Posted on 02/15/2005 12:34:25 PM PST by Rakkasan1
If the Minnesota Court of Appeals is having trouble deciding the fate of the Minnesota Personal Protection Act, they should consider the story of Matthew Dirks. The 23-year-old East Side native served 15 months with the Army in Iraq at Baghdad International Airport and Camp Dogwood. Last week, St. Paul Police Chief John Harrington denied him a carry permit. Dirks' primary job in Iraq was repairing the weapons systems on Bradley Fighting Vehicles. He also stood guard with the M249 light machine gun and .50-caliber heavy machine gun. He has fired the TOW anti-tank missile, the 25 mm cannon on the Bradley, the M-16, thrown grenades and "a few extra bonuses that came with my job," he said in a recent interview. Despite all this experience, he was denied a carry permit under the system the concealed-carry law was designed to replace.
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Given his familiarity with REAL assault weapons, they probably consider him a danger to the community.
outrageous.
this is why "shall issue" is absolutely necessary in all CCW legislation.
---gee whiz---sense on the pages of a Minnehaha urban newspaper--!!!
Yost is a welcome breath of common sense to a mostly illogical paper board
ping
What's the reason he was denied? I don't want to "register" at another stupid newspaper to read an article.
Sorry, I forgot that Minnesota was the Paul Wellstone state.
What's that supposed to mean? Since he's fired military weapons as part of his national service, he's a danger to the community?
I am sure that it is sarcasm.
I would suppose that someone used the duty to protect themselves and their "band of brothers" would not accept the illegitimate and illegal oppression of some local thug/tyrant.
That would be a benefit to the community and a hazard to the thugs and tyrant wannabees.
I think he's being facetious.
No, I don't think he's a danger to his community. However, I'll bet a liberal judge in Minnesota and a police chief appointed by a Democratic mayor think so...
used to be.
he's DEAD.we'll soon have 2 republican senators.
Sorry, I need to cut back on my coffee intake. I think it's messing with my sarcasm detector.
sorry. I'm gettin' lazy.
bang,bang.
Ever heard of sarcasm?
This in a state where Jesse Ventura was allowed to pack heat.
What's the reason he was denied?
Well the primary reason is that the Chief is an asshole who doesn't want to give out permits.
Remember - Minnesota passed a shall-issue law, and it was in force for over a year. It was set aside by a district judge last July, and the appeals decision will be out within the next couple of months.
A lot of chiefs and sheriffs are being more reasonable about issuing than they used to be. The St. Paul Chief is not.
The old law required that an applicant demonstrate an "occupational or personal safety" need. In Minneapolis and St. Paul being chased down the street by a guy with a bloody axe wasn't a personal safety need. Outstate having to travel to Minneapolis or St. Paul was.
But this case triggers on occupational need. The firm this guy wants to work for requires a permit as a condition of employment. The Chief won't issue because he doesn't work for them yet.
Let's once again remind ourselves how beneficial it is to have guns in the hands of citizens.
Leon and Eleanor Cash were spending a quiet evening in their Natrona Heights, Pa., home when they heard suspicious sounds coming from the kitchen. When they went to the kitchen to investigate, a man dressed entirely in black forced his way into the house by pistol whipping Mr. Cash. When the intruder pinned Cash against a kitchen appliance, holding him down by his throat, Cash called to his wife for help. She responded by grabbing their shotgun and shooting the intruder. Ras-Saleem Hudson died at the scene and no charges were expected to be filed against Mrs. Cash. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh, PA 09/26/04)
A Jackson, Ohio, man was not going to let the fact that he was in a wheelchair stop him from protecting himself or his home. So when two men pulled into his driveway and one broke into the garage from the back door, Roy Lundy, Sr., fired a shot at him. The intruder retreated and, shortly thereafter, Lundy saw the men drive away. When police arrived they found that, in addition to the garage being broken into, the robbers had broken in through the kitchen, although it was not immediately clear whether anything had been stolen. (The Jackson County Times-Journal, Jackson, OH, 10/11/04)
Muskegon, Mich., store owner Michael Moore was working late one night in his office when he heard strange noises that he thought were probably animals. But when he heard the doorknob jiggle, he retrieved his gun and went to investigate. Seeing an armed man jump over the counter, Moore demanded that the intruder freeze. When he did not, Moore fired once, hitting the intruder in the shoulder. Moore immediately called 911 and waited for police and an ambulance to arrive. (Muskegon Chronicle, Muskegon, MI, 09/30/04)
When you are a judge, angry defendants come with the territory, but Judge Calvin Shields never expected he could lose his life over it. Shields was letting his dogs out late one evening when he saw a man looking into his house. He grabbed his gun and went outside to trigger the motion detector light. At that moment, Michael Tinervia opened fire on Shields who returned fire, fatally wounding Tinervia. Shields was only grazed in the knee. It was later discovered that Tinervia had been found guilty of reckless driving and interfering with a police officer in Shields' court and was awaiting sentencing by Shields. According to Shields' wife, Tinervia had called the house at 6:30 p.m. that night and asked for Calvin. When the judge answered, there was no one on the line. "It was to check if Calvin was home," she said, adding, "I had a bad feeling about it." (The Daily Times, Rio Rancho, NM 10/13/04)
An unwitting Shelby County, Ala., homeowner unknowingly helped in the capture of four inmates who had escaped from a Georgia prison. When the citizen arrived home early one morning, he found four men attempting to rob his house. The homeowner retrieved his gun and fired, hitting one in the face. The men fled but dropped off their injured conspirator at a nearby store so that he could get medical attention. Shortly thereafter, the three other men were apprehended in the area without incident. The home- owner was not charged, according to the local district attorney, because, "If we as a society ever get to the point where people are not entitled to defend themselves in their own home, then the law has totally lost its perspective." (Birmingham News, Birmingham, AL, 10/13/04)
A 64-year-old Buffalo, N.Y., man was having his regular night out at a seniors social club when two armed, masked men approached a card table and demanded money. After a round was fired from an assailant's shotgun, the intended victim, thinking his friend who had fallen to the floor had been killed, pulled out his handgun and shot and killed one of the robbers. As the robber was hit with the bullet, his shotgun went off and hit his accomplice in the arm. The accomplice fled the scene but was later apprehended at a local medical center and charged with first-degree burglary. (The Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY, 09/26/04)
A Jacksonville, Fla,; man got the surprise of his life after he came home to find a knife-wielding teenage girl inside demanding his car keys. When the girl headed to another room to retrieve the keys, the homeowner, Richard dark, ran to retrieve his gun. Moments later the two faced off in the house, and the teen charged at dark with the knife, dark shot once, hitting the teen in the face. She was charged with aggravated battery and armed burglary. (The Times-Union Sampler, Jacksonville, FL, 10/14/04)
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