Shopkeeper says Iraq is safer than Birmingham after fighting off two armed robbers

MailOnline ^ | 02/14/2013 | Leon Watson

[Rusty0604]

'They started to hit me around the head with the gun but I managed to grab it off them and it fell to the floor.'

Mr Rasul said one of the robbers ran over and picked up the gun and walked back to him.

'He was coming towards me and I thought, oh no, he's going to shoot me this time,' he said. 'So I grabbed the nearest thing to hand which was the shop sign from next door.

[Rusty0604]

It's a good thing for him he's not allowed to have a gun to defend himself/s

[oh8eleven]

Iraq is safer than Birmingham
Iraq is safer than ANY inner city in America.

[RoosterRedux]

I don't believe this story for a minute.

Everyone knows guns are illegal in Britain...so how did the attacker get a gun.

[Rusty0604]

I was wondering the same thing myself.

[Red Steel]

This is Birmingham, England to be clear.

[dhs12345]

Ya. He might have hurt someone.

[COBOL2Java]

Everyone knows guns are illegal in Britain...so how did the attacker get a gun.

Oh that's easy - guns are only illegal to the law-abiding. Criminals can have as many as they want. Same here in the good old USA.

[Rusty0604]

I am well aware of that fact. That’s why I posted that he isn’t allowed to have a gun. But the bad guys still had one.

[Red Steel]

I figured that. It was generally for other posters who may get confused with Birmingham, AL.

[Rusty0604]

Well if the town was named Chicago I wouldn’t blame anyone for getting the Country confused. In fact I believe Iraq is much safer than Chicago.

[Future Snake Eater]

Sadly, this guy is right. Factor out the terrorist attacks (crazy hajis being crazy hajis), overall it seemed fairly quiet. Although there were certainly “bad neighborhoods” in Baghdad, particularly near Sadr City and in Dora (just south of the Green Zone).

[Red Steel]

Not blaming anyone and I agree Iraq is safer than Chicago.

[dfwgator]

Chicago is a quagmire, we should pull out.

[Rusty0604]

Great idea!

[brityank]

Police arrested a 26-year-old man at gunpoint in a nearby alleyway on suspicion of robbery. A suspected firearm was also seized.

The man [criminal] remained in custody last night, helping police with their inquiries.

Detective Constanble Phil Langstone, from Force CID in Harborne, praised Mr Rasul's courage.

'The victim was very brave in his attempt to fight off the attackers and the fact that armed officers just happened to be passing at that particular moment was a case of being in the right place at the right time,' he said.

What a sad state the UK has devolved into! Not only are people 'suspects', but so are tools! Meanwhile the [criminal] is helping the police with their inquiries.

Give the Democrats free reign here, and we will devolve into the same miserable existence. Screw all Democrats!

[phormer phrog phlyer]

I was in Baghdad in 07-08 and other than concerns about EFP’s (from our BFF Iran) and IED’s, I felt safer there than when I am in certain parts of Chicago currently. In Baghdad we carried enough to handle most situations. In Chicago you could very well be at the mercy of the bad guys.