SURE! I'll train w/ you. You hold the gun and I'll shoot it from your hand.
Just a little higher! </bruce willis>
SURE! I'll train w/ you. You hold the gun and I'll shoot it from your hand.
"He was turning against the other woman. He didn't actually see me coming up at first and then when he did, he turned around and I yelled at him to put down his weapon," Charile explained
I'd love to see the Brady Bunch response to this.
A grocery store customer in Indianapolis is being credited with halting an armed robbery by pulling his own weapon and pointing it at the assailant until police arrived.
According to a report in the Indianapolis Star, Charlie Merrell, 51, was in a checkout line at a grocery store called Bucks IGA on the city's south side when a "masked man jumped a nearby counter and held a gun on a store employee."
The police report cited by the newspaper said the incident happened at 5:17 in the afternoon Monday as Merrell was doing some year-end shopping.
"While the suspect was demanding cash from the workers," according to the police report, "Merrell pulled his own handgun, pointed it at the robber and ordered him to put down his weapon."
The newspaper noted that Officer Jason Bockting, in his documentation of the incident, said when the suspect seemed to hesitate, "Merrell racked the slide on his gun to load a round in the chamber."
At that point, the report said, "the suspect placed his gun and a bag of cash on the counter, dropping some of the money … the suspect removed his mask and lay on the floor."
Merrill, meanwhile, held the suspect at gunpoint until officers arrived and took him away in handcuffs.
Police reported Merrell had a valid permit to carry the handgun, and they recovered an unloaded .380-caliber handgun and $779 cash from the suspect.
Police records show Dwain Smith, 19, was being held in the Marion County Jail on a bond of $30,000 on initial charges of robbery, criminal confinement, pointing a firearm, battery and carrying a handgun without a license.
Surely if you've gotten close enough you could hit it.
My take though, this criminal was particularly dumb, and unprepared.
...and they recovered an unloaded .380-caliber handgun and $779 cash from the suspect.
And it's equally as likely that if he had NOT gotten involved, the BG would have killed someone.Plenty of evidence of BG's deciding to shoot people when they either did nothing or complied with the BG.Terrible.
He should not have gotten involved as a clerk could have died.
He forgot to load his gun. LOL Rookie criminal mistake I guess
Some of the responses to this story are truly upsetting to me. I'm not even commenting on "Charlie's" decisions, but if you carry a handgun for personal defense, please do ME a favor and learn the law inside and out. The idea is to carry a gun should you ever need to save a life. Suggesting a tactic when you are in fact "not sure of the legality of" it makes me cringe.
Legally carrying a concealed handgun is a privilege. Not knowing the responsibility that goes along with it, and the laws by which you must abide will land you permitless, fined, jailed, or executed. It will also give anti-gun voices more ammunition with which to strip ME of MY rights. So for your sake and mine, educate yourself on the law, take some handgun classes, and develop peace of mind knowing that you could handle any given situation in which you would need your weapon, and not just in the fact that you have a handgun and a permit on you.
Not sure what your referring to with all that,but if what your hinting at, is saying Charlie should not have pulled his gun, in MY state at least, using a firearm to stop ANY feolony being commited in your presence (doesnt matter if its a violent felony, or not) is 100% legal, and specifically spelled out as such in state law.
If thats NOT what you were getting at, then please disregard this, as I obviously dont know what your referring to.
Edit to add: if your referring to the 1 comment about whether or not is possible to train to shoot a gun out of a bg's hand, I'll agree thats a phenominally bad idea, to even try, for LOTS of reasons.
At that point, the report said, "the suspect placed his gun and a bag of cash on the counter, dropping some of the money … the suspect removed his mask and lay on the floor."
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Police reported Merrell had a valid permit to carry the handgun, and they recovered an unloaded .380-caliber handgun and $779 cash from the suspect.
Police reported Merrell had a valid permit to carry the handgun, and they recovered an unloaded .380-caliber handgun and $779 cash from the suspect.
Police records show Dwain Smith, 19, was being held in the Marion County Jail on a bond of $30,000 on initial charges of robbery, criminal confinement, pointing a firearm, battery and carrying a handgun without a license.
I figured I would say well done to this guy before the Monday morning quarterbacks jump in and say how it isn't worth risking a life over a theft in a convenience store, blah, blah, blah....
This is an easy one. They would say if nobody had guns, then the bad guy would not have been able to rob the store with a gun. The fact that Charlie stopped the robbery with a gun would be moot in their logic because it was a gun that was enabling the robber to conduct the robberty. Yes, guns can be used for good, but obviously guns can be used for evil. It may be unrealistic, but that would be the crux of the argument.I'd love to see the Brady Bunch response to this.
That was a key takeaway for me as well. No need to be that close to the perp. 10 to 15 feet would be just fine for me.
I agree completely with this. Also REMEMBER, you must ALWAYS assume that there is more than one bad guy and take care to keep scanning the area for any remaining threats.
I can't believe the perp didn't just take charlie's gun and use it on him especially since he was so brazen to do gymnastics over the counter and get up close, why would the bradys lie to us?
wow. then why even carry a firearm? he pointed a gun at another person, threatening her life...what more do you need to glean about his intentions?
If this is true that Charlie carried a semi-auto with an unchambered round (as opposed to the original statement that he cocked his gun...apparently a revolver), then Charlie did act rather stupidly. The only reason he didn't get shot was because the robber's gun was in a similar inoperable condition. That is just great. Two guys drawn down on one another and neither has a gun that will fire. It sounds like an incident from Dumb and Dumber. Of course, this version of the story comes from the very reputable WND. (sarcasm) However, it was also in the Indy Star http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080102/LOCAL/801020457"Merrell racked the slide on his gun to load a round in the chamber."