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Newspaper carrier kills gunman at Birmingham store
Birmingham News ^
| 10/08/02
| AP
Posted on 10/09/2002 8:52:40 AM PDT by WayneM
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One for the good guys!
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posted on
10/09/2002 8:52:40 AM PDT
by
WayneM
To: WayneM
"Crackheads don't care," he said. "Do you think they read the newspaper and watch television? No." Of course, if drugs were legal, only non-druggies would commit crimes ......
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posted on
10/09/2002 8:55:11 AM PDT
by
cinFLA
To: WayneM
"Crackheads don't care," he said. "Do you think they read the newspaper and watch television? No." Words to live by.
To: WayneM; Squantos; Travis McGee
"The guy was berserk," Harper told the News. "He was screaming his guts out."
Entering the store, Harper fired three times at the gunman, who dropped his shotgun but didn't fall.
"He ran toward me and I shot him twice more," said Harper. "After five he fell down. But then he got up again."
The wounded man, still hollering, crawled to the back of the store and died, witnesses told the News.
Five hits to put him down? ... and then he got up again? This guy did a great thing, and was indeed a hero. But I would suggest he get a bigger bore gun. I use a .44 Magnum.
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posted on
10/09/2002 9:04:00 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
To: WayneM; SLB; pocat; Fred Mertz; logos
Good guys BANG bump
To: Jeff Head
Indeed, or practice his aim
To: Jeff Head
.44 Magnum ?!?!?!? :o)
One for the good guys ! Whoooo Hoooo !!
Stay Safe !!!
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posted on
10/09/2002 9:28:35 AM PDT
by
Squantos
To: cinFLA
And the fact that drugs are illegal, didn't stop this....
To: WayneM
BTTT
To: WayneM
He got rid of 4 perps over the last six years.
They should let him deduct, say, 10% of what he saved the state from his property or other state taxes. I mean 4 perps X ($10,000 per trial, $30,000 for incarceration) = $160,000 in savings, at least.
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posted on
10/09/2002 9:38:03 AM PDT
by
ikka
To: cinFLA
Of course, if drugs were legal, only non-druggies would commit crimes ......
Chew more gum. A person doesn't resort to armed robbery because he uses drugs, he resorts to armed robbery to buy drugs that are very expensive as a result of their illegality. Most murders happen in a very few number of the total counties in the United States. A large percentage of these murders have to do with the illegal drug trade. The conditions that foster this type of ruthless competition (as well as violent armed robberies by crackheads to get money for crack) were created (in this case) by the federal government. It's either disingenuousness or lack of thought that leads someone to blame the consequence on the cause.
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posted on
10/09/2002 9:48:40 AM PDT
by
aruanan
To: WayneM
Wow then he took a nap and then finished his route. Cool customer!
To: WayneM
5 shots!
To: aruanan
Can't we say this about anything?
"A person doesn't resort to armed robbery because he wants to wear Nike's, he resorts to armed robbery to buy Nike's that are very expensive as a result of their popularity. Most shoe murders happen in a very few number of the total counties in the United States. A large percentage of these shoe murders have to do with status. The conditions that foster this type of ruthless competition (as well as violent armed robberies by crackheads to get money for crack) were created by the federal government -- they should subsidize Nike sales to the poor. It's either disingenuousness or lack of thought that leads someone to blame the consequence on the cause.
So what do you propose -- free crack?
To: WayneM
Harper, who has delivered newspapers for 22 years, took a nap after the events subsided, then got up to finish his route after sunrise.LOL!! Thank you, Mr. Harper!
To: E. Pluribus Unum
"Crackheads don't care," he said. "Do you think they read the newspaper and watch television? No." Yep, no doubt about it, they spend a lot of time listening to wacked out music at railroad engine decibal levels, and scheming, conniving, lying, stealing, and robbing for their next purchase of crack.
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posted on
10/09/2002 10:47:45 AM PDT
by
DETAILER
To: Jeff Head
I'd be curious to know what caliber the good guy was shooting. Marshall and Sanow need to add this one to their OSS stats!
To: Jeff Head
Five hits to put him down? ... and then he got up again? This guy did a great thing, and was indeed a hero. But I would suggest he get a bigger bore gun. I use a .44 Magnum.Actually "screaming his head off" would to me indicate that he was high as a kite on something - crack, heroin, meth, who knows? Probably didn't know he'd even been hit until he fell. Certainly must have been feeling no pain.
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posted on
10/09/2002 10:52:32 AM PDT
by
DETAILER
To: white trash redneck
I'd like to get a hand gun when I can come up with some extra cash. If anyone finds out what caliber this guy was using, let me know... I will buy something bigger!
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