail term.
Category: Feel Good Stories
Marking a vehicle with a shot from a .410 shotgun is one way to mark it as evidence. Doesn’t do much toward stopping you from being run over with it though.
Depends on the ammo used, FC. Both slugs and buckshot loads are available for the .410.
But neither slugs nor buckshot, in any gauge, are apt to stop it from running over you. Might bust through the radiator and stop it after the water runs out and the engine overheats,,,
A round through the left 1/2 of the windshield is more apt to be adequate.
True – but the same is true of pretty much any rifle round out there as well. Don’t think many of them will cause enough damage to an engine to make it seize immediately, and even that’s not guaranteed to stop the vehicle in time if it’s pretty close.
But I’m thinking a shot to the driver’s side of the windshield will be especially effective if it’s buckshot or a slug. (smile)
That was one of Chris Kyle’s points in his book. Even a .50 through the block will not stop a vehicle immediately.
Even a 5.56 through the driver will.
Hence why I carry PDX1 loads in the Judge. 4 copper disks backed up with 14-16 (?) BB’s.
Pricey, but worth it.
And sadly, St. Albans has fallen victim to the drug scourge as well. Some asshole from NY (known drug dealer already on probation) was pulled over and the drug dog hit on the car. No drugs in the car, then the dog hit on him.
He had 1400+ (yes, 1400) doses up his ass in THREE condoms.
SEA: I love my Judge and have it loaded with conventional 410 shells. I just looked at a youtube video and the PDX1 has a very nice compact pattern. Mine is for home defense and I would use it to clear a hallway. Too heavy for me to carry. I need to look into these. From the pattern, this would really stop someone in their tracks. It would also clear a hallway very nicely, I believe.
It’s a shame when you find out the town you used to live in, where everyone was a good neighbor, has deteriorated like St. Albans, VT.
I miss those days.
Yup! That corner of the state has gone down the drain. I was in Richford last week and it looked like a scene from the Walking Dead.
If you’re driving up Route 7 through Rutland, seems like NY or MA plates are probable cause anymore.
Sadly, more often than not, they’re right.
Everywhere is deteriorating, anymore. Nowhere is better than it used to be — only worse.
I won’t say where – but we still don’t lock doors in our neighborhood.
Of course, everyone is armed, too.
I miss the downtowns of the 50s and 60s. I recall walking downtown Friday nights and Saturday mornings and afternoons and early evenings. Men stepped aside for ladies and would doff their hat. Ladies wore elaborate hats. Stores were open and we window shopped, listening to the music coming from stores. We even had two single-screen movie theatres downtown. Drop into a mom & pop for a meal or counter service at the drug store. Very rarely any crime, just honest people relaxing after a week’s work. Then the malls came and people deserted downtown. Now mostly the downtowns are, well, fill in the blank. Many malls are also disappearing and many of those remaining need security out the yingyang b/c of the hood rats exercising their right to congregate and be a public nuisance and physical threat. Don’t know where folks will go when the malls mostly disappear from the landscape. Wonder what will be the alternative to the mall? Maybe a return to a leisurely stroll downtown on Friday night or Saturday?