Monday, December 08, 2014

TX: What a Difference a Gun Makes



In April, a clerk at a Shell station in Houston was shot. From abc13.com:
Police say armed robbers held up a gas station in northwest Houston overnight. They got away, but not before shooting the clerk
  Now we learn that the clerk was paralyzed.  From click2houston.com:
According to his co-workers, the shooting left that clerk paralyzed. No one was arrested.
Back at the Shell station, Thursday night, 4 December, 2014.  This time things proceeded in a different fashion.  From click2houston.com:
Police said the clerk pointed his gun at the robbers and ordered them to leave. One of the crooks opened fire and the store clerk shot back, hitting one of the suspects in the leg, officers said.

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The clerk was not hurt in the gunfight and the robbers did not get away with anything, according to police.

What a difference a gun can make.  It turns a cat and mouse game into a cat and watchdog game, even if the watchdog is ordinarily a friendly sheepdog. 

Statistically, guns probably decrease crime a small amount, and they do not appear to increase crime at all; but if you are one of the statistics, they can make an enormous difference in your life.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"Statistically, guns probably do not decrease crime a large amount, and they do not appear to increase crime at all; but if you are one of the statistics, they can make an enormous difference in your life."

According to DOJ crime statistics, guns are used by US citizens 2.5 million times per year to prevent violent crimes like rape, robbery, home-invasion and carjacking, 99% of the time without a shot being fired. (Source: GunFacts.info)