March 14, 201610 yr Customer with concealed carry permit fatally shoots ax-wielding attacker at 7-Eleven A customer at a 7-Eleven store outside Seattle shot and killed a masked man who attacked a clerk with an ax early Sunday. Investigators said the shooting happened at the store in White Center at approximately 5:45 a.m. local time. Witnesses said the man entered the store and swung a hatchet toward the customer before turning his attention to the clerk. As the assailant attacked, the customer pulled out a pistol and fired, hitting the suspect. The clerk suffered minor injuries to his stomach and the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. The customer who shot the suspect is described as a 60-year-old Seattle man who visits the store every morning to get coffee. His name was not immediately released. Authorities said the man who shot the attacker had a concealed carry permit and likely would not face charges as a result of his action. "This could have been a lot worse,” King County Sheriff’s Sergeant Cindi West told KCPQ. “The clerk could be the one laying there dead on the floor right now.” The motive for the assault was not clear. Investigators said the ax-wielding man remained silent throughout the assault. The assailant's identity was not immediately revealed, and authorities described him only as a man in his 40s. Yes, I was being a little sarcastic in the thread title. Once again, banning guns or more gun control (or ax control) is a stupid, superficial solution. This is an example of what has been stated repeatedly by many folks, you can make guns unavailable or harder to get, but, someone with hatred or malicious intent might just grab an ax, or a bat, or a chain saw....
March 14, 201610 yr Your title should read... Never take an ax to a gun fight!!! I'm wondering what brought this guy to this store with an ax to do this? There has to be more to this story.
March 14, 201610 yr Customer with concealed carry permit fatally shoots ax-wielding attacker at 7-Eleven A customer at a 7-Eleven store outside Seattle shot and killed a masked man who attacked a clerk with an ax early Sunday. Investigators said the shooting happened at the store in White Center at approximately 5:45 a.m. local time. Witnesses said the man entered the store and swung a hatchet toward the customer before turning his attention to the clerk. As the assailant attacked, the customer pulled out a pistol and fired, hitting the suspect. The clerk suffered minor injuries to his stomach and the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. The customer who shot the suspect is described as a 60-year-old Seattle man who visits the store every morning to get coffee. His name was not immediately released. Authorities said the man who shot the attacker had a concealed carry permit and likely would not face charges as a result of his action. "This could have been a lot worse,” King County Sheriff’s Sergeant Cindi West told KCPQ. “The clerk could be the one laying there dead on the floor right now.” The motive for the assault was not clear. Investigators said the ax-wielding man remained silent throughout the assault. The assailant's identity was not immediately revealed, and authorities described him only as a man in his 40s. Yes, I was being a little sarcastic in the thread title. Once again, banning guns or more gun control (or ax control) is a stupid, superficial solution. This is an example of what has been stated repeatedly by many folks, you can make guns unavailable or harder to get, but, someone with hatred or malicious intent might just grab an ax, or a bat, or a chain saw.... Maybe, just maybe, the gun laws in place prevented this guy from being able to easily obtain a gun. Which if he had a gun, there might have been a few extra dead bodies in this situation. Either way, I like my chances a lot better vs a crazy guy with an axe, than a crazy guy with a gun. And thank goodness there was a guy around who was legally able to obtain and carry a gun and knew how to and wasn't afraid to use it.
March 14, 201610 yr Maybe, just maybe, the gun laws in place prevented this guy from being able to easily obtain a gun. Which if he had a gun, there might have been a few extra dead bodies in this situation. Either way, I like my chances a lot better vs a crazy guy with an axe, than a crazy guy with a gun. And thank goodness there was a guy around who was legally able to obtain and carry a gun and knew how to and wasn't afraid to use it. Or the crack head had a gun and sold it to support his habit and the only thing he could thing of to rob the 7/11 was an ax.
March 14, 201610 yr Author Maybe, just maybe, the gun laws in place prevented this guy from being able to easily obtain a gun. Which if he had a gun, there might have been a few extra dead bodies in this situation. Either way, I like my chances a lot better vs a crazy guy with an axe, than a crazy guy with a gun. And thank goodness there was a guy around who was legally able to obtain and carry a gun and knew how to and wasn't afraid to use it. Maybe just maybe but.....highly doubtful. Common sense says that the dude doesn't decide to be Mr Model Citizen keeping one law while at the same time breaking a different law. If he is swinging an axe at people, I doubt he cares about a gun law. I'm with spindoc. More than likely this was a quick fix with whatever he could get his hands on at the time in order to get a quick fix.
March 15, 201610 yr Maybe just maybe but.....highly doubtful. Common sense says that the dude doesn't decide to be Mr Model Citizen keeping one law while at the same time breaking a different law. If he is swinging an axe at people' date=' I doubt he cares about a gun law. I'm with spindoc. More than likely this was a quick fix with whatever he could get his hands on at the time in order to get a quick fix.[/quote'] Banning axes isn't as flashy to the media and a much harder agenda to push. The left will stick to guns only.
March 15, 201610 yr Allah sent Ayanie Hassan Ali to a Canadian military center today and he slashed two military members according to CNN.
March 15, 201610 yr Reminds me of the scene in Indiana Jones when the guy puts on an impressive sword show and Indiana Jones pulls out a pistol and shoots him.
March 15, 201610 yr Allah sent Ayanie Hassan Ali to a Canadian military center today and he slashed two military members according to CNN. This Allah guy, he seems to show up at most of these events.
March 15, 201610 yr When I was about 10 I one summer I open carried one of these on my belt... (I think it was a prize I received for selling packs of seeds to the neighbors.) I was always ready if a stray limb or sapling posed a threat. #eliminatethethreat
March 15, 201610 yr Author Jumper Dad...Got a nice display of STIHL hatchets and axes, like this one behind the counter at my work if you'd like to upgrade. :lol2:
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