Those dasterdley assault weapons
Jun 4, 2018 13:32:10 #
'I just let loose.' Homeowner uses AK-47 to k**l burglars who shot at his friend, cops say
By Scott Berson
sberson@mcclatchy.com
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June 04, 2018 09:20 AM
Updated 1 hour 26 minutes ago
A Memphis, Tenn., man's Friday night turned gruesome when he and a family friend came home to find two gunmen rummaging through the house.
"I see my house being ransacked and the dog was still going hysterical in the cage," the homeowner, who was not identified over fears for his safety, told WMC. That's when one of the two intruders noticed the homeowner and his friend and said "Hey, they are here," the homeowner told the station.
“He picked up his weapon, turned around and points them at me,” the homeowner told the Fox 13. “Two pistols.”
One of the guns jammed, however, and the intruders ran toward the back of the house, the man told WATN. By this point his friend had also run out of the home, and the intruders had gotten at least one weapon to work and were firing at the friend, the man told the station.
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As the shooting went on, the homeowner pulled out a weapon of his own from a closet - a "personal" AK-47 rifle.
"I don't know what's going on but I know I'm going to defend my life to the best of my ability," he told WMC. “I just let loose, not knowing it hit both of them,” the man told Fox 13.
When officials arrived, both 28-year-old Azell Witherspoon and 17-year-old Demond Robinson were pronounced dead, according to the Commercial Appeal. Police detained the homeowner but concluded that the shooting was in self-defense and did not press charges, according to the paper.
The homeowner told WMC this wasn't his first brush with violence, and that his home had been shot up less than a year ago.
"Gun crime, violence, it's getting out of hand in Memphis," the homeowner told WATN. He told the station he intends to move away from the area.
"We are living in a day and time where we don't use much wisdom. Like the young folks..., it's just like they don't care," a next-door-neighbor told WREG after the shooting.
The homeowner told WATN he didn't mean for anyone to die, but everything happened very quickly.
"I was just fast, rational thinking," he told the station. "It was them or it was me, and unfortunately they was at the wrong place at the wrong time."
It was only part of a bloody weekend for Memphis. Nine people were shot and four k**led in total over 31 hours in the city, the Commercial Appeal reported.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article212474004.html#storylink=cpy
By Scott Berson
sberson@mcclatchy.com
Order Reprint of this Story
June 04, 2018 09:20 AM
Updated 1 hour 26 minutes ago
A Memphis, Tenn., man's Friday night turned gruesome when he and a family friend came home to find two gunmen rummaging through the house.
"I see my house being ransacked and the dog was still going hysterical in the cage," the homeowner, who was not identified over fears for his safety, told WMC. That's when one of the two intruders noticed the homeowner and his friend and said "Hey, they are here," the homeowner told the station.
“He picked up his weapon, turned around and points them at me,” the homeowner told the Fox 13. “Two pistols.”
One of the guns jammed, however, and the intruders ran toward the back of the house, the man told WATN. By this point his friend had also run out of the home, and the intruders had gotten at least one weapon to work and were firing at the friend, the man told the station.
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As the shooting went on, the homeowner pulled out a weapon of his own from a closet - a "personal" AK-47 rifle.
"I don't know what's going on but I know I'm going to defend my life to the best of my ability," he told WMC. “I just let loose, not knowing it hit both of them,” the man told Fox 13.
When officials arrived, both 28-year-old Azell Witherspoon and 17-year-old Demond Robinson were pronounced dead, according to the Commercial Appeal. Police detained the homeowner but concluded that the shooting was in self-defense and did not press charges, according to the paper.
The homeowner told WMC this wasn't his first brush with violence, and that his home had been shot up less than a year ago.
"Gun crime, violence, it's getting out of hand in Memphis," the homeowner told WATN. He told the station he intends to move away from the area.
"We are living in a day and time where we don't use much wisdom. Like the young folks..., it's just like they don't care," a next-door-neighbor told WREG after the shooting.
The homeowner told WATN he didn't mean for anyone to die, but everything happened very quickly.
"I was just fast, rational thinking," he told the station. "It was them or it was me, and unfortunately they was at the wrong place at the wrong time."
It was only part of a bloody weekend for Memphis. Nine people were shot and four k**led in total over 31 hours in the city, the Commercial Appeal reported.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article212474004.html#storylink=cpy
Jun 4, 2018 14:13:09 #
teabag09 wrote:
'I just let loose.' Homeowner uses AK-47 to k**l b... (show quote)
Then there is this:
Prominent Businessman Hit with 12 Felony Charges After Attempting Registration of His AR-15
When authoritarians exploited the Sandy Hook k*****gs to require registration of “assault weapons” in Connecticut, few gunowners complied. A recent story from the other side of the country helps explain why:
A member of a prominent farming family was charged with a dozen weapons-related felonies, after he attempted to comply with California’s state-mandated gun registration laws.
According to court documents, Jeffrey Scott Kirschenmann’s home was raided in April, after he attempted to register an AR-15 using the state of California’s website, KGET reported.
Kirschenmann is the CEO of Scott Kirschenmann Farms, Inc., which is one of the chief potato suppliers for Frito Lay.
His reward for attempting to comply with California’s new requirement that “assault weapons” be registered earned him 12 felony charges for not being in compliance with the state’s tightening gun laws.
According to retired Kern County Sheriff’s Office Commander Joe Pilkington, a court-recognized firearms expert, California’s rapidly-changing gun laws have created a significant amount of confusion with regards to what requirements are currently mandated, KGET reported.
You would almost be better off losing your guns in a boating accident.
It is safe to assume that gun registration will lead to confiscation.
Jun 5, 2018 06:46:55 #
buffalo wrote:
Then there is this: br br Prominent Businessman H... (show quote)
Funny thing is,;
I lost my shotgun when it fell out of the canoe while duck hunting.
I lost my deer rifle in a severe snow storm.
My squirrel gun was stolen, by a REALLY BIG squirrel.
My bow got tangled up in the antlers of a buck that surprised me and charged me.
My slingshot must have fallen out of my pocket.
I was carrying a rock in my pocket, until I got a hole in my pocket.
My boomerang sprouted roots and grew into a tree.
All I have left is a shovel.... that's in case I have to get rid of the bodies.
Jun 5, 2018 11:57:12 #
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