Police: Man who shot carjacker had permit(Texas)

Houston Chronicle ^ | 6 June, 2009 | na

[riverrunner]

An alleged carjacker was shot and killed in north Houston Saturday morning, police said. At about 6:15 a.m., witnesses pulled Darryl Milton Franklin Jr., 37, out of a car that he was reportedly breaking into in the 1100 block of Langwick Drive. As they waited for police to arrive, witnesses saw him attempt to break into other vehicles and even try to commit a carjacking, authorities said. Franklin attacked a man who approached him. The man, who was carrying a permitted concealed weapon, shot Franklin, said Houston Police spokesman Victor Senties. The shooting is being investigated by the District Attorney’s Office and will likely be referred to a grand jury, Senties said.

[riverrunner]

A bit of a followup on a previously reported story.

[Jagman]

He had a permit to shoot a carjacker? Where do you get those? :-)

[The Anti-One]

He had a permit to shoot a carjacker? Where do you get those? :-)

I don't know but I want one.

[umgud]

Sounds like this would have or should have been a good shoot even without a permit.

[Bulldawg Fan]

Good news to start the day!

[csvset]

Will the community erect a shrine for the dead thug?

[Repeal The 17th]

Where do I get me one of them “permits to shoot carjackers”?
When are they in season?
What is the bag limit?

[Theodore R.]

One just never knows about a Houston jury.

[woollyone]

yes, but did have an ear tag?

[justlurking]

My apologies for being pedantic, but it's a concealed handgun LICENSE, not a permit.

The differences in connotation are enormous.

[maeng]

As we sometimes say in Texas, “he just needed killing”. Good shoot....

[Free in Texas]

Whoops! Sucks to be Franklin. I bet a burger flipping or landscaping job would look pretty good to him now, were he not permanently retired.

[chainsaw]

Things don’t add up here.

[barb-tex]

The big story seems to be the “permit”. The TX Lege in passed a law in 2008 restoring the rights guaranteed by the 1876 constitution to pack heat in Automobiles. ( And in pick-ups I imagine). This slipped by somehow and has never been publicized, So all Texans have permits to shoot carjackers.
barbra ann

[CodeToad]

The press is more concerned about why the hero had a gun than the perp using one.

[Godwin1]

Poorly written story. Still, the end result is a B. Would have been an A except for the reference to the Grand Jury. Why?

[erman]

do I need to get a lease to shoot carjackers or is it open range type of hunting....

oh, and what is a good caliber for them? I've got rifles, shotguns and pistols of varying caliber and optics.

I didn't see any boxes or lines on my lifetime hunting and fishing combo license....

hmmmm.... carjackers.. I bet they're like jackalopes

[matthew fuller]

"He had a permit to shoot a carjacker? Where do you get those? :-)"

TX Dept of Public Safety.

[GladesGuru]

Questions:
1. What was the race of the ‘carjacker’?
2. What was the race of the man shot shot the alleged carjacker?

If the “dearly departed” actually attacked the man who shot him, one must wonder what could possess the DA to send this case to a grand jury.

[Redbob]

"He had a permit to shoot a carjacker? Where do you get those?"

There's one in every six-pack of Shiner Bock sold in Texas!
LOL!