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here's a news story that relates to security, but not in the digital sense about which we often speak. i know that folks like noid and some others have had rather interesting discussions with me on the topic of concealed carry before, and this story remarkably shows both sides of the argument, i think.
participants...
officer: Brian Harrison
perpetrator: George Temple II
armed bystander: Perry Stephens
brief synopsis...
1. it appears that Temple was being stopped by Harrison for a traffic violation (cutting into a funeral procession, or something else relatively minor)
2. Temple got into an argument with the officer
3. the argument became a physical brawl when Officer Harrison tried to get Temple out of his vehicle
4. Stephens heard the altercation (this was in a public parking lot) and heard a shot as he approached.
5. Stephens, who was legally armed, observed Temple and Officer Harrison fighting on the ground. Temple already had one round in him from the Officer at this point.
6. Stephens shouted at the perpetrator to "get off him" or something along those lines
7. when this request wasn't honored, he fired upon the perp in the torso (four rounds, all allegedly striking)
8. when Temple (aparently, although i don't see how this is possible since Stephens was armed with a .45) kept fighting the cop, Stephens fired a headshot, ending the struggle
9. Temple was deceased, and Stephens does not appear to be facing charges
now, i assume we can all agree that it was good that a struggle with this maniac and a cop was ended (if the guy took that much lead he was possibly on drugs or having some psychotic episode) but there comes the question of whether or not it would have had to end fatally if Stephens hadn't been armed.
on the other side of the coin, Stephens was disabled (neck brace, walking with cane) and likely in that condition wouldn't have felt adequate to the task of intervening at all in such a struggle were it not for the strength that his firearm brought to the scene.
all in all, there's plenty of other facts in this case that will come out later. the perp, Temple, had a firearm in his car (that wasn't involved in the incident) and has a sheet consisting of simple battery and simple property destruction and had another trial pending in a similar vein.
the officer doesn't have the best luck with CCW matters... he was in another incident in the past where a bystander with his own weapon persued a robbery suspect on foot. Officer Harrison (using a weapon that wasn't his) fired at the fleeing armed robber, but hit the innocent gun-weilding civilian instead.
heh, and people ask me why i've never traveled to Louisiana.
participants...
officer: Brian Harrison
perpetrator: George Temple II
armed bystander: Perry Stephens
brief synopsis...
1. it appears that Temple was being stopped by Harrison for a traffic violation (cutting into a funeral procession, or something else relatively minor)
2. Temple got into an argument with the officer
3. the argument became a physical brawl when Officer Harrison tried to get Temple out of his vehicle
4. Stephens heard the altercation (this was in a public parking lot) and heard a shot as he approached.
5. Stephens, who was legally armed, observed Temple and Officer Harrison fighting on the ground. Temple already had one round in him from the Officer at this point.
6. Stephens shouted at the perpetrator to "get off him" or something along those lines
7. when this request wasn't honored, he fired upon the perp in the torso (four rounds, all allegedly striking)
8. when Temple (aparently, although i don't see how this is possible since Stephens was armed with a .45) kept fighting the cop, Stephens fired a headshot, ending the struggle
9. Temple was deceased, and Stephens does not appear to be facing charges
now, i assume we can all agree that it was good that a struggle with this maniac and a cop was ended (if the guy took that much lead he was possibly on drugs or having some psychotic episode) but there comes the question of whether or not it would have had to end fatally if Stephens hadn't been armed.
on the other side of the coin, Stephens was disabled (neck brace, walking with cane) and likely in that condition wouldn't have felt adequate to the task of intervening at all in such a struggle were it not for the strength that his firearm brought to the scene.
all in all, there's plenty of other facts in this case that will come out later. the perp, Temple, had a firearm in his car (that wasn't involved in the incident) and has a sheet consisting of simple battery and simple property destruction and had another trial pending in a similar vein.
the officer doesn't have the best luck with CCW matters... he was in another incident in the past where a bystander with his own weapon persued a robbery suspect on foot. Officer Harrison (using a weapon that wasn't his) fired at the fleeing armed robber, but hit the innocent gun-weilding civilian instead.
heh, and people ask me why i've never traveled to Louisiana.
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