Sheriff proud of civilian using shotgun for HD

[haole_boySS]

Doggy Daddy...

I do approve of what he could have been charged with here in MD. I do not approve of his actions. I'm sorry, but if he had time to grab his shotgun and shoot out the tire....he had time to grab a phone and call the police with the tag number.

You use deadly force when a life is in danger. If the story is accurate, when was his life in danger? When the car was pulling away? Again sorry, but I think this "victim" was completely irresponsible.

Like when they call us Cowboys and think it will be like the Wild West in the streets. Just shooting rounds off like Yosemite Sam is EXACTLY the kind of information the Anti's love to use against the rest of us.

Andy

 

[230RN]

Archer 1945 explained:

230RN, you don't shoot at the tires you shoot at the wheels. Almost anything short of a .50MG round will bounce right off the tires. Hit the rims with almost anything from a 9mm up and the tire goes flat, real fast. Also the wheel/rim is a much bigger target to aim for.

Aha! Thank you. I've been wondering about all that "shooting the tires out" stuff ever since I had a couple of rounds come right back at me many moons ago.

Makes sense now.

 

[68'chevelle]

Makes me want to take my wife and teach her how to shoot my 12 gauge.

 

[MICHAEL T]

I can't say what should be done to a theif over internet. But be more air for good people

 

[gezzer]

The Sheriff would have my vote in the next election

 

[swingpress]

In the Gravest Extreme by Massad Ayoob reports that many states have laws on the books allowing the shooting of a fleeing felon. He suggests that you had better be a LEO to try to take advantage of that law however. I suspect that Alabama has such a law, and that it's what made this guy's action legal.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Here's another one from Clayton Cramer's site

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

From Philadelphia’s 6ABC.com of September 21, 2007
Robbery Victim Turns Tables on Bandit

Philadelphia police had no trouble identifying a robbery suspect. He's the one with the bullet wound in his leg.

One of his victims grabbed the bandit's gun and turned the tables on him.

"I don't know what came over me. I just grabbed the gun from under his arm. I just started shooting," said Lillian Bailey.

She can't believe what happened at her Germantown hair salon as she worked past midnight.

When a client left the popular stylists business, a gunman lurking outside rushed in demanding money.

Her three clients gave him their purses and ran for cover in two back rooms. Lillian was shaken as she shared her frightening story exclusively with Action News.

"He went to reach for my pockets, but he put his gun under his arm with the pocketbooks. In that split second, I just grabbed the gun and started shooting," said Bailey.

The young mother thought about making it home to her children as she aimed at the robber and emptied his .38 revolver.

"After there were no more bullets, I just started bashing him on his head as he was trying to escape the salon," she said.

He got away. Lillian didn't realize he was shot until police found him unconscious in some bushes on nearby Johnson Street. He had a bullet wound in his leg.

The 19-year-old suspect, whose identity hasn't been released, remained in police custody at Einstein Medical Center.

Lillian said he came to the salon the night before asking about prices, but wasn't let in. When he slipped inside with a gun, she knew she had to do something to save herself because he looked high and out of control.

The tenderhearted 27-year-old still feels bad.

"It's like a double edge sword because I feel like I wanted to stop him from taking my hard earned money, taking these people's belongings. But then I didn't want to hurt anybody," she said.

She has not been charged with any crime. Police are trying to determine if the 19-year-old suspect was involved in a street robbery earlier that night where a robbery victim's dog was shot.

The police saved this man's life by finding him and getting him medical treatment. They're supposed to do that. I wouldn't have held it against them if they didn't though. It just wasn't the perpetrator's time to go and hopefully he sees the errors of his way.

 

[ArfinGreebly]

The Sheriff:

"A man has the right to protect himself, his family and his property," said Johnson. "I'm so proud of him. I'm thinking about buying him a box of shells so he can keep that shotgun loaded."

Y'all can move to my town and run for sheriff any time.

Salon owner:

"After there were no more bullets, I just started bashing him on his head as he was trying to escape the salon," she said.

That must have been downright disorienting for the poor lad, being beaten by a defenseless woman, and all.