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| Concealed Carry - 1, Butcher Knife Wielding Maniac - 0 |
| 2010-03-06 |
| Memphis - Chaos erupted at a Family Dollar store when a man with a knife chased customers and was shot dead. Witnesses at the store near Delano and North Watkins say the attacker picked the wrong victim. "He got what he deserved," says one woman. "It's as simple as that." Police say a man with a knife raced through the parking lot just after 3:00 p.m.. Witnesses say the man chased a delivery driver and others, but was killed when he tried to lunge his knife at one driver leaving the parking lot. The driver pulled a gun and killed his attacker on the spot. "I just seen him shoot down. I thought he was just shooting in the ground. Obviously, he was shooting the gentleman with the knife," says Byron Cook who watched the ordeal from start to finish, along with his three year-old grandson. Witnesses say two little girls were inside the car when the attacker lunged at the driver. "He had his two step-daughters in the car with him. So, he really was trying to look out for them when he shot him," says Brandon Jones, who says the girls appeared to be younger than ten. "Yeah, they saw everything that happened. One of them was real shaken." Jones heard roughly six shots, then saw the man on the ground with the butcher knife still in hand. Witnesses can't make sense of the attacker's motive, but they're certain the shooting was self-defense. "He did the right thing by taking care of his business," says Jones. "The girls are safe." "You've got to protect yourself," says Cook. "He had his two kids in the car and they were terrified." "Self defense," says one woman. "That's what I would have done, the same thing." Witnesses say the shooter was stabbed, but appeared to be okay. Police have not released the name of the attacker. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #15 He might still be in trouble for excessive shooting since he appears to have fired until empty. I dunno, if it works for the police, it ought to work for the average Joe on the street. I say blast him until you can't blast him any more, then stand ready to pistol whip the guy in case he gets up again. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-03-06 22:43 |
| #14 9mm ball or wadcutters vs psychotic tweeker probably needs a full magazine. Don't forget that under stress, he probably missed more than a few times. First time under fire (assault in this case), you get pretty spun up. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2010-03-06 19:48 |
| #13 empty your gun til he quits moving, even if it's bouncing on the pavement. Better to be judged by 12... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-03-06 19:10 |
| #12 As JohnQC ponts out: The Bonzai Theory. "If you shoot him, you'll just make him mad." -The Waco Kid |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-03-06 18:57 |
| #11 The whacko might have been on meth; in which case it might have taken several shots to stop him. Or simply because he was crazy might have given him an adrenalin rush. I have heard of cases where a 9mm was emptied on a crazy before the guy was stopped. This might also suggest moving up to a higher caliber such as a 40 or 45 cal with some good man-stopper ammo. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-03-06 17:09 |
| #10 The stress of combat will do that to you. If you're lucky. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2010-03-06 15:02 |
| #9 he appears to have fired until empty. Any thing worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Or more. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-03-06 14:39 |
| #8 Always have a gun at a knife fight. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-03-06 13:56 |
| #7 He might still be in trouble for excessive shooting since he appears to have fired until empty. Unless he wasn't a very good shot. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-03-06 13:00 |
| #6 From the comments on the actual article, the man was a permit holder. So Self-Defense+Permit+no sue law means he should be okay legally. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2010-03-06 12:35 |
| #5 or a Chuck E Cheese, apparently |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-03-06 12:01 |
| #4 I think it's a law in some states that you have to be armed in order to be in the vicinity of a Family Dollar store. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-03-06 11:48 |
| #3 "Yeah, they saw everything that happened. One of them was real shaken." And probably see their step-dad as a f-cking hero. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-03-06 11:46 |
| #2 If only it were posted as a "gun free" zone....then a man wouldn't be dead. A man and his 2 little girls would be /sark off |
| Posted by: Warthog 2010-03-06 11:41 |
| #1 An armed society is a polite/civil society. |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2010-03-06 11:39 |