Posted on 02/20/2018 9:45:23 AM PST by CedarDave
The hero may or may not have a concealed carry permit. NM law considers your car an extension of your home and you may carry there without a permit.
However, I don't know whether Uber allows their drivers to have weapons in their cars.
(Slim, correct me if I'm wrong)
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Won’t get mentioned on the fake news media... that considers guns eevil.
You know - that woman and child should have been allowed to die so liberals could score another cheap political shot against the NRA.
Assuming the description of events is accurate it sounds like a cut-and-dried case of self defense, and defense of others.
Good story, good ending. Guns do have a perfect place in a civil society.
.... and since this is America, lawyers will tell the wife and daughter they need to sue the hero for every dollar they can get..... /s
Killing someone is a traumatic event for a non-psychopath, no matter how much the deceased needed killing.
Best outcome: the gunman is dead and he won’t have the chance himself to sue the hero. I doubt the wife and daughter will sue otherwise without the intervention they would have been dead.
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I don't think Uber wants its drivers armed, but that's one of those rules that was made to be ignored (this incident proves why). He may lose his Uberability, but so what!
Just doing the job a politician wont due.
Congratulations and Thank You Citizen Uber Gaurdsman for doing what was right.
That was a very difficult situation to successfully intervene in.
Given the perp had already used his weapon and the hero had to access his weapon, put himself in a proper position, give warning, and then fire accurately.
As for risking his Uber job....small price.
“That was a very difficult situation to successfully intervene in”
no kidding. nearly unbelievable. this guy was cool as ice and acted perfectly. reminds me of Rayland Givens in “Justified”.
I wouldn’t drive an usher unless I was armed.
I said “/s”
I'd add, Venezuela.
There are many choices.
I just pulled the Norks out of my NRA Hat.
I guess I could have said Baltimore or Chicago too. LOL
I saw it, but wanted to emphasize that the gunman being dead is the best out come for both those shot and the shooter. If he was alive, some scumbag attorney would take the shooter hero to court for violation of the gunman's rights.
Seems like Uber would have to provide the vehicles to have standing in keeping weapons out...worst they can do is ban him fro working for them and that seems like a bad business decision considering the story.
Good for the Guardsman. He did the right thing but we’ll probably never hear of it on the national news.
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