In March of this year, “Eddie and Cindy Gilmore [above right] were sitting in their living room watching television, when all of the sudden they heard a loud noise behind them, and barely had time to turn around to see dark figures approaching, demanding they get down,” kten.com reports. “‘Three people ran in and grabbed my wife,’ Eddie Gilmore said. ‘She stood up.’ . . .
Eddie Gilmore says as his screaming wife was taken to a back room by a masked intruder who was holding a gun to her head, another intruder told him to get on the floor in the living room.
“And I got over between the couch and the coffee table and when I did I went down and put my arm on the coffee table to kind of hide myself and I pulled the drawer open because I had a gun in there,” Gilmore said.
That’s when, Gilmore says, he started shooting in every direction he could, hitting two of the subjects. The suspects fired back, but neither Eddie or Cindy were hurt.
“They had a gun to her head,” Eddie Gilmore said, “They could’ve killed her and come right in here and killed me if I hadn’t had a gun.”
kxii.com picks up the story . . .
That’s when, Gilmore says, he started shooting in every direction he could, hitting two of the subjects. The suspects fired back, but neither Eddie or Cindy were hurt.
“They had a gun to her head,” Eddie Gilmore said, “They could’ve killed her and come right in here and killed me if I hadn’t had a gun.” . . .
Cryer added investigators don’t believe the suspects, Broderick Humphrey, Austin Braden, Meridann Awalt, and Freddy Cervantes knew the Gilmores. “Based on just statements from our suspects,” Cryer said. “They claim they were out in a wooded area shooting their firearms and looking for a place to rob and i think just because of the secluded area of this house is why it was targeted.”
Said Eddie Gilmore, “I had some re-loads in this one gun and they mis-fired…next time they won’t misfire.”
Using reloads in your defensive firearm is generally unwise; it is hard to match the quality and reliability of factory defensive loads. It can be done, but it is difficult. In any case, the Gilmores were made honorary deputies for their bravery and action, similar to the award given to Zara Aldi, who disarmed and shot a robber in Lexington, Kentucky, in May of this year.
It only seems right to reward people who have contributed to a safer community by helping to apprehend/eliminate dangerous criminals. These awards seem to be part of a trend. The internet has broken the old media’s stranglehold on stories such as these (which were usually spiked by AP and its ilk). The more people hear and consider them, the more brave armed citizens are being recognized.
I hope we’ll be seeing more awards of this nature. Maybe cities and states will start rewarding citizens who fight back on a regular basis. Detroit and Milwaukee would be good places to start. Chief Craig and Sheriff Clarke would be perfect authorities to hand out “armed citizen” awards. The Bill of Rights day, 15 December, would be a good day to celebrate armed citizens.
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