These posts are based on our Good Guy with a Gun calendar. Today’s post is essentially the same as the calendar version.
A 32-year-old man was arguing with somebody at a Circle K at six in the morning. Don’t ask me why — I don’t know any more than you do.
Then the other man produced a handgun and shot him in the pelvis.
The 32-year-old fired back and hit the other man in the foot.
If “gun control” means “hitting your target,” then I have to say that the 32-year-old — who took a round to the pelvis and still hit the man who fired it — has more gun control than New York and New Jersey combined. Maybe almost as much gun control as Chicago, and with fewer people dying as a result.
The other man drove off in a silver car. The 32-year-old was still at the store when officers got there, and the fire department ran him to the hospital. His injuries turned out not to be life-threatening.
Detectives quickly picked up Lamont Heyward, 47, on warrants for attempted second-degree murder and felon in possession of a firearm. (That doesn’t make sense, though: Either Heyward must not have been a felon, or he must not have had a handgun. After all, there’s a common-sense gun law against felons being in possession of a firearm, so how could he have had one? Some reporters just don’t seem to understand the way the law works.)
He went into the city jail on a $425,000 bond. Police called the return fire self-defense.
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The coverage wasn’t very detailed here — the sign of a pretty light media release.
One arrested in Bossier City early morning gas station shooting (KTAL 6)
Man charged with attempted murder in early morning shooting at Bossier City Circle K (KTBS 3)
Bossier City Police arrest man in Tuesday morning shooting at convenience store (Shreveport Times)
Dispute at Circle K in Bossier City leaves one shot in pelvis, another shot in foot (KSLA 12)
I have to admit I enjoyed the snarkiness in the write-up today. :) (And by the way, I have so many stories because i am old. :) )