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Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 | 2 a.m.
A Republican activist who owns a tequila distillery and a downtown restaurant believes he might have two new candidates for America’s Dumbest Criminals. As they fled on foot, a man and woman who stripped a stereo from the truck of George Harris left their cellphones, a purse and pickup truck with personalized license plates. Harris, who owns downtown’s Mundo restaurant and Alien Tequila, said the two worked on his truck outside his southwest-side office as he napped early Sunday. When Harris came out to greet them with a 9 mm Glock, they ran away. “I had the drop on them,” ...
Excellent work, Mr. Harris!
It's been 2 days since the crime...why hasn't anyone been arrested yet? Seems to me they should have at least one of them locked up by now.
The perps might as well turn themselves in......
Chunky says:
Well done Mr. Harris! You exhibited a prudent and properly measured use of your firearm! Glad you had it and didn't have to use it!
Imagine a world where law abiding citizens were not allowed to own and carry firearms. The headline of this story could have been "Local Businessman Found Dead After Interrupting Apparent Vehicle Burglary Attempt: Police Seek Information To Help Solve Crime"
That's what Chunky thinks!!
Was there a reason for the republican activist label in this article? Is there a reason for the mention of a run for mayor? Is this some warped way for the writer to say that republicans protect themselves and their property and democrats do not?
To Antigov: None of the above. Mr. Harris has lived here all his life and has been known for decades for his politics and political activism. His background is a way to help readers identify him, as is his ownership of Mundo and Alien Tequila. Thanks.
Why does this story begin with the words, "A republican activist................."?
I agree Larry Bee. This looks like some free advertising for a friend to me.
Democrat least likely to have a gun and more likely to shoot.
theres still a market for stolen car stereos?
So brandishing a gun when being robbed will
A - not stop the robbery
B - not get the thief caught
C - put you in danger of metro errantly shooting you
Let's hope this guys insurance covers the damage. And tbh, the vehicle left may not belong to the two people using it. Also, the purse may not have anything relevant in it, and the phones are probably prepaid. The only people desperate enough to steal a car stereo are usually on drugs...good luck finding these two low lifes
Most insurance companies do not like guns used to "stop" a robbery. Too much risk. Metro sees a guy with a gun, they might kill him or her, in fact even if they DO NOT have a gun they might get killed. Give them the money (ghetto roll of ones) with a dye pack
Contrary to AshleyAshley's uninformed comment, a gun can stop a crime in progress. While making a cash drop at my credit union one evening I noticed a car parked with lights off backed into a space at the end of the parking lot, behind the teller. I noticed this same car once more before the incident. The night of the attempted robbery I noticed the same car as I drove past to the automated teller drop and as usual pulled my truck within inches of the safety poles intended to protect it to prevent anyone from getting between me and the window on the drivers side. Keeping an eye on the rear view mirror as I lowered the window I noticed two men exit each side of the parked car and walk toward my truck from behind, one on each side. I had left the engine and lights on with the doors locked of course ,but in park. I put the window up and turned on the interior overhead lights to insure they could see me clearly. They kept coming so I drew my 1911 .45, pointing it straight up with the side toward them to insure they could see it while I dialed 911 on my cell phone. They apparently saw the gun, immediately turned, got in their car and quickly drove away.
The highway patrol picked them up about a half an hour later. One had a handgun, burglary tools and both had rap sheets. Both were convicted on several charges.
Awareness, training and prudent use as another poster mentioned is the key and understanding that unthinking knee jerk reactions put both the victim and everyone else in jeopardy.
I carry in condition 1 and stay in code yellow (Cooper color codes). On the evening in question I mentally went from yellow to orange to red as the situation progressed. That training, awareness, readiness and most of all willingness allowed me to avoid a confrontation. The gentlemen in the article came upon a crime in progress and used proper judgment to avoid a confrontation. There was no failure here except that of the criminals and those who lack understanding.
BRASS - while you may feel like James Bond in a movie for having been successful, what if you weren't? I wouldn't advocate people go around brandishing guns when the scum of Vegas knocks on their door - or trigger happy metro.
One word BRASS, bu**$#it. Walking toward a car at the bank is not a crime. Copper and Cooper are two different things. Copper is metal and Cooper is a name.
I applaud BRASS and George Harris from the article above. I have a ccw permit and will act in anyway necessary to protect myself, my family and my property.
Should have given each of them a new arsehole with the Glock.
I often find persons correcting spelling errors on posts to be far to uninteresting to drink with. I'm sure antigov is no exception.
LMAO @Ashley Ashley.....you're wrong...these people are guilty and are lucky this guy didn't blast them. I would have. Blast first, questions later. We need to rid this world of trash one scumbag at a time.