Posted on 01/23/2008 7:19:19 PM PST by PotatoHeadMick
Given the legal climate in the UK, I’m amazed he wasn’t jailed for fighting back.
Guys like this make me proud to be Irish :)
Great story! I am curious, though, why he used the gun to hit the assailant instead of just shooting him with it. Not criticizing, just wondering.
He should have just shot them.
Get some, Mr. Dwyer!
I wouldn’t bet my life on a gun wrestled from a stranger being real, loaded and functional.
Obviously a shocking development in the UK. Must have been quite unexpected.
Judging by this statement they seemed used to compliant defenseless victims
that don't fight back.
He should have just shot them.
To be fair he had been stabbed in the head multiple times. That must surely effect ones reasoning.
Probably going with what he knows- if he had no shooting experience then using it as a club would be at least as effective. Also, as I mentioned in another post, if it was a fake gun then you'd lose precious seconds pulling the trigger with no effect.
Don't know what that is (brass knuckles?)... but something tells me one does not want to get hit across the face with that piece of hardware.
A few more details about Mr Dwyer;
*Mr Dwyer, who was raised on a farm in Ireland, came to Britain with only £30 in his pocket and worked as a labourer but is now a successful businessman with contracts all over the world, said: “Then the guy with the knife came over and plunges it in my head three times. The man with the gun ran off.
“I beat the man with the knuckle-duster out towards the door and closed the bedroom door on him.”
But the businessman, who is married to wife Jane and has a second son Shaun, 19, told the court how the pair would not leave and tried to push back into the bedroom.
“So we had another bout of fisticuffs,” said Mr Dwyer, “But this time I’m in charge of this battle. I let the door go and let them fall in and then, bam, had a go at them again.
“I have never used a weapon in my life and it was a great feeling. I grabbed the gun and bashed it across the knuckle-duster guy.
“Next thing is they took off and I chased them down the stairs. I bashed knuckle-duster man with the gun and I broke the handle on his head.”*
From the Daily Telegraph, he has big cojones.
Hey, guys -- having an open prison is a bit self-contradictory, isn't it? I'd hope that name wasn't meant to be taken literally.
Absolutely true. The English system is quite evil, when it comes to self defense.
They probably charged him with possessing a gun after he took it from the attacker.
That's one that will never hold a knife to a child's throat. The dad should have eliminated the possibility of the other two ever doing that again to someone else's child with a couple well aimed shots.
Good to know there’s still some fight left in the Irish.
I’m one, too, partially.
Yes, that’s what it means, it’s supposed to be for low risk offenders.
“if I am going to die then I would rather die like a man than a dog.”
Words of wisdom, especially with a guy threatening to cut his daughter’s throat.
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