tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post375884397192991929..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Gun-Toting Granny Shoots BurglarAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-8308953561936840452010-09-06T12:18:24.896+02:002010-09-06T12:18:24.896+02:00Yeah, you can call him a law-abiding gun owner to ...Yeah, you can call him a law-abiding gun owner to a fault who was thoroughly trained, but I don't buy it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-34440277264833766362010-09-03T10:40:26.000+02:002010-09-03T10:40:26.000+02:00> I know that offends all you letter-of-the-law...> I know that offends all you letter-of-the-law guys who fantasize about just this kind of opportunity...<br /><br />Perhaps I read too much into "all you" from that statement. My mistake.<br /><br />> ...[McKown's] lack of training and having come up against a more ruthless opponent. ... futility of carrying a gun for protection in many cases.<br /><br />> McKown, 38, said he carried a gun and even trained for situations where he could keep innocent people from getting hurt<br /><br />McKown's failure wasn't of lack of training, as he likely had more than this Alabama grandmother. Nor was it ruthlessness of the opponent that kept Mckown from shooting the attacker.<br /><br />> “I’m looking at this guy,” McKown said. “He’s a kid. I would have had to shoot him in the head.” <br /><br />> McKown just wasn’t ready for that. It’s not easy to shoot someone in the head, McKown said. McKown also didn’t want to get in the way of the police if they were handling the situation, and he knew he could get in trouble for brandishing a weapon in the mall.<br /><br />Hmm... he was more concerned that drawing his weapon in a mall was legal than concerns about the suicidal despot shooting up a mall.<br /><br />Law-abiding gun owner, to a fault.Van Dykehttp://vandykefan.tripod.com/celebrity/steve.jpgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-34699158340635603782010-09-03T09:28:03.213+02:002010-09-03T09:28:03.213+02:00Anonymous provided a link which, although a touchi...Anonymous provided a link which, although a touching story, didn't clearly say the gun owner got shot because he tried to use diplomacy. It could have been a lack of training and having come up against a more ruthless opponent. If anything it shows the futility of carrying a gun for protection in many cases.<br /><br />And the question: <i>"Why do you paint us as fantasizing about getting a legal opportunity to shoot?"</i><br /><br />I don't paint all of you like that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-62920784372734483422010-09-02T20:21:52.703+02:002010-09-02T20:21:52.703+02:00"...wouldn't it have been better if grann..."...wouldn't it have been better if granny had scared the kid away instead of shooting three times at center of mass?"<br /><br />Well, that's really subjective, isn't it MikeB?<br /><br />What if the kid came into the house fully prepared to rape and kill granny? Would giving him a warning be better? He gets the warning, and leaves, going to find a "softer target." The next victim may not be armed. So, instead of one burglar/potential rapist getting shot, we likely would have had a new raped/killed/burgled victim.<br /><br />I'd much rather have the burglar/potential rapist shot over ANY victim. There's not even a comparison there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-48823219549282193522010-09-02T09:54:46.375+02:002010-09-02T09:54:46.375+02:00Why do you paint us as fantasizing about getting a...Why do you paint us as fantasizing about getting a legal opportunity to shoot?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/249444_shooting23.html" rel="nofollow">Here is a case much more clearly justified</a>. And yet this gun owner will lack full control of his legs for the rest of his life because he decided diplomacy was better than force.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-65934113641224643962010-09-02T08:14:45.957+02:002010-09-02T08:14:45.957+02:00"Where is the gun when she goes out to church..."Where is the gun when she goes out to church or the market?"<br /><br />Hopefully on her person.<br /><br />"What if his intentions were not to rape and murder but just to steal the microwave and slip back out the door?"<br /><br />Then apparently he believes that microwave was worth the possibility of losing his life. <br /><br />"How about telling the burglar, "I've got a gun on you, turn around and get out.""<br /><br />Did the criminal call in advance and say, "Hey, i'm coming to rob your house." Why give the criminal a courtesy he did not give his victim?AztecRedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027951757285806109noreply@blogger.com