Gun wins. Especially when being used by a veteran.
An attempted bank robbery in Canton played out like a scene from a movie Monday when a man who police say claimed to have a bomb was stopped by a customer armed with a pistol....
Fawzi, who spent six years in the Lebanese army, took matters into his own hands.
He tells WXYZ.com he pulled out a .9 mm handgun (for which he had a CCW permit), racked a bullet in the chamber, pointed it at Webster and announced, "You are not robbing this bank!"
The startled Webster countered with, "but, I have a bomb" -- but Fawzi wasn't impressed. "I don't care. You are not robbing this bank!" was the reply from the other side of the gun. He then forced the Webster into a chair and held him at gunpoint until police arrived.
But no crimes are really stopped by carrying, right?
6 comments:
Great article, but I don't understand why the goblin was so frightened of such a tiny bullet.
I heard about this on the radio this morning on NPR.
Short, sweet, to the point. Man with CCW permit stops bank robbery and holds man until police arrive.
I was a little impressed, they mentioned the story with all the hype of a dull weather report.
Great article, but I don't understand why the goblin was so frightened of such a tiny bullet.
Beat me to it. Damn.
To WXYZ's credit, when I pointed this out in their comments, they fixed the article, within an hour.
More Editor's Disease symptoms (mine, not theirs): does anybody say, "racked a bullet in the chamber"? I'd believe, "racked a round into the chamber", and certainly, "racked the slide to chamber a round," (which I think is the most common, and which -- Bonus! -- strings together three tactical words), but I've never heard or read it put their way.
The first 14 Google hits for that phrase point to the WXYZ article, then you get the "omitted [similar] entries" note.
[Checks length]
Gah. I said it was a disease....
Sounds like Israeli carry influence on the CCW good guy.
The Israelis often carry with the chamber empty.
The article reports that police said there was "no bomb found at the scene." which means the alert CCW pistol carrier correctly reviewed the situation and decided NOT to use the Israeli method of stopping a suicide bomber - multiple shots to the bomber's head.
Post a Comment