Exercising The Right
Houston Shootout With an AK-47
The British Daily Mail reported on January 22 about a shootout in Houston that showed that a firearm can make all the difference when it comes to evening the odds, which were lopsided indeed — five to one. The story involved a 20-year-old homeowner who was the victim of a home invasion wherein two of the miscreants, wearing ski masks, forced their way into his house in the early hours of the morning. The homeowner had expensive jewelry at the house, and the suspects made it clear that they were there to rob him of it. The situation quickly turned violent when the homeowner said he would retrieve the jewelry but instead grabbed a “fully-loaded AK-47” and started firing at the suspects, who returned fire. (The commercially available AK-47 semi-automatic rifle is similar to the AR-15 in that it is a rapid fire rifle that is extremely useful in a high pressure self-defense situation.)
The suspects and the homeowner exchanged gunfire, resulting in a hail of bullets both inside and outside the house as the suspects fled to a getaway vehicle parked outside. Other suspects were already in the getaway vehicle when their accomplices came fleeing from the house with guns blazing, as they traded shots with the homeowner. The homeowner apparently was the better shot; he sustained no injuries in the shooting, but the suspects certainly did. One injured suspect collapsed outside the house and was later pronounced dead. The getaway vehicle drove off, but did not get far before crashing into a pole. Authorities responding to the 911 call discovered the dead body of a suspect in the crashed SUV. A third injured suspect, who fled from the SUV, collapsed nearby, where his body was found by responding officers. The two remaining suspects were seriously injured and taken to a medical facility for treatment. The homeowner later confirmed that he knew some of the deceased suspects, once they were unmasked. Houston Police Department homicide detective Travis Miller told the news, “The homeowner it appears … defended himself…. We have multiple, multiple shell casings from several different types of guns.”
Uproar in Alaska
The Associated Press reported on March 15 about an incident that illustrates how quick leftists are to smear people when they disagree with them, and this particular smear job had to do with gun rights. Marti Buscaglia, executive director of the Alaska Commission for Human Rights, saw a bumper sticker on the back of a truck in the parking lot outside the commission’s building that she considered “hate speech.” The sticker that got her worked up had the words “Black Rifles Matter” written on it with a silhouette of a black long gun. Buscaglia immediately took it upon herself to lead a crusade against the truck’s owner.
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