“Around 5 p.m., a woman was driving her daughter to the airport when her estranged husband, Qian Ming, 66, intentionally crashed his truck into hers,” Albuquerque’s krqe.com reports . . .
According to APD, Ming then got out of his vehicle and fired a couple of rounds into the wife’s truck, striking his daughter on the shoulder.
Police did not say if the reason Ming’s estranged wife and daughter were headed to the airport was to get away from him.
The daughter is still in the hospital but is expected to be okay.
At that time, Officer Drobik said a 34-year-old Good Samaritan pulled up to what he thought was a crash. He witnessed Ming beating his daughter with a gun in the middle of the street.
Hand on a sec. Here’s an important consideration for any armed American contemplating using his or her firearm in defense of innocent life . . .
If you haven’t witnessed an incident from its start, if you’re not 100 percent sure who’s the bad guy and who are the innocents, be extremely careful about loosing the ballistic dogs of war.
A woman screaming rape as two men attempt to subdue her could be a perp being arrested by plain clothes officers. Think about that for a second.
“Once he started walking up, he saw that there was a male violently pistol-whipping a female in the street,” Officer Drobik said. “He got out of his vehicle and had his firearm on him and told that male to stop.”
That’s when the Good Samaritan, who is not being named at this time because he’s currently not facing any charges, told police Ming pointed the gun in his direction.
Police say the man then fired at least one shot, hitting and killing Ming.
“Mom in the hospital said, ‘He saved our lives,’” Officer Drobik said. “You can’t get a stronger statement than that. So she knew it. Daughter knows it and good thing he took that type of action.”
Officers did detain the man for questioning. He was released later that night. Officer Drobik said the man is a 12-year veteran of the National Guard.
Thank you for your service Mr Good Samaritan! But here’s another pause-for-thought idea: action beats reaction.
Pointing a gun at someone who has a gun and telling them to stop using the gun is a good way to get shot before you can use your gun. If there’s an imminent credible threat of grievous bodily harm or death, there’s a faster way to end the threat. Skip the command.
I’m not saying you should always draw-and-fire in a life-or-death situation, but there are plenty of people who would.
Police did not say if the reason Ming’s estranged wife and daughter were headed to the airport was to get away from him.
The daughter is still in the hospital but is expected to be okay.
I wonder if the mother had a gun, too.
The mental gymnastics required to conclude this analysis is even remotely valid would make even Stephen Hawking’s brain hurt.
”More guns is not the solution to gun violence,” said Jan Neuberger, a member of the Moms Demand Action St. Petersburg chapter.
So she believes the police shouldn’t be involved in stopping mass shooters because they might use firearms? Good to know.
They learned a great lesson today. Whining and pitching a hissy fit doesn’t get you jack shit.
Gibson and Yale has always been an area that sketched me out. It’s also, funnily enough, pretty darn close to where they put you up the night before you go to MEPS… which is in an even worse part of Burque.
Arm teachers?, Toni, um seriously? 😉 gun free means, confiscate from everyone, starting with criminals…also half the gun deaths are suicides, many are accidental, and many within family , so in a way gun ownership is a ticking time bomb for many, but some more than others. We banned ’em is Australia, worked. Most people are hive minded here , even many libs are weak, not many brave enough to be against guns , except perhaps the victims in the shooting. Assault weapons should be banned, as they are….. for ‘assault’.
How did Rosa parks get her seat assignment moved to the front of the bus?
Civil Disobedience.
It’s time we simply stopped following the “rules”. Carry your piece everywhere. No matter what. The more times one of us stops an active shooter in what they thought was a Gun Free Zone, the more times we can point to the fact that the only solution is one which involves fighting back.
Would be nice if the NRA or any other pro-2A conspiracy theorists would go research, compile, and cross-reference the major anti-gun protests, presidential “survivor” and school kid propaganda speeches, anti-gun legislation where school kids were trotted out, courtrooms, and mass shooting footage and photographs to see if there is something to the “actors” and anti-gun theater theory…
You just went full Bill Ruger, YOU NEVER GO FULL BILL RUGER.
Dang, I kind of wanted some of their drum mags when I moved to a state without capacity restrictions. Oh well, onto the $#*! list they go until the company is sold to someone who respects all of our civil liberties.
After some reflection and reading more about Mrs. Malarkey I wouldn’t be surprised if his marriage is crumbling and this nonsense he posted is emotionally driven. Everything about her screams psycho hose beast and he’s clinging to the remote hope the marriage can be salvaged so he flips full retard.
Note to Mr. Malarkey: crazy women are a dime a dozen and never worth fighting for. The sooner you end it the sooner you can move on.
If you are old enough to be drafted into the military (“Hi, I’m Uncle Sam, and I own your body.”), then you’re old enough to have a rifle of your own. I don’t like this, “old enough for the bullshit, but not old enough for the benefits,” double standard.
If an 18 y.o. adult can theoretically enlist in the military, and can be pushing a mine roller attached to an MRAP before he’s 19, then – goddamnit – he can purchase a rifle as an 18 y.o. civilian.
If a young man is old enough to be tried as an adult, then he’s old enough for a rifle.
If a young man is considered of age to enter into contract, then he’s old enough to own his own rifle.