Guns stop crime! And so does a ham sandwich...

[gofaster]

From the Tampa Tribune comes this story of a shop owner protecting his property from an armed intruder.

But you really gotta read the last four paragraphs of this story.

3rd Attacker In A Week Meets Match
By KEITH MORELLI kmorelli@tampatrib.com
Published: Nov 1, 2003


 
 
TAMPA - For the third time this week a would-be victim in Tampa turned the tables on an attacker.
Late Thursday night, the 63-year-old victim of an attempted carjacking pulled a .357-caliber Magnum on his assailant and fired, critically wounding him, officials said.

The victim of the attempted carjacking, Benjamin Lee Tate, is no stranger to intruders at Engine Rebuild Specialists, 6214 E. Columbus Drive, his east Tampa business. Tate's forceful retaliation Thursday was his third in three years, Tampa police Capt. Bob Guidara said.

Tate shot two burglars - one in 2000 and another in February, Guidara said. Both suspects survived. No charges have been filed against Tate, whose business is in a high- crime area in east Tampa, Guidara said.

``He definitely hasn't had much luck, being targeted as many times as he has,'' Guidara said.

``I'm not looking for trouble,'' Tate said.

``I'm just here doing my job.''

Police said Tate was changing oil in a car at the shop about 11:30 p.m. Thursday when a man approached.

With his hand behind him as though he had a gun, the man said he would shoot Tate if he didn't hand over car keys and cash, police said. Tate shot him instead.

Michael E. Garner, a 31- year-old roofer who has a prison record for theft and drug convictions, was taken to Tampa General Hospital, police said.

He remained in critical condition Friday, Guidara said, but the wound did not appear to be life threatening.

Garner, of 6229 E. Eugene Ave., had a knife concealed under his belt, police said. He is expected to be charged with attempted carjacking, attempted armed robbery and carrying a concealed weapon, police said.

In February 2001, Garner was sentenced to more than a year in prison for grand theft, criminal mischief and drug possession.

He was released in December 2001, records show.

Tate's incident is the third this week in Tampa in which victims retaliated or outsmarted attackers.

On Wednesday night, outside his downtown Thai restaurant, Lawrence Storer, 33, was approached by a gunman who demanded money, police said. Storer led the robber into the Sumos Thai Cafe where he retrieved cash. While the gunman, identified as Shantavious Wilson, 24, was in the restaurant, Storer ran and called 911 from his cell phone, police said.

Wilson pointed the gun at Storer, who eventually got back in his Ford Explorer and ran Wilson over, killing him, police said. Prosecutors are reviewing the case.

Late Tuesday night, two Carrollwood women outwitted a man who broke into their house and threatened them with a sawed-off shotgun, officials said.

Cathy Ord, 60, and her roommate, Rose Bucher, 63, disarmed the man with kindness.

They fed him a ham sandwich, complete with pickles, and served up a bottle of spiced rum.

They even offered him their shower and a disposable razor to shave. After several hours, Alfred Joseph Sweet, 42, passed out and Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies were called to remove him from the home, officials said.

[lazs2]

well... a ham sandwich stopped the crimal life of mamma cass.

firearms are used 3/4 to 1 1/2 million times a year in the U.S. to stop crimes.  
lazs

[john9001]

well, i think it was the spiced rum that was his undoing.

[llama]

If those ladies had some Flak Panzer Oil with them, that could have just about killed him right there. ;-)

-Llama

[JB73]

Originally posted by lazs2
well... a ham sandwich stopped the crimal life of mamma cass.

firearms are used 3/4 to 1 1/2 million times a year in the U.S. to stop crimes.  
lazs

and my home state (Wisconsin) has become like the 45th state to adopt "carry concealed" laws... guess what im gettin a license for


i just cant believe we wisconsinites are sooooo far behind the rest of the country.

[SOB]

Well, y'all were the first in the nation with the cheese head...take comfort in that!  

[mrblack]

This name cracks me up

While the gunman, identified as Shantavious Wilson, 24

[gofaster]

On Wednesday night, outside his downtown Thai restaurant, Lawrence Storer, 33, was approached by a gunman who demanded money, police said. Storer led the robber into the Sumos Thai Cafe where he retrieved cash. While the gunman, identified as Shantavious Wilson, 24, was in the restaurant, Storer ran and called 911 from his cell phone, police said.

Wilson pointed the gun at Storer, who eventually got back in his Ford Explorer and ran Wilson over, killing him, police said. Prosecutors are reviewing the case.

Follow-up to this story.  In this incident, the DA is still considering filing vehicular manslaughter charges against Storer since Wilson was escaping from the scene when Storer went after him and ran him over with the Ford.

Obviously the Thai restaurant owner didn't have any ham and rum to make a sandwich.  Otherwise, he wouldn't have had to resort to using his truck.

So let this be a lesson to you:  a ham sandwich and spiced rum is a much more effective and safe method of apprehending criminals than a motor vehicle.  And remember, nobody has every been arrested for giving their attackers a ham sandwich and rum!

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by llama
If those ladies had some Flak Panzer Oil with them, that could have just about killed him right there. ;-)

-Llama

LOL! True! (Though, alot of AH'ers wouldn't know what that is...)