Shot in the Dark

Chalk Up Two For The Good Guys

Guns save the lives of real Americans.

Story first.  Then a quiz:

It was an extremely scary situation when a female bank teller and her husband were kidnapped from their home and forced to drive to the bank where the wife worked to help the thieves steal money from a safe after hours.
According to KHOU, the couple was at home, when two armed men, who knew the wife was a bank teller, forced their way in and held the couple at gunpoint.

The suspects forced the couple into their own car, made them drive to the bank, and had the wife remove money from the safe.

Afterwards, the robbers told the husband to drive away – in a completely different direction.  To the dreaded “Secondary Crime Scene”, where anyone with a brain knows your odds of survival are in the single digits. 

At some point during that drive, the husband was able to gain access to his personal firearm, which was in the vehicle. 

He opened fire on the suspects, hitting both of them. One of the suspects died of his injuries and the other is in serious condition.

The suspects are described as brothers, aged 20 and 21, who live in the community.

By the way, one of the self-defense questions I get most often is “is there a site that chronicles self-defense cases?”  Clayton Cramer retired his excellent “Armed Self-Defense” site a few years ago – but the site posting this piece, Guns Save Lives, is stepping in to fill the void. 

Now, the quiz.  It’s aimed at all you leftybloggers out there who, in the absence of any knowledge or intellectual curiosity on the subject, labeled the “stand your ground” as “Shoot First” laws. 

The gentleman in this storyshot first.

What do you think would have happend if he’d shot second?

Answers please.


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4 responses to “Chalk Up Two For The Good Guys”

  1. Chuck Avatar
    Chuck

    I’ll do the lefty response. How about two lefty responses.

    A) But what if this happened at the state fair
    B) You’re a racist

  2. bubbasan Avatar

    Sniff. I love it when a story has a happy ending! Think of all the tax dollars this guy saved the state of Colorado by making sure at least one of them would not be able to stand trial.

  3. Powhatan Mingo Avatar
    Powhatan Mingo

    A)But what if this happened at the state fair You’re a racist.
    B) You’re a racist

    Fixed it for ya!

  4. Joe Avatar
    Joe

    The NRA’s monthly publications, American Rifleman and American Hunter, feature a column, The Armed Citizen, which features recent news stories from around the country of people who have successfully used firearms to defend themselves or others. Usually 6-8 stories a month. You get your choice of either magazine with your NRA membership. The magazine alone is well worth the membership price.

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