Criminals gun helps child save family.

[ileus]

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9126361


Authorities say they demanded cash from the terrified victims. Instead they got a big dose of courage from a 10-year-old boy.

When one of the thugs dropped his gun, Eyewitness News told the little boy picked up the weapon in a flash and fired at him. He missed.

The second man fired a shot back. He missed too.

But it was clear the gunmen did not hold all the power, so they fled.

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Since this is NY I wonder if the firearm he used had 7 or fewer rounds? Could he be charged?

[Kolesar]

1. NRA talking points courtesy of Ileus ...eom

[ileus]

4. Bradshaw is from the next town over.

We're pretty happy with him.

[Eleanors38]

6. Despite your post, this was WABC in N.Y. Is ABC now an "NRA TalkingPoint," too?

[shadowrider]

12. Everything to them is an "NRA talking point".

When I ask what defense of guns would not be considered such, I never get a response.

[Eleanors38]

13. Well, at least "never a response" is not an NRA TalkingPoint!

[Lizzie Poppet]

24. Anything not a hand-wringing anti-gun screed = "NRA talking point"

I've stopped taking anyone using that idiotic phrase any more seriously than I take the crap that actually flows from LaPierre and Co.

[Ghost in the Machine]

14. Man! These anti-gun nut zealots sure seem to know more about NRA Talking Points than the majority

of Liberal, Progressive and plain ol' Democratic gun owners do!! I wonder why that is??

<~~~~ should be their designated avatars

Ghost

[Straw Man]

21. Interesting choice of source.

The NY Post, a Rupert Murdoch paper that endorsed Mitt Romney? C'mon now.

[Buzz Clik]

2. More guns!

[Eleanors38]

7. Your fantasies? The controllers are so-o-o-o constructive and rational.

[Buzz Clik]

9. I suppose you see some great ray of hope that a child was involved in a shootout.

[Eleanors38]

10. I always have hope for ANYONE who sees what's wrong and acts accordingly.

[Buzz Clik]

11. Kill! Kill! KILL!! Damned fine attitude. And don't forget to get your children killed, too.

[Bazinga]

15. See that's the problem right there.

When you equate self-defense with murder, you destroy all common ground from which meaningful conversation can grow.

Obviously you must understand the difference, which begs the question, why post such inflammatory nonsense that will only result in distancing us further from solving the problems of violence in our nation?

[Buzz Clik]

16. Ha! I never said one word about murder. Never mentioned it.

[Bazinga]

17. So do you agree that this child was justified

in using a weapon to defend himself, even if that weapon has the potential to kill the perpetrator?

If so, do you believe that an adult would also be so justified?

Finally, if an adult is justified in using a weapon capable of fatal effect to defend himself, when does it become imperative that he/she be disarmed so as to reduce the hypothetical threat of using that weapon in an unjustified manner?

[Buzz Clik]

18. Interesting framing of the questions:

So do you agree that this child was justified in using a weapon to defend himself, even if that weapon has the potential to kill the perpetrator?

As stated, yes.

If so, do you believe that an adult would also be so justified?

As stated, yes.

Finally, if an adult is justified in using a weapon capable of fatal effect to defend himself, when does it become imperative that he/she be disarmed so as to reduce the hypothetical threat of using that weapon in an unjustified manner?

When? Today. I'm one of those crazed lefties that wants your guns. Pretty much all of them. I have two firearms at home, and I don't fear using them, but enough is enough. One kid surviving a shootout with a potential killer does not justify any of this.

I'm totally done with the insanity of the gun culture in this country.

[oneshooter]

19. If you own firearms then YOU are resposable for

all of the dead caused by them. Are yous disassembled and locked in a safe? If not then YOU are responsible for the death and injury of children. Do you have a permit to posses firearms, to posses the ammo for them? Do you allow the police to perform checks of your storage without a warrant, if not then YOU are creating an atmosphere of fear in your neighborhood.

[Buzz Clik]

20. Are you finished?

[sarisataka]

22. Why do you still own guns

[Buzz Clik]

23. Why are you interested?

[sarisataka]

25. You say you agree it is imparative

to disarm people to prevent unjustified uses. Today. Self defense examples do not justify unjust uses.

Yet you still own guns. Your words seem at odds with your actions.

[Buzz Clik]

26. One was my grandfather's, the other my father's

One is a Colt .22 revolver, about 75 years old. The other is a 12-gage shotgun.

That's why.

[sarisataka]

27. Understandable

heirlooms do have sentimental value

Yet under the 'turn em all in' plan, you would have to surrender both; no handguns would mean giving up the Colt.

According to some DU posters however, you are sufficiently armed so that you are part of the gun culture and do have blood of children on your hands...

[oneshooter]

28. So get rid of them before they are used to hurt someone.

You are more likely to have your firearms stolen and used in a crime, even with "safe storage". If you are a true supporter of gun control then you need to be rid of ALL of yours. Otherwise you are nothing but a gunhumper with dreams of killing.

[DonP]

3. Wow! The gun grabbers were right all along

If you have a gun it will be taken away from you and used against you ... by a 10 year old kid.

Who'd a thought? Chalk one up for their side.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

5. LOL

[Eleanors38]

8. Yeah, have to admit they were right about this one.