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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (948578)	7/20/2016 9:14:29 PM
From: Land Shark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577893

They have no respect for others. They violated election laws and should be held accountable.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (948578)	7/21/2016 2:35:20 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By TideGlider Respond to of 1577893

Store Employee Handles Armed Robber With One Finger Posted at 11:29 am on July 21, 2016 by Jenn Jacques His trigger finger, that is, when he shot a would-be robber Friday as he held a weapon to a second employee’s head. Police said the armed robber, identified as Franklin McLaurin, entered the A&B Mini Mart in Lumberton, NC around 11 p.m. Friday night in an attempted armed robbery. McLaurin approached one store employee and pointed his gun at his head, demanding money from the other employee. Instead of producing money from the register, the employee produced a gun and shot the armed robber, saving his fellow employee who was being held at gunpoint. The suspect was able to flee on foot and was found by Lumberton’s K-9 unit in the bushes just a few blocks from the Mini Mart. McLaurin was taken to a local hospital but was later transferred to New Hanover Regional Medical Center for treatment of his gunshot wounds. Police say he is expected to survive. The same convenience store was hit by another armed robber on June 16. In that incident, a man showed a handgun to a store clerk and walked away with an undisclosed amount of cash. Police continue to look for that man described as a black male with long dreadlocks, about 30 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall and about 180 pounds. Anyone with information on the June 16th robbery is encouraged to contact either Detective Lee Hinson or Blake Harrell at 910-671-3845. Anyone else saying ‘guns rarely save others’ should talk to the store employee who is alive today thanks to his armed co-worker. (I’m talking to you, Chris Murphy) http://bearingarms.com/jenn-j/2016/07/21/store-employee-handles-armed-robber-with-one-finger/

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (948578)	7/21/2016 2:36:35 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By TideGlider Respond to of 1577893

Realtor Changes the Listing on Unwanted Tenants Posted at 11:47 pm on July 20, 2016 by Jenn Jacques On Friday evening, a realtor in Jonesboro, AR was preparing a home for a showing when she encountered something that definitely was not part of the listing: three intruders. The realtor told police when she entered the home on Turtle Creek Drive, she saw two suspects running out of a room and found a naked man lying face down on a bed. The woman pulled her gun and commanded the suspects return to the room while she called 9-1-1. She kept her gun drawn until police arrived at the home. When they entered the home, police discovered the naked man, identified as 38-year-old Corey Vandyke, still passed out on the bed. By the time officers gained entry into the locked room where the other two suspects were believed to be hiding, they had jumped out of the window and escaped on foot. Police also say Vandyke became combative when they woke him and became combative, even threatening ‘to put a bullet into the back’ of one officer’s head and claiming to have a .22 rifle with iron sites that he would ‘put between their (the officers’) eyes’. An unloaded rifle and a shotgun were removed from the home as well as a marijuana plant growing in the yard. Vandyke’s listed address was at the home but police were unable to get in contact with Vandyke’s wife to determine if his estranged wife was allowing him to stay in the home. The realtor said she had been showing the house for months and believed the home to be unoccupied. Vandyke is being held at the Craighead County Detention Center on a first-degree terroristic threatening charge. I would encourage realtors nationwide to arm themselves for their protection, you never know what you’re going to walk in on when you’re showing a home that’s empty! http://bearingarms.com/jenn-j/2016/07/20/realtor-changes-listing-on-unwanted-tenants/

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (948578)	7/21/2016 2:40:38 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By TideGlider Respond to of 1577893

Targeted by Robbers, This Neighborhood Didn’t Demand Action – They Took it Posted at 10:44 am on July 20, 2016 by Jenn Jacques A man shot and injured an intruder early Sunday, July 17, in the 500 block of N. Waterloo Street, Jackson police reported. (Danielle Salisbury/MLive.com) Richard Snyder’s Jackson, MI home is a beacon for armed robbers for one simple reason: He’s an older man with a bad back who is a card-carrying medical marijuana caregiver, legally growing plants in the family’s home. [ Democrats favor medical (or other) marijuana but want them to be defenseless from every thief who breaks in to steal their stash. ] In October, there was what police reported to be “an armed home invasion” in the same block. Following a confrontation with robbers, police ‘discovered a gun clip’ had been dropped by one of the suspects and that compelled Snyder to install a surveillance system. Joseph Snyder said his father was “beat up pretty bad,” but heard nothing of the police investigation into the incident. Steve Spranger, who lives in the same block as Snyder, is another medical marijuana user and caregiver whose home has been targeted. On July 6, his wife Linda walked in on a man in their living room; he had stolen medication and a TV, and was working on disconnecting another TV when she walked in. Linda hid behind the bed and called 911, but the man left before police could arrive. Spranger, a veteran who served in the U.S. Army for eight years, decided it was time to get a gun, which he now open carries. Even though guns used to scare her, his wife also plans to purchase one, because “an intruder scares me even more.” But on Sunday night, despite the surveillance system and a warning sign hanging on his fence, Richard Snyder’s home was targeted by home intruders. His son Joseph didn’t know if the robbers were armed, but said his father had hunting rifles in the house, and armed himself for his protection after three men kicked in his front door. Sgt. Tom Tinklepaugh said two of the intruders escaped, but one suspect was hospitalized, undergoing surgery for his gunshot wound and is expected to survive. “I can’t believe I shot the damn guy,” Spranger said. He called Snyder a “fantastic individual” who is soft-spoken and helpful, but understood all too well, “For him to do something like that, I totally understand.” Spranger told neighbors they would “lock the block down” and has been talking to neighbors on his street of modest, older homes, about the neighborhood watch group he is starting up. “I think we should be able to do whatever we want to protect our homes and our families,” said neighbor Diane Brown, who has four children. “And people want to ban guns, huh?” Joseph Snyder said. “My father would be dead right now.” http://bearingarms.com/jenn-j/2016/07/20/targeted-robbers-this-neighborhood-didnt-demand-action-took/