Bob Irwin highlights the latest self defense and other shootings of the week. Read them and see what went wrong, what went right and what we can learn from self defense with a gun.
USA –-(Ammoland.com)- KCTV 5 in Kansas City, Missouri reports 07-18-2017 police report just before 5 in the morning, a resident and his girlfriend were returning from Walmart after working the night shift at their job.
“My girlfriend and I put the groceries inside and I was going to walk her back to her car,” the male victim said.
Then a man, dressed in all black, came around (a corner) saying give me this, give me that and threatening us with a gun. The male victim gave the armed robber everything inside his pockets.
“But we were backed up into our apartment. My door was open he was beckoning us to go into the apartment,” the male victim said. Frightened, he made the decision to grab what he knew could possibly save them, his own weapon that was just inside the door and fight back.
“I walked out, he was still holding the gun and I thought he was going to shoot me that minute, and I just took a couple shots and he ran off,” the victim told police. Unsure if he had hit the gunman, the victim and his girlfriend went inside to hide and call police.
Responding police say they later found the robber dead.
“The last thing I wanted to do is use my firearm. That’s the last thing I wanted to do. But am I glad I had it? Yes, I am because things could’ve gotten very ugly, very fast if I hadn’t,” the victim said.
Comment:
The victim here tries to avoid problems by submitting to the robbers demand to empty his pockets. When the robber fails to disengage as 90% usually do, the threat escalates.
The criminal attempts to force the couple into the apartment. There is no way the victim can allow that with the risk that he and his girlfriend would be assaulted or murdered.
Fortunately, he keeps a pistol near the front door to be handy as he answers the door. Keeping a ready firearm near your home entrances and exits is always a prudent choice to repel intruders or facilitate your own armed escape.
The other smart choice was to stay inside and let the cops do the pursuit. Once you are safe, stay safe!
Bob Irwin, Las Vegas
About Bob Irwin
Bob is retired after 30 years of ownership of The Gun Store & Indoor Range in Las Vegas. He continues his 2A issues show “Fired Up with Bob Irwin” on YouTube and on KSHP 1400 AM radio (Sunday mornings at 9 a.m.) As a firearm instructor of Concealed Firearm Applicants, Armed Security Officer and Law Enforcement Academies over his career, Bob appears frequently as an expert witness for firearm & use of force cases in Federal, State and local courts.
any law that is unconstitutional is null and void and has no standing, period. states that enact laws that are unconstitutional are run by tyrants and they need to be dealt with either the ballot or the cartridge box. Politicians that think the cartridge box will never be used are whistling past the graveyard of history. IE: The battle of Athens 1946, Athens Tennessee, Lexington and Concord Penn. USA . The Boston massacre, French Revolution, Spanish Inquisition, I could go on and on here but I think you all get the point. Tyrants all have one thing in common, they… Read more »
Good point. However people can be locked up for 10-20 years waiting for a court to declared the law null and void. Until even a bad law is declared to be null and void and all prior convictions are voided you can still be punished. Justice Scalia didn’t say that all gun laws were constitutional, he warned that until the SCOUS actual considered all the myriad of laws on GFSZ, magazine bans, open carry bans, etc you can still be arrested and convicted. The MSM quotes out of context to pretend that Scalia upheld all the gun laws except Washington,… Read more »
Taking the garbage out
Now the scumbags family will tell the public what a great guy he was and had been trying to turn his life around. The media will attack the man and his girlfriend in their press and insinuate he was the actual threat. I have my opinion as do many others but it is safe to say “good riddance” to the POS. I think we all agree on that point. May he rot is hell. To the man and his girlfriend, “good shooting in a time of stress”.
To bad he did not hit him center mass.
@Douglas Helvie, Title of the article, “Robber Dead After Picking On The Wrong Couple”.
Why leave one inside the door when You can carry one in your pocket, on your hip or in a shoulder holster? Get you CWL and be Always Ready ~ Semper Paratus.
Our founders did not put the Second Amendment in the Constitution to keep a gun in your home, but at the ready to bring violence on those whom attempt to do you harm.
Nice shootin’ Sir.
@Puddle Pirate, re “You can carry one …” — that makes the rather large assumption that you live in a “sane” state. I assume you are one of the fortunate ones, that do (and the rest of us are envious).
Folks in NY, NJ, MA, and in the populous areas (where self-defense is most needed) of CA have virtually zero chance of snagging a concealed carry permit :-(. The majority of voters in those states are so brainwashed by left-wing groups that they keep voting in politicians (and ballot measures) that do their darnedest to disarm everyone.
I wonder if the FBI halted the “investigation” into Russian meddling with the 2016 election and investigated the elections in the “anti-gun” states they might find that the elections were as corrupt as the local political machine.
What do you mean ? 130 % of the eligible ( over 18 ) voters in San Diego,Ca voted.
@lucky is correct … about half a dozen counties in CA have more registered voters on the rolls than they have resident citizens over 18. Some of that is because people have died or moved and haven’t been scrubbed from the rolls, but some of it could be from non-citizens managing to illegally register themselves to vote. Either way, the voter rolls need to be fixed, to prevent fraud. San Diego was one of the more egregious offenders, in terms of more registered voters than citizens over 18. The Judicial Watch organization was recently in the news for issuing warning… Read more »
I live in the Great State of Georgia. Open carry with a gubment permission slip that is accepted in 31 other states. Great for travel to or thru the other Southern states. Just keep to holsters in the truck. . . .
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@Puddle Pirate, I’m certainly happy for you (and envious!). You can not only GET a permit, but you can even carry openly (although if I had a permit, I’d only want to carry concealed). In our “blue” metro area of CA, we can’t carry at all, no how, no way. Open carry is totally against the law. It is impossible to get a concealed carry permit, unless you’re really wealthy/connected. Constitutional Carry? — ya gotta be kidding :-(. And when you say “truck” — most of us reading this forum know that you mean pickup truck, but out in “blue”… Read more »
What I did was move from Long Island NY to Fla in 1986, commercial fished the Gulf of Mexico for 25 plus years and retired to Northern Georgia. Didnt think anything about a weapons permit until my buddy came over with his S&W 357 on his hip. * lightbulb went off * and I sent in for my CWP. Now I dont leave home without one on my hip. Local LE loves it too… Gunshows are 5 bucks at the door, cash and carry any caliber with the CWL. Side note of funny ~ My sister is married to a… Read more »
Wow. Yep, a whole ‘nuther world. Our here, some folks ask if you have a gun in your home and if you say “yes” (even if it is always locked up in a safe!), they may refuse to come to your house and sure as H*LL will not let their kids near your home. I think that’s 70% a case of people being afraid of something they don’t understand, and 30% a case of people being brainwashed by folks like Bloomberg. Gun show admission here is now $14, and if you buy a gun you need a full background check… Read more »
Because the article said he just got off work and was not allowed to have a gun at work that’s why he did not have a gun on him. I started carrying a taser (a big one like brass knuckles that has spikes on it) and a switchblade since that is not “technically” against company policy but carrying a firearm on company property is. I am not walking around ANYWHERE without protection. Too many crazy people.
The Second Amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791. It reads: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Where does it say ” Permit ” ” gubment permission * * maximum bullets * No Sound Suppressors ( LEGAL here in GA ) * * No Semi or Full Auto ~ Also Legal with a FED stamp * It doesn’t. The left states have twisted our God given rights up into knots so far away from their original meaning and understanding… Read more »
@Puddle Pirate: where does it say bla bla bla? It says so in the state laws of NY, NJ, CA, etc. And those states’ respective Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal have proven themselves incapable of reading both the plainly-worded 2A *and* the even clearer _Heller_ decision, which should clearly cause those state laws to be stricken down. Hopefully yet another Constructionist judge will be appointed to the SCOTUS, and a couple of 2A lawsuits will then be accepted by SCOTUS for review.
And that is why I live in Georgia, The Great State of. State Laws are Of the People, By the People, For the People. The Government works for us, not the other way around. NY NJ CA are states the I will not grace with my presents, nor funds. I have been thru background checks for my CWL, Local, State, and Federal, plus my 6 years in the military, I have the proper training to protect my Country let alone myself and those around me. So why is it that the above mentioned states deny myself, and many others, the… Read more »
Actually it has only ONE COMMA and two clauses. The two extra commas create gramatical problems.
Na – na – na – na – hey – hey – Goodbye! “Another one bites the dust Another one bites the dust Another one bites the dust Another one bites the dust There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man And bring him to the ground You can beat him You can cheat him You can treat him bad and leave him When he’s down But I’m ready, yes I’m ready for you I’m standing on my own two feet Out of the doorway the bullets rip Repeating the sound of the beat Another one bites the… Read more »
All’s well that ends well.
Indeed, one for the good guys.