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Posted on 04/04/2005 2:41:51 PM PDT by Spiff
Just as the controversial Minuteman Project was getting under way in Tombstone Friday night, a Cochise County resident was forced to use a handgun to defend himself from a menacing border intruder. The citizen, who wishes his name not be used, was visiting his girlfriend's home in one of the lower canyon areas on the east side of the Huachuca Mountains along Highway 92 when an angry border intruder charged him.
The home's yard and driveway have been the scene of many reports of illegal aliens being picked up by load vehicles. Recently, in the evenings, two or three load vehicles would pull into the driveway and yard, a driver would step out and wave a flag, and dozens of illegal aliens would come pouring out of the bushes across the street, into the driveway and yard, and then into the load vehicles. The woman who lives there has felt very threatened and has been forced to arm herself. Last week, on a single night, Border Patrol apprehended 50 illegal aliens right in her yard and driveway.
Friday night the man was walking in the street in front of his girlfriend's home. A large jackrabbit was frightened by something in the brush across from the home and came out into the road toward the citizen. He knew that he had not frightened the jackrabbit and determined that there may be someone in the brush where so many illegal aliens had been seen before. He started peering into the brush and suddenly an illegal alien came out from behind one of the trees. The border intruder was very large and menacing and looked right at the citizen in the street. He started to charge toward the citizen who was then forced to pull out his 9mm handgun and chamber a round. The citizen then held the weapon up where the intruder could see it but did not point it at the intruder. At that point the border intruder ceased his menacing charge and stopped and glared angrily at the citizen. The standoff only lasted a few seconds at which time the intruder flipped the citizen off and ran back into the bushes.
The resident immediately called the Border Patrol to report the incident and the intruder. An agent was dispatched and on the scene after more than 20 minutes. The agent said that he did not know the area and had not been briefed about the ongoing problems with the large groups of illegal aliens piling into load vehicles there. The agent and the Cochise County resident walked through the brush searching for the border intruder but he was not located.
The man later said that he was certain that if he had not drawn his weapon he would have been violently attacked by the border intruder. Both the man and the home owner are now planning to take the required training to receive an Arizona Concealed Carry Weapon Permit to further protect themselves. Neither are members of or are involved with the Minuteman Project in any way. Both work for defense contractors in the IT industry.
An area next to the canyon home has now become the site of one of many observation stations set up by the Minuteman Project. The owner of the home says that she feels safer now knowing that she's got other concerned citizens looking out for her and that some of them are armed in case she or anyone there is again threatened with violence.
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- That the illegals are the innocent ones just here to find jobs, and
- Guns can only be used to shoot someone.
Of course, don't expect the liberals to consider allowing these facts into their worldviews.
Thanks for posting this. Are you gonna have an update for us on the day's activities?
Why bother with a CCP in Arizona?
Who walks around with a gun without a round chambered? Silly.
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Wanna bet that our protagonist has since upgraded his carry method to having one in the pipe?
For one, the training is good (well, some of it is depending upon where you get it) and really familiarizes you with the relevant laws and such about carrying and using your weapon. Second, there are times when open carry is a hassle and a CCW permit will let you bring the weapon into some places where you may not normally be able to. Third, it does tend to make a person feel more confident about carrying the weapon as they now know the laws and such.
We should be there.
There's still 26 days left...
Yeah, it's really freakin' hilarious until it happens to you.
If I were the reporter I would have asked "Whom have they hurt?"
But that's just me.
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Oh, I rather expect the liberals to say something along the lines of:
"The only reason there haven't been any violent confrontations resulting in the deaths of unarmed illegal aliens is because we've pushed the Minutemen into the lime light, and they wouldn't dare kill anyone now."
Because in their minds, anybody who owns a gun is just itching to pull the trigger while pointing the gun at a two legged, two armed, two eyed, one headed cousin of a monkey, who happens to have gotten lost while looking for a job on his side of the border.
"border intruder" = a nicer way to say illegal alien?
Thank you.
It isn't nicer at all. It certainly beats "illegal immigrant" because that term implies the intruder is attempting to immigrate and not fly an airplane into the side of a skyscraper, pop a WMD in a crowded place, or massacre an elementary school. It implies we don't know why they're here and, frankly, we don't care. They intruded across our border - they're border intruders. Where "illegal aliens" simply implies a problem with their immigration status. In now way is the term an attempt to detract from their illegal and unwelcome status.
(My lame attempt to imitate a FROBL...shouldn't they be crawling out of the woodwork by now?)
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