Houston and Guns
[Guest post by DRJ]
As we say in West Texas, it seems “everyone and his brother” has guns in the Houston area and they know how to use them:
“Robbers shot and wounded a northwest Harris County convenience store clerk late Monday but the clerk fired back and sent one of the attacker [sic] to the hospital in critical condition, the Harris County Sheriff’s Department reported.
The shooting occurred at the Phillips 66 store in the 10000 block of Veterans Memorial Drive about 11:25 p.m., deputies reported.
The clerk was alone in the store when two men entered and opened fire. When the clerk fired back the pair fled and one was hit by a bullet as he ran, deputies said.”
I wonder if the robbers’ willingness to open fire could be due to their belief that the clerk might be armed and dangerous instead of submissive? I don’t know, but I’d rather have a gun than rely on submission.
— DRJ
I think Glenn just linked to an incident in Tennessee where a customer with CCW shot some armed robbers.
SPQR (26be8b) — 4/29/2008 @ 2:28 pmAmen sister…
Scott Jacobs (fa5e57) — 4/29/2008 @ 2:35 pmTennessee and Texas have a lot in common.
DRJ (a431ca) — 4/29/2008 @ 2:39 pmBesides their position in the alphabetic list of states? 😎
SPQR (26be8b) — 4/29/2008 @ 2:44 pmI believe Texans wear shoes.
nk (1f1707) — 4/29/2008 @ 3:01 pmWe also eat real barbecue made from beef.
DRJ (a431ca) — 4/29/2008 @ 3:03 pmnk, great, now I know how to tell them apart.
SPQR (26be8b) — 4/29/2008 @ 3:03 pmJust kidding. Grant’s Army Of The Tennessee was supposedly barefooted. But I think it was composed of Illinoisians and Missourians mostly.
nk (1f1707) — 4/29/2008 @ 3:09 pmThe Illinois Boys must have been from Pekin…
Scott Jacobs (d3a6ec) — 4/29/2008 @ 3:24 pmOne of my favorite calls I ever responded on was where two parolees tried to rob an elderly Korean man who was working the cash register at Photo-Mat. Both of the men, on parole for past crimes of violence decided they would avoid an armed allegation in connection with a then recently passed “use a gun-go to jail law.”
They entered the establishment. The pulled up their shirts & displayed what we later found to be toy guns. They demanded money. The proprietor was cooperative & reached under the counter for the cash box. Much to the criminals surprise, the proprietor retrieved his 357 magnum shooting both suspects in the chest at point blank range. Both were dead before they hit the ground. The chance of recidivism for these two criminals is zero.
Contrary to popular urban myth, we did not arrest or even later charge the proprietor.
Case closed.
Stan Switek (7cfd24) — 4/29/2008 @ 3:38 pmAnother connection comes to mind…
All my ex’s live in Texas
And that’s why I hang my hat in Tennessee
Kinda sorta understand that better now.
allan (37f54b) — 4/29/2008 @ 5:11 pmI always kinda liked
She’s makin hay in Dallas while I’m pullin weeds in Tennessee
Buckshot (d4346c) — 4/29/2008 @ 5:37 pmGood thing he doesn’t work for Pizza Hut.
the wolf (3cd7f8) — 4/29/2008 @ 5:44 pm#6 DRJ:
MMmmmmmm. McBee’s in Hondo!
/Wish they delivered, by air freight.
EW1(SG) (84e813) — 4/29/2008 @ 8:32 pm6, DRJ, you should say we eat REAL Barbeque made from REAL BEEF in Texas.
Some idiot said Barbeque made with tofu was better. Sounded like I met Levi or stef IRL.
PCD (5c49b0) — 4/30/2008 @ 5:34 amOMG, the clerk shot him in the back, after he was fleeing, and no longer posing any danger to life or property!
Wonder how this’d play out amongst the powers that be in Chicago or Philadelphia?
Dana R Pico (3e4784) — 4/30/2008 @ 8:58 amOne less of those miserble scumballs to commit anymore robberies his next step should to prison for 50 years and the same to his partner
krazy kagu (b3eb4a) — 5/1/2008 @ 1:35 pm