Armed Citizen

A violent attempted robber at a convenience store Sunday, left one dead and another critically wounded after the store owner shot both men, police said.  Police identified the dead man as Sheldon Hope, 21, of Hickory Lane in Hermitage. The incident occured Sunday evening at Smoke Depot of Nashvile, 563 Stewarts Ferry Pike, when two men entered the store asking for cigarettes, kept hehind the counter. Metro police gave this account of the incident: When the store owner turned around after retrieving the cigarettes, one of the men drew a gun and demanded money. The second man, who also was armed, came behind the counter next to the owner. As the owner began to open the cash drawer, the man across the counter grabbed the owner and began to pistol-whip him on the head but dropped his gun. As the owner fell to the floor, the man behind the counter began to kick him. The owner grabbed the handgun and fired into the air, casusing the man behind the counter to move. The men tried to flee as the owner got up and fired several shots, hitting both as they left the store. The man later identified as Hope was killed, while the other man, 28, was sent to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he is listed in critical condition with several life-threatening injuries. Both men were carrying identification cards from the Caribbean iland nation of Trinidad and Tobago, said Metro police spokesman Don Aaron. The surviving man was carrying a card identifying him as a security guard from Brooklyn, N.Y.  Police did not release the second man’s name, pending family notification. The owner, 40, was treated for head lacerations at Summit Medical Center. Police did not release his name. The owner is not expected to face charges. “This was a man fighting for his life,” Aaron said of the owner. “This was not a citizen taking matters into his own hands-this was a citizen defending himself.”

Tennessean.com, 11/27/06

A home invasion burglary turns deadly for an intruder in northeast Albuquerque.  The Alburquerque Police Dept. says a man woke up to noise around 11:30 Saturday night in his home in the Fourth Hills area. The homeowner, who neighbors say is a retired Air Force Colonel, armed himself with a gun. He then opened fire, killing the intruder. It is not clear yet if the burglar was armed. Investigators questioned the homeowner and determined the shooting was justifiable homicide. “He woke up to hearing noises in his house, woke up to a burglar in his residence, and at that point shot the offender.” said APD Spokesperson Trish Hoffman. Police have not released the name of the homeowner or the suspect killed.

KRQE NEWS.com,  11/26/06

 

A Plant City man shot an intruder who slipped into his family’s home as they unpacked from a trip, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. John Kilgore, 57, his wife, Cynthia, 43, and their two sons, 14 and 16, returned to their home at 286 W State Rode 60 about 1 a.m. Monday after several days away, deputies say.  The home is protected by a gate and a sign for a security dog, but the family left a door unlocked as they brought in luggage, and a 23-year-old burglar walked inside, said sheriff’s spokeswoman Debbie Carter.  As Mrs. Kilgore called 911, her husband shot the burglar, firing once hitting him in the torso, Carter said.  Emergency crews took the intruder to Lakelend Regional Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition Monday afternoon, Carter said.  Deputies did not release the man’s name.

The Ledger.com, 11/28/06

 

Armed Citizen

The owner of convenience store in Cinicnnati, Ohio, acted quickly when he was attacked by a would-be robber who hit him in the head with a metal can.  Despite suffering an injury from the attack, the store owner was able to retrieve a handgun, and, in the ensuing struggle, fire and fatally wound his attcker. 

WCOP.com, Cinicinnati, Ohio, 11/14/06

Out of jail only seven weeks, a convicted burglar to his old habits; and an armed citizen ended his “career” permanently.  The crook pouned on the door of Curtis Schnepp’s Oregon City, Washington, house, breaking in the door in the process.  He also woke up Schnepp, who was taking nap.  Schnepp got his .357 and found the man crawling through the door.  When the man advanced after being ordered to stop, Schnepp fired, mortally wounding him.  Schnepp’s actions were later affirmed by the county prosecutor.

The Daily News, Longview, WA., 3/31/94

 

 

Armed Citizen

WHEN A HARLEM thug saw Margaret Johnson, a grandmother who has been confined to a wheelchair since 2001 injury, he thought he had an easy target. The friendly Johnson said hello to the man, but according to police, he responded by grabbing her around the neck in attempt to steal her necklace. But he had underestimated Johnson, an NRA member and accomplished target shooter who was on her way to the gun range. She reached for her registered pistol and shot her assailant, sending him running. Police caught up with Johnson’s assailant half a block away.

New York Post, New York, N.Y., 09/09/06

 

VINCENT LIANAS WAS on the phone with 9-1-1, desperately hoping police would arrive in time as a man tried to beak into his home. As he spoke with the dispatcher, the intruder smashed a window and tried to unlock the front door. Llanas quickley grabbed a 12-gauge shotgun and shot at the suspect, peppering him with shot as it ricocheted off the window and door. The suspect fled the scene, but was arrested by ploice.

Waco Tribune-Herald, Waco, Tex., 09/06/06

 

SAMUEL MITCHELL WAS exiting his  church after choir practice, unaware that two blocks away events were in motion that would change his life. Police say a robber attempted to rob a a man and woman, and the victims fled in opposite directions. The suspect pursued the female toward the church, where Mitchell had gotten into his truck. As he was leaving the parking lot, the woman climbed into Mitchell’s vehicle and pleaded for help. When the suspect caught up, he stuck a pistol inside the truck window and announced a carjacking. Mitchell, who has a ceoncealed carry permit, responded by producing his own pistol and shooting the man, who died at the hospital.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock, Ark., 09/15/06

 

ACCORDING TO POLICE, Richard McKinley heard someone entering his Florida home, grabbed a handgun and went to investigate. He confronted four burglars, and pointed his gun at them while demanding their hasty departure. Instead, they began struggling with McKinley and he opened fire. One intruder died instantly. The others fled. “[McKinley] took it upon himself to defend himself, and I’d do the same thing he did,” said a neighbor.

The Miami Herald, Miami, Fla., 09/21/06

 

WHEN MICHAEL SLONAKER heard an unexpected, midnight-hour knock at his door, he cautiously answered it armed with a handgun. Unbeknownst to him, two juveniles were standing behind his front door, one clutching a baseball bat and the other hoding a shotgun. As Slonaker opened the door, the juvenile holding the shotgun began to raise it. Slonaker fired two shots, hitting both assailants. The shotgun-toting youth, who had been on probation, was killed. His accomplice was arrested when he sought treatment at the hospital for a gunshot wound.

Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, Ind., 09/06/06

 

 

 

In The News

Shooting ranges attract women: Cindy Harris looking to develop some family bonding.

full story:  http://tinyurl.com/u7qxh

Voters remove 3d District judge: The judge who reduced sentence time of sex offenders.

full story:    http://tinyurl.com/vsjao

Hunters incease business

full story:  http://tinyurl.com/tjofp

State drops hunting Age to 12: Michigan Dept. Natural Resources hopes the new law will slow the declining number of hunters.

full story: http://tinyurl.com/y6w48t

N.J.’s Environmental Protection Commissioner:  Says no to bear hunting.

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Legal – Unratified Treaties

In October 3, 2005, Organization of American States (OAS) held a two-day meeting “aimed at developing steps to prevent and combat illicit arms trafficking in the Western Hemisphere,” per press release from the U. S. Department of State. The meeting led by a delegate from Colombia,- held in accordance with the OAS ‘Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials.” 

The Colombia delegate called the “convention”- a groundbreaking and unique as it is the First Binding legal agreement on this issue.

The OAS treaty was first proposed in 1998, during the Clinton Administration,-since then, State Department been pushing for Senate ratification of the proposed treaty.  However, the Foreign Relations Committee has never taken it up.  To bypass the Senate’s stalling, OAS retitled the proposed treaty as a “convention,” which doesn’t require Senate approval.  The press release, states, “the entry into force in 1998 of the Inter-American convention against illicit arms trafficking made the OAS a leader in multilateral efforts to address the problem of illicit weapons trafficking.”

How does the U.N. and the none government organizations’ (NGO) skirts the United States Constitution?  They just merely make the United States a “signatory“  to  a “convention” instead.

So now we have treaties that don’t require Senate ratification.  So much for checks and balances.

Additional reading:

Wayne LaPeirre,”The Global War On Your Guns: Inside the U.N. Plan to Destroy the Bill of Rights,” Nelson Current, Thomas Nelson, Inc.

John R. Lott,Jr.,”More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws,”2nd ed.,The University of Chicago Press,Chicago.

John R. Lott,Jr.,”The Bias Against Guns:Why Almost Every thing You’ve Heard About Gun Control Is Wrong,”RegneryPublishing,Inc.

Arrogance

In the news there has been allot of media regarding Kerry’s insults toward the men and women in uniform over in Iraq.  In every century has its’ arrogant politicians and ours  not different.

In Art. 6 of the U. S. Constitution guarantees the members of Congress may not be sued for slander or libel as a result of anything said while on the floor of Congress, or before committees, or other agencies of Congress. 

However, these so-called politicians believes this immunity even extends into the public arena, and one just has to watch the news during an election year-even beyond that.

Well  Sent. Kerry ever be sued for his colorful remarks towards this nation’s finest-  trained and yes,  educated men and women wearing the uniform. 

on the web.

http://usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-10-31-kerry-whitehouse_x.htm?imw=y

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/01/AR2006110102513_pf.html

Armed Citizens

It was like a scene from a movie.  Immediately after Char Johannessen and her 5-year-old daughter left their Reno home Wednesday afternoon, her husband was roused from his afternoon nap by their dog barking outside.  Reflected in the glass of a framed picture, Jeffrey Johannessen could see a man outside the dining room window, adorned with a Halloween picture drawn by his daughter. He watched the black-gloved burglar as he pried at the window with a paint scraper. Johannessen, who was a deputy in Gillette, Wyo., in the 1980’s grabbed his 12-guage shotgun from a nearby closet and waited for the  suspect he nicknamed “Cool Hand Luke’ for his criminal confidence.  The burglar, whom police indentified as Ernest Carpenter, never knew Johnannessen was in the home until he faced the shotgun and was told to hit the floor.  After a few blows from the soft end of the but of the shotgun- one strike causing his dentures to fly out- Johannesssen held the suspect untill the police arrived.  ”Having armed populace is good,” Johannessen said. “I had my shotgun, but I didn’t have to fire it. He got the soft end of it, not the business end.”  Carpenter was paroled in Sept. after serving prison for being a felon who possessed a firearm and stolen property in Douglas County, records show. Carpenter was booked Wed. into the Washoe County Jail on suspicion of burglary and possession of burglary tools, as well as two misdemeanor warrants.  Police said that Carpenter was being monitored by the regional Repeat Offender Program that secretly watches career criminals who average at least five felony property crime convictions.

Reno Gazette-Journal, Reno Nevada, 10/03/06