Chandler man shoots, kills 2 suspected gang members
The intruder who punched out a Chandler man while stealing beer at a keg party picked the wrong victim.The man, who had been attempting to defend his wife during the beer theft, had a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Fearing for his life and under attack, he pulled out a gun and fatally shot two men believed by police to be gang members early Sunday morning.
Victim selection FAIL. You may be Mr. Big & Tough Gangbanger, but if you ain't willin' to use that pistol it's nothing more than an inferior club. Now, I'm not a huge fan of the "go out drinking while carrying" part, but to each his own. You shouldn't have to give up your protection just because you're at a function that serves alcohol. He got lucky though, that's for certain - rather than beating him up the first time they could have just killed him, then they would have had his gun *and* no opposition to the rest of their plans.
He was lucky they were more interested in being badasses than staying alive.
Dead Goblin Count: 63
And I have to make a slight correction to something from one of yesterday's posts. In the third story I linked, one of the shooters was, indeed duly licensed for his sidearm. Reader Bob sent me this link, which elaborates on the situation thusly:
Dead Goblin Count: 64.
That is all.
He was lucky they were more interested in being badasses than staying alive.
Dead Goblin Count: 63
And I have to make a slight correction to something from one of yesterday's posts. In the third story I linked, one of the shooters was, indeed duly licensed for his sidearm. Reader Bob sent me this link, which elaborates on the situation thusly:
Off camera, a witness tells me, he and JJ were sitting on the front steps of this house when when two men he didn't recognize walked by.Well hush my mouth! The point still stands - I would bet money that the goblin in this story did not have a valid MA LTC - but we get to add another Dead Goblin to the count. From the volksrepublik of MA, no less.
The men asked a couple questions, then pulled out guns and tried to rob them.
But JJ, who's licensed to carry a firearm, pulled out his gun, and the shootout began.
Dead Goblin Count: 64.
That is all.
2 comments:
I moved to AZ from the Great Liberal North of Minnesota. To this day, some of my friends can't understand why I did so.
You have illustrated my reasoning perfectly. Problem is, my friends still won't get it.
"People in Arizona carry guns," said Detective David Ramer, a Chandler police spokesman. "You better be careful about who you are picking on."
I love living in Arizona...
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