“’He didn’t get the money, and I didn’t have to shoot anybody,’ (Gary) Spencer said, relieved. ‘The good citizens actually got to take one home yesterday. It felt good to help somebody out, you know, out there in the world.’” Spencer was cooling his heels on Monday morning, waiting in his car while his wife made a deposit. That’s when he was shocked t0 see a stun gun-weilding miscreant trying to make a withdrawal from another bank customer in the parking lot via the liberal application of ECT. Spencer has a concealed carry permit as does his wife. And while he wasn’t packing at the time, his wife had a Kel Tec .380 in her purse among the Tic Tacs and wet wipes. So when he spotted the struggle over the bag o’ cash . . .
“I grabbed the gun, and as I opened up the door of the truck, I started running across the parking lot,” Spencer said. “As I was loading up the gun to put one into the chamber, I ran up to about … 20 feet from where the struggle was going on.” . . .
“And I said ‘stop, I have a gun,’” Spencer said. The man turned around, saw Spencer and his gun, slammed the stun gun down on the ground and fled in a green Honda Civic, described as stolen in a Concord Police Department incident report.
Good thing Spencer’s wife didn’t take her purse, right? The bad guy left without the cash, but hasn’t been caught yet. Not to worry, though, North Carolinians. While Spencer isn’t for hire, he did manage to get the tag number on the getaway car. So it shouldn’t be long before Concord’s finest get their man.
In the mean time, it’s just another little-reported case of a law abiding citizen with a concealed carry permit using a gun to prevent a crime and protect an innocent person. All without ever firing a shot. Not bad, eh?
The enemy doesn’t limit itself to the truth. I don’t think it’s always in our best interest to either. I know that’s this website’s deal, but I’d rather win than be looked back upon by history and admired for how nobly I lost the fight.
Anything that helps us win, by any means, in any situation, through any medium is a good thing.
Ugh. Not having a round chambered didnt seem to matter, now did it?
I don’t carry chambered unless I feel the need. Get over it folks.
The point is to have a gun!
Carrying a weapon without a round chambered? “That’s so eighties Dahling” (with a valley drawl).
Not carrying a gun on you; “Go Bahhh!” (From “On wolves, sheep and Sheep dogs” by ret. Lt. Col. Grossman)
I strongly doubt a cop would have done that if he was there.
Here’s one reason of many why I say this.
I’ve got one of the older (about 20 years old) pushbutton combo Gunvaults. It’s still going! It’s bolted to the concrete floor (through the carpet) with hurricane shutter anchors.
I would like to see a box with both a biometric (swipe-style) scanner AND the pushbuttons AND a key backup.
See, the steaming heap of deceit and his pet meat puppet are drawn to the Bloomie cash like a moth to a flame. Where was Little Hitler when these two were in Saratoga? The AG doesn’t just “turn up” at a gun show, especially so soon after selling the state down the river (again).
I love how the rest of us are spineless next to this brave woman. I will pray that I am never forced to step into a dangerous situation that would require the sacrifice of my life, but neither one of us is capable of predicting my level of courage until that day.
Have ya’ll ever seen the gals that Hillary had in her sorrerity?They look like hard core muff munchers,Hillary even has that man hater look in her eye,sure some of you could say that it is because ole Slick hurt her with bedding down all of those other gals,but I would have to say that maybe ole Slick had to get some on the outside,even though it isn’t right,because Hillary wasn’t really into men,maybe their marriage is just one of convenience so Hillary looks straight in the public eye.As for DiFi somebody beat her almost to death with the ugly tree.Be prepared and ready.Keep your powder dry.
It seems like a lot of people carry kel-tecs. Are we being firearm snobs by looking down on these things? I ask because the somewhat recent post about Rock Island Armory moving their logo to the back of the slide brought out a lot of haters. Something about affordable guns that people don’t like? I constantly hear about 1911’s not functioning, but my RIA hasn’t so much as sneezed in over 4000 rounds. It ain’t pretty, it won’t split hairs, but it works like nothing I’ve ever owned. Except my F250. That beast is unstoppable. like my RIA, now that I think about it…
If it’s stupid, but it works, it’s not stupid. (Or ugly, cheap, whatever.) That being said…Sig P238.
If it is the brand of 1911 I think it is, I would take the 1911 without hesitation assuming I had spare magazines. I have trained extensively with the 1911; the Glock, not so much. If I fire a well made 1911, I know where the bullets will land. I am a firm believer in hitting the target with enough well aimed shots to stop a shooter rather than the spray-and-pray tactic shamelessly practiced by many big city police departments. The last thing I want to do is hit an innocent while wildly flinging lead at a bad guy. Also, in many states, lawyers will roast you alive in court over that big bad extended magazine. But, if we are talking about fun at the range, I would love to fire that Glock with that magazine.
That’s great to worry about costs, but for some people reloading isn’t simply a cost cutting chore – its fun, relaxing, and an extension of the whole shooting experience. So what if it takes an hour or more to load 40 or so .308s if you enjoy doing it? If you don’t enjoy it and don’t consider your time well spent, than don’t bother.
I think both he and his wife are trying to profit off a tragic loss of children’s lives, but he isn’t committing a crime. He can inspect a firearm and even buy one in NY State without a permit. The dealer/owner is present and if purchased he would have to have the sale completed by sending the firearm to a FFL dealer in his home state. Really, lets stick with the truth and leave the “creative” writing and bullcrap to the liberal radicle extremists!!
Of course, today’s environment is created by brain dead liberals that think that pretending guns don’t exist will make them go away, so yes it is inappropriate to harsh their mellow.
“U.S. Park Police arrested a man at the World War II memorial Saturday morning for carrying an unloaded .22 rifle and ammunition. He was carrying the rifle in a black rifle case, and also had a black backpack.”
Was it Leonard Embody?
“He was arrested without incident, and police have provided no further information.”
Nope, Not Leonard. If it had been him we would be able to watch the YouTube video and his commentary of back talking the Police.
So they do not allow any pictures/paintings depicting the Revolution, the Civil War, any of the World Wars, or other conflicts I assume? Especially not in textbooks!
In today’s environment, I have to seriously wonder whether they do or not.
How about a transgendered type holding a gun?
I guess ROTC is in trouble at that school.
Ralph is gonna be mad at me, but I dunno, this chick and Shannon Watts. That could be an interesting night. 🙂
There’s plenty remedial about that statement all right.
http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/article_a4b6cf82-b72f-11e2-a4b3-0019bb30f31a.html
The 2nd graders would be locked up for having that pencil gat.
“She says the policy has been in place for at least two decades. It also bans drawing a picture of a gun and pointing a finger in a threatening manner.”
A nice tolerant school they got there.
So we send our kids to college, because they are now adults and must prepare for future success, yet we coddle them like children by removing evil images of guns. How stupid are we as a society.
Many universities consider Christianity, displayed or otherwise,
as inappropriate and often act openly hostile towards any
semblance of religious freedom (except Islam, of course).
I wonder how Ms. Albert feels about that. Though, since she
and the uni admin are so willing to jump on the hoplophobia
train, something tells me they don’t care that much.
They are trying to play catch up with the Nikon P-22 Scopes.
Why can’t he just leave and go back where he came from i am so tired of CNN and these British trying to tell us what to do . If these british don’t like why can they just leave if it is so bad here.
Yes, the we have a gun safety culture second to none. America has a vibrant gun culture that emphasizes safety above all else. At least 1/3 of the population are active in shooting sports. We learn gun safety at an early age.
America! F$&@ yeah!
So while every cop was playing GTA and wailing the siren how many other crimes went on?
And did so many bullets need to be fired? We need to start discussing mag cap limits on the CPD me thinks.
Other nations don’t trust themselves to have a round chambered, so they seem to assume there’s not one in there. They don’t follow the 4 rules, not even Israel. The vast majority of them never fired a gun prior to joining the military, and it shows.