Exercising The Right
“You Loot, We Shoot”
The U.K. Daily Mail reported September 30 on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ statements at a press conference, in which he expressed concerns over criminals seeking to exploit areas ravaged by Hurricane Ian. “The other thing that we’re concerned about, particularly in those areas that were really hard hit, is you know, we want to make sure we’re maintaining law and order,” he told reporters. DeSantis made multiple statements that went viral, but his statement to the effect of “you loot, we shoot” garnered the most attention. “Don’t even think about looting. Don’t even think about taking advantage of people in this vulnerable situation. And so local law enforcement is involved in monitoring that.” He clarified that the Sunshine State has a fair number of gun owners, and any looters might be at risk of getting shot: “You can have people, you know, bringing boats into some of these islands and trying to ransack people’s homes and I would not want to chance that if I were you, given that we’re a Second Amendment state.”
The Best Protector
Yahoo News reported on October 8 about an attempted home break-in that occurred in Dunn, North Carolina, and was thwarted by a female homeowner. Tarika McAllister, who was home alone, was awakened by the sounds of her dog barking in the early morning hours. She got out of bed and went to the rear of her house to see what was causing the dog to bark so loudly, and was shocked to see an intruder in her house attempting to steal her property. She quickly retrieved her handgun, which she later told WRAL-TV she had never fired before. “All I did was turn around and grab the gun…. I was fumbling with it. It’s my first time using it,” McAllister told WRAL-TV. She then fired the gun at the suspect multiple times. “I just lifted it up, and I started shooting at him, wherever he was moving to, I just shot him out of the house,” she said.
The wounded suspect fled the house, and McAllister called 911. Police soon arrived and discovered him about 200 yards from the house, suffering from bullet wounds to his leg and his right side. The injured suspect, later identified as 20-year-old Malihk Giles, is lucky that McAllister was not an experienced shooter, as he could have been killed after being shot repeatedly at such a close range. Giles was taken to a nearby medical facility for treatment, and after being released was charged with first-degree burglary and possession of stolen property with a $75,000 bond. The police investigation is ongoing, but authorities believe this was a random burglary. McAllister told the local news how women need to be armed to defend themselves: “I know a lot of women are scared of guns…. I feel those are the best protectors for us because we can’t fight a man. We can’t fight an intruder off.”
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