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June 13, 2005

Somehow Not Covered

The Strib gave near-saturation coverage to a story involving a carry permit holder killing a bouncer in Minneapolis (in a crime that had nothing to do with the permit itself - the shooter was driven home to sleep off his drunk, grabbed his gun and came back to Nye's to kill the bouncer).

And yet the Strib somehow neglected covering this story, which appeared on the local Fox affiliate (and which we see via Joel Rosenberg).

It goes a little something like this:

One person who is happy with the state's "permit to carry" law is the owner of a small hardware store in Minneapolis. A man with a gun tried to rob the manager of Camden Hardware in the 48-hundred block of Lyndale Avenue North just after 9 last night. The manager decided to fight back, and it’s not the first time.

At this hardware store in north Minneapolis, owner Andy Lange helps his customers with repairs and home improvement projects. But when it comes to bagging bad guys, Lange and his employees are more do-it-yourself. "I guess they should defend themselves but actively going out and chasing someone in the long run is probably not a good idea."

The store manager was locking up Wednesday night when he noticed a strange car parked across the street. He ran over to his truck, but before he could get there, he was met by a man with a gun pointed right at his face, demanding money. That's when the manager pulled out his own gun and started shooting.The suspect then ran back across the street, got in a vehicle and sped off.

Do you suppose Citizens for a Supine "Safer" Minnesota will even acknowledge it?

By my count, this is two or three cases of self-defense during the time the law has been in effect.

By the way,

This isn't the first time workers have foiled an attempted robbery at their store. In November of 2003, Lange and another employee ran after a suspect who robbed the store at knifepoint. They held him until police arrived. "Those people would still be out there and maybe the next person out there might have gotten shot or hurt or whatever, so it is kind of nice that things work out for the good guys."
This next bit has got to irritate the snot out of Rebecca Thoman and, I'm guessing, Susan Gaertner:
Minneapolis police say the manager does have a legal permit to carry a weapon. Investigators say no charges are expected against him because this appears to be a case of self-defense.
Bummer when peasants get all uppity, innit, Becks?

Posted by Mitch at June 13, 2005 05:00 AM | TrackBack
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I'm not blaming you for not knowing, Mitch, honest: but there's a lot more than 2-3 DGUs since the law went into effect. I know about at least half a dozen -- and am sure that there's lots more that I don't know about -- but I don't know enough on the others to talk about.

Meanwhile, today's been kind of busy over on my livejournal -- KARE11 screwed up bigtime last night, and I'm asking for help in bringing their goof to their attention.

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