Police: Gun owner saved cop from attack by kids

[beevul]

Police: Gun owner saved cop from attack by kids

STEPHANIE FARR, Staff Writer


POLICE ARE crediting a vigilant gun owner with saving the life of an Upper Darby cop Friday after he saw the officer being attacked and surrounded by a large group of teens.

"There were 40 kids. If it wasn't for the good Samaritan stepping forward, he'd have been dead meat," Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said. "There's no doubt they would have attacked him."

"As he breaks up the fight, he takes one kid and then the other jumps [on] him. Now he's fighting two of them and he's calling for an assist officer at the same time," Chitwood said. "There's a crowd of 40 or 50 kids watching the fight, and they all move in towards the officer."

"He had the gun in his hand, but he didn't point it at the kids, he just told them to back off," Chitwood said. "If this guy didn't come out and come to the aid of the officer, this officer would have had significant problems."

The 35-year-old gun owner, who has a concealed-carry permit, kept the group of teens at bay until responding officers arrived, Chitwood said.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20160210_Police__Gun_owner_saved_cop_from_attack_by_kids.html

I'm no cop apologist, anyone that's seen me post on the topic knows that.

But what this citizen did was a good thing.

[pablo_marmol]

1. "But what this citizen did was a good thing."

Sorry beevul, but if you were a clear and honorable thinker you'd be looking at this incident from the perspective of what a gun is designed to do.

Since a gun is designed to kill ----- no good can come from owning or using one.

You're welcome.

[beardown]

2. No shots, no deaths, no count.

Also, in this case, because a police officer was involved, it wouldn't even count if the CC had to shoot 2 or 3 of the assailants.

I doubt the story anyway as after reading the anti-gun comments here I'm convinced that any CC in the nation would take the opportunity given by saving a cop to gun down a couple of dozen of assailants in a gun humping, multi magazine feeding, rampage.

[Eleanors38]

3. Actually, this was a penis-length contest & the gun-owner won!