Cops: Man, 65, kills teen who knocks him off bicycle
A 65-year-old man who was knocked off his bicycle by three teenagers on a Pennsylvania trail shot two of them, killing one, police said according to reports.Another story indicated that the three teenagers were trying to rob the man, and knocked him off his bicycle and started beating him to accomplish this goal. That's gun control right there, folks. A 65 year old man at the mercy of feral teenagers who would viciously assault him for the change in his pockets. Luckily, he took measures for his own safety and security and protected himself, so rather than bleeding to death on a bicycle trail somewhere, it was his attacker who suffered.
The Reading Eagle newspaper said the wounded teen, 16, was taken to hospital and the third, aged 15, was taken in for questioning and was later committed to a youth center.
Gun control: Because a 65 year old man beaten to death is morally superior than a teenaged goblin bleeding out after a failed robbery attempt...
Dead Goblin Count: 248
That is all.
6 comments:
Don't forget, according to the Bradys that adds two more children to the gun violence victims list.
One would wonder about the ethnicities of the people involved.
Bet that they differ between the teens and the old man.
Salt vs pepper and all that.
Good for him! Old Farts rule!!!
I'm sure the delinquent would have grown up to be an outstanding citizen... cough, cough...
Dann in Ohio
Already over 2100 comments to the original story, but I only read the first 100 or so. It is amazing the very few who think the man did something very bad to the three that attacked him. Somehow being prepared for the worst and hoping for the best is equated with provoking violence.
It all comes down to two things - choices, and consequences.
This problem with group attacks on solitary walkers, runners and bicyclists is not unique to Reading, Pennsylvania:
http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2012/jan/26/popular-trail-has-some-running-scared-ar-351511/
The Hillsborough County Sheriff Office has implemented a bicycle mounted patrol of the trail and the adjacent neighborhoods, which is ironic, since the Sheriff’s station for Northwest Hillsborough County on Gunn Highway fronts on the trail south of Ehrlich Road:
http://www.hcso.tampa.fl.us/Articles/Articles/Pedal-Power-Patrol.aspx
Double irony - they ride in pairs, but are uniformed and armed, on bikes with lights and sirens.
Users of the Upper Tampa Bay Trail can also be armed. It is unfortunate that the news story does not mention this as a solution.
I'm sure they were good kids who where getting their lives together. Or something.
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