Wednesday, August 10, 2011


MI: Carjacker Dies after Being Shot: "Darrell Standberry said he's had a CCW for years and has never once fired his gun, but that all changed at a gas station on Detroit's west side Monday night. Having that gun may have saved Standberry's life. He pulled into a gas station, got out of his car and within a matter of seconds was reportedly being carjacked by a 19-year-old. "He jumped in the driver's seat and I asked him to get out of my vehicle," he told FOX 2's Alexis Wiley. That's when Standberry said the confrontation took a deadly turn. "He reached in his pants pocket or in between his (legs) like he was about to pull out a weapon," he explained. "I fired one time." The bullet hit the 19-year-old in the side. He took off in Standberry's SUV, then crashed about a block away. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The accused carjacker did have a gun on him. Police took Standberry into custody, but released him about an hour later."


FL: Man Shoots Son in apparent Self Defense: "Marianna police say the man who shot his son early Sunday morning may have been acting in self defense. The incident is still under investigation, however, and no charges or arrests have been made in the case. Lt. Michael Miller identified the man who was shot as 26-year-old Christopher Hitchcock. He was listed in serious condition in the intensive care unit of Jackson Hospital and remained there as of Monday. He is expected to make a full recovery, according to Marianna Police Chief Hayes Baggett. The shooter was identified as 55-year-old Michael Hitchcock. Miller said it appears that Christopher Hitchcock was the primary aggressor in a domestic incident involving his girlfriend, and that the elder Hitchcock had stepped in as his son was beating the woman."


ND: No charges in deadly shooting: "Charges will not be filed in a deadly shooting in Hankinson, North Dakota, in April. The Richland County State's Attorney's office has declined to prosecute Robert Arends in the shooting death of Brian Smith. Proseuctors determined Arends acted in self-defense. The shooting happened in Arends' driveway. The two did not know each other. Arends was on his way to work early in the morning when he noticed a car blocking his driveway. He and Smith got into a fight and Arrends' was assaulted. A woman who was with Smith said that Smith was the aggressor and kept trying to take Arends' gun away."


Brit Riots Show Need For Right To Keep And Bear Arms: "Widespread rioting, arson and looting across London clearly demonstrates the need in any civilized society for the right to personal protection and the tools to make it possible, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Rioting that reportedly began over the police shooting of a man over the weekend has now exploded into anarchy, leaving British citizens stunned and fearful. People have been forced to flee from their homes. CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb noted that in Great Britain, where firearms are so strictly regulated that relatively few people own them legally, and self-defense is treated like a criminal offense, citizens are literally at the mercy of the mob."

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's a stupid remark.

It would have been much worse if the mob had guns....

John Cudmore said...

Funny that, remember the LA riots after Rodney King? Plenty of shopowners protected their businesses and families with 12 gauges and AR15's and I don't remember the papers screaming headlines "Asian vigilantes gun down rioters". Looting thieves are cowards like all criminals and bullies,but not that stupid, and if the object of their ire shows the capacity to inflict harm they move on. UK residents deserve better from our government than cowering behind doors for a police that surrendered the streets and being forced to use pots and pans to defend ourselves.

Anonymous said...

They did
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2028208/Birmingham-riots-Looting-yobs-SHOT-police-helicopter.html