Posted on 05/07/2014 3:16:38 PM PDT by Drew68
Dante can now dance to the “inferno”.
You raise a very disturbing point, CurlyDave. To say that “I feel badly enough that repelling the violent assault resulted in the death of the young man, but with his family now blaming me for the incident I feel attacked all over again,” could raise questions regarding Mr. Harrison’s mental stability.
I’d like to know if Dante had a permit.
Then why would you or anyone think that Mr. Harrrison’s rights to possess or carry a firearm could be placed in any kind of jeopardy if he sought counseling?
There's a big push right now from anti-gunners to use any kind of mental health treatment as a prohibitive factor to owning firearms.
It is happening among us right now. How many times do I have to read about a veteran going in for PTSD counseling, only to discover that his right to own a firearm has been taken away because of the "mental health" issue he has, in order to think there is truth behind the stories?
Many vets are wise to this and will not go in for any mental health counseling because of it.
Many who could be helped by a little counseling avoid it because of the government-imposed consequences...
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The tone of your questions leads me to believe that you are against personal concealed carry for ordinary people. There are consequences of this position which can be seemingly far removed from guns.
For instance, DW and I are real-estate investors, mostly small apartments. I would be very reluctant to hold these units if I could not carry when I went to the properties. There are always disgruntled tenants, and I am too old to fight back.
One investor doesn't effect the overall market very much, but if 10-20% of others feel like I do, that effects the market a lot, and in a negative way.
Sorry if my “tone” mislead you. Actually, I carry a CCW card, and wear at least one pistol just about everywhere.
Right now — in my home — I’m wearing a stainless steel Springfield Armory M1911-A1 in .45 ACP, cocked and locked, with a Wilson Combat magazine, and Hornady FMJ cartridges (one in the chamber). If I were to walk outside more than, say, 30 feet from my door, I would probably also be wearing a Ruger LC9-LM .9mm Parabellum loaded with Federal Hyra-Shock cartridges, or a Sig-Sauer P-230 fully loaded with .380 ACP Hydra-Shocks.
My lovely wife is usually content to wear but one gun for her CCW: often a Taurus revolver in .357 Magnum loaded with six Hornady 140-grain FTX cartridges, but maybe a Smith & Wesson J-frame with five .38 Special +P JHP cartridges.
I am an ordinary person, and I am for, not against, as many others as possible to make their own weapon selections for personal carry — open and/or concealed. Further, I can state with complete honesty that if some stranger approached me in a restaurant with an unlimbered weapon pointed at me, I would certainly utilize my firearm in stopping that threat.
I dated a Psychologist for quite some time, when I was a little younger than I am now. I think that I have a certain appreciation for mental hygiene.
The real tone of my questions has to do with the seemingly total inability to reason with anti-gunners and liberals in general. Acting rationally in the face of violent threats brings slanderous attacks from them, and acting to mitigate those attacks brings down the force of tyranny disguised as “mental health.”
Thanks for the clarification.
Someone comes in waving a gun and I shouldn't feel threatened????
He shot the guy because he was armed, he was committing a felony, and he might well have decided after getting his money that he would kill all the witnesses...including customers.
That requires NOT waiting to find out. It requires preemptive action.
The concealed carry citizen hero deserves a medal and not threats. The governor of their state should pardon him of any and all actions arising from that shooting.
Why shoot him? Williams only wanted the money in the cash register. The reason he was brandishing the gun was for his own protection. /s
"A very important lesson we should all take from this case is the *huge* advantage concealed carry has over armed criminals.The criminal(s) was brandishing his gun, and likely ready to shoot, though his intention was to rob. However, he could not keep an eye on all the staff and all the customers at once. His attention was all over the place.
The concealed carry holder had focus. When the time is right, draw your weapon and put bullets in the criminal(s).
It really didn’t matter what anyone else in the place was doing. That focus is incredibly important.
It’s not really a fair fight. But then again, it shouldn’t be."
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Scene video & interview with shooter -- BUMP!
WOW, great complete story. The concealed carry holder had tremendous presence of mind, and he spells it out in interview.
Btw, showing the violent intent, even with Dante dead on the floor, the OTHER perp is STILL gonna tussle for the gun -- ! [ "The video then shows Harrison trying to hold Craig at gunpoint. But Craig tries grabbing Harrison's gun and after a struggle Craig escapes."]
PREVIOUS STORIES (the robbery was in Jan 2012)
Deputies: Waffle House diner shoots, kills armed robbery suspect
Exclusive interview with Waffle House customer who 'stood his ground' [AGAIN, an abuse of "stand your ground"]
Family members call Waffle House shooting 'vigilante justice'[oh, please.]
Solicitor: Man sentenced to 30 years for botched Waffle House holdup
Good shoot. I would have shot the other guy the instant he made a try for the gun.
CWP holder “should have had more training,” but the little thug can run around waving his 9 with impunity. I get it.
exactly
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