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An Ohio woman who is licensed to carry a gun but had only recently
started carrying one for protection put it to good use earlier this week. Dinah Burns was out walking her dog, Gracie, on a path near an elementary school in Lancaster on Monday when two men approached her with a baseball bat and threatened to abduct her. Two gentlemen came out of the woods, one holding a baseball bat, and said Youre coming with us, Burns told WBNS, adding that Gracie was little help in deterring the men. Thankfully, Burns had something else for protection. I said, Well, what do you want?, and as I was saying that I reached in to my pocket and slipped my gun out, slipped the safety off as I pulled it out, Burns said. As I was doing that the other gentleman came toward me and raised the baseball bat. And, I pointed the gun at them and said, I have this and Im not afraid to use it. The men backed off and left, Burns told the news station. I think if theyd gotten any closer, I probably would have fired, she said, citing her concealed carry training which taught her to get out of a situation, back out, get out of it as much as you can without having to discharge your firearm. [I'm] very thankful that it turned out the way it did, and hope it doesnt happen again, but I will be prepared, Burns said. Ohio, which began issuing concealed carry permits in 2004, has experienced a massive surge of new concealed carry permit requests. According to an article from the Columbus Dispatch earlier this year, 96,972 new permits were issued in 2013 a 50 percent increase from 2012. Permit renewals quadrupled over the same time span to 48,370. |
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On 8/30/2014 2:34 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
An Ohio woman who is licensed to carry a gun but had only recently started carrying one for protection put it to good use earlier this week. Dinah Burns was out walking her dog, Gracie, on a path near an elementary school in Lancaster on Monday when two men approached her with a baseball bat and threatened to abduct her. Two gentlemen came out of the woods, one holding a baseball bat, and said Youre coming with us, Burns told WBNS, adding that Gracie was little help in deterring the men. Thankfully, Burns had something else for protection. I said, Well, what do you want?, and as I was saying that I reached in to my pocket and slipped my gun out, slipped the safety off as I pulled it out, Burns said. As I was doing that the other gentleman came toward me and raised the baseball bat. And, I pointed the gun at them and said, I have this and Im not afraid to use it. The men backed off and left, Burns told the news station. I think if theyd gotten any closer, I probably would have fired, she said, citing her concealed carry training which taught her to get out of a situation, back out, get out of it as much as you can without having to discharge your firearm. [I'm] very thankful that it turned out the way it did, and hope it doesnt happen again, but I will be prepared, Burns said. Ohio, which began issuing concealed carry permits in 2004, has experienced a massive surge of new concealed carry permit requests. According to an article from the Columbus Dispatch earlier this year, 96,972 new permits were issued in 2013 a 50 percent increase from 2012. Permit renewals quadrupled over the same time span to 48,370. It's getting harder and harder every day to be a professional slime-ball. Viva concealed carry laws. |
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Mr. Luddite wrote:
An Ohio woman who is licensed to carry a gun but had only recently started carrying one for protection put it to good use earlier this week. Dinah Burns was out walking her dog, Gracie, on a path near an elementary school in Lancaster on Monday when two men approached her with a baseball bat and threatened to abduct her. Two gentlemen came out of the woods, one holding a baseball bat, and said Youre coming with us, Burns told WBNS, adding that Gracie was little help in deterring the men. Thankfully, Burns had something else for protection. I said, Well, what do you want?, and as I was saying that I reached in to my pocket and slipped my gun out, slipped the safety off as I pulled it out, Burns said. As I was doing that the other gentleman came toward me and raised the baseball bat. And, I pointed the gun at them and said, I have this and Im not afraid to use it. The men backed off and left, Burns told the news station. I think if theyd gotten any closer, I probably would have fired, she said, citing her concealed carry training which taught her to get out of a situation, back out, get out of it as much as you can without having to discharge your firearm. [I'm] very thankful that it turned out the way it did, and hope it doesnt happen again, but I will be prepared, Burns said. Ohio, which began issuing concealed carry permits in 2004, has experienced a massive surge of new concealed carry permit requests. According to an article from the Columbus Dispatch earlier this year, 96,972 new permits were issued in 2013 a 50 percent increase from 2012. Permit renewals quadrupled over the same time span to 48,370. When you get your CC permit you are told that you should draw the firearm only if you intend to shoot it. In FL they now have a "warning shot" law that allows the intended victim to use their firearm as a deterrent as Ms. Burns did without threat of prosecution. |
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On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:05:30 -0400, Roger wrote:
wrote: On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 23:17:44 -0400, Roger wrote: Mr. Luddite wrote: An Ohio woman who is licensed to carry a gun but had only recently started carrying one for protection put it to good use earlier this week. Dinah Burns was out walking her dog, Gracie, on a path near an elementary school in Lancaster on Monday when two men approached her with a baseball bat and threatened to abduct her. Two gentlemen came out of the woods, one holding a baseball bat, and said Youre coming with us, Burns told WBNS, adding that Gracie was little help in deterring the men. Thankfully, Burns had something else for protection. I said, Well, what do you want?, and as I was saying that I reached in to my pocket and slipped my gun out, slipped the safety off as I pulled it out, Burns said. As I was doing that the other gentleman came toward me and raised the baseball bat. And, I pointed the gun at them and said, I have this and Im not afraid to use it. The men backed off and left, Burns told the news station. I think if theyd gotten any closer, I probably would have fired, she said, citing her concealed carry training which taught her to get out of a situation, back out, get out of it as much as you can without having to discharge your firearm. [I'm] very thankful that it turned out the way it did, and hope it doesnt happen again, but I will be prepared, Burns said. Ohio, which began issuing concealed carry permits in 2004, has experienced a massive surge of new concealed carry permit requests. According to an article from the Columbus Dispatch earlier this year, 96,972 new permits were issued in 2013 a 50 percent increase from 2012. Permit renewals quadrupled over the same time span to 48,370. When you get your CC permit you are told that you should draw the firearm only if you intend to shoot it. In FL they now have a "warning shot" law that allows the intended victim to use their firearm as a deterrent as Ms. Burns did without threat of prosecution. You are still well served by the idea that you don't show a gun that you are not legally authorized to shoot. I agree but I would prefer to hold an attacker for the police to deal with rather than killing someone if it's an option. === I think that most of us would agree with that sentiment but it's important to understand the risks: Suppose there is a second intruder unbeknownst to you. He could blind side you while you are holding a bead on the first one as you attempt to call police. Suppose that your intruder decides to take a chance with your quickness and accuracy, and successfully seizes your gun and/or attacks you with a weapon of his own, possibly improvised. Suppose the police arrive while you are holding your gun on the intruder. More than one person has been mistakenly shot by the police in those circumstances. |
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:05:30 -0400, Roger wrote: wrote: On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 23:17:44 -0400, Roger wrote: Mr. Luddite wrote: An Ohio woman who is licensed to carry a gun but had only recently started carrying one for protection put it to good use earlier this week. Dinah Burns was out walking her dog, Gracie, on a path near an elementary school in Lancaster on Monday when two men approached her with a baseball bat and threatened to abduct her. “Two gentlemen came out of the woods, one holding a baseball bat, and said ‘You’re coming with us,’” Burns told WBNS, adding that Gracie was little help in deterring the men. Thankfully, Burns had something else for protection. “I said, ‘Well, what do you want?,’ and as I was saying that I reached in to my pocket and slipped my gun out, slipped the safety off as I pulled it out,” Burns said. “As I was doing that the other gentleman came toward me and raised the baseball bat. And, I pointed the gun at them and said, ‘I have this and I’m not afraid to use it.’” The men backed off and left, Burns told the news station. “I think if they’d gotten any closer, I probably would have fired,” she said, citing her concealed carry training which taught her “to get out of a situation, back out, get out of it as much as you can without having to discharge your firearm.” “[I'm] very thankful that it turned out the way it did, and hope it doesn’t happen again, but I will be prepared,” Burns said. Ohio, which began issuing concealed carry permits in 2004, has experienced a massive surge of new concealed carry permit requests. According to an article from the Columbus Dispatch earlier this year, 96,972 new permits were issued in 2013 — a 50 percent increase from 2012. Permit renewals quadrupled over the same time span to 48,370. When you get your CC permit you are told that you should draw the firearm only if you intend to shoot it. In FL they now have a "warning shot" law that allows the intended victim to use their firearm as a deterrent as Ms. Burns did without threat of prosecution. You are still well served by the idea that you don't show a gun that you are not legally authorized to shoot. I agree but I would prefer to hold an attacker for the police to deal with rather than killing someone if it's an option. === I think that most of us would agree with that sentiment but it's important to understand the risks: Suppose there is a second intruder unbeknownst to you. He could blind side you while you are holding a bead on the first one as you attempt to call police. Suppose that your intruder decides to take a chance with your quickness and accuracy, and successfully seizes your gun and/or attacks you with a weapon of his own, possibly improvised. Suppose the police arrive while you are holding your gun on the intruder. More than one person has been mistakenly shot by the police in those circumstances. I agree. It's a shame that we are legally better off killing an intruder rather than shooting them in the knees and disabling them alive. It's got to be difficult living with the memory of killing someone even if they were a lifetime loser. I hope I never have to deal with that. |
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