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Author: AW1Ed

  • Monday Feel Good Stories

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    Good guy with a gun.
    Licensed gun owner helps save metro mom of three from violent attack
    Posted by Zac Summers

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The quick actions by a licensed gun owner helped save a woman from a violent attack over the weekend.

    Benjamin Seadorf was with his four children on Saturday when he suddenly heard what he described as “blood-curling screams” coming from outside his home near 12th Street and Van Brunt Boulevard.

    “She definitely was in fear of her life,” Seadorf said. “She was screaming at the top of her lungs, profusely bawling. She just kept screaming, ‘Help me! Help! Somebody, please help me!’ over and over again.”

    Security video shows Seadorf running out his front door with his 9-millimeter handgun toward the intersection where a silver car was stopped at a traffic light.

    You can’t see much of what happens next because a tree is blocking the car, but a police report details a brutal attack involving Alarick Williams and the mother of his three children.

    The entire article may be viewed at Fox 4 Kansas City

    Poor target selection skills.
    Business owner shoots, kills masked gunman in Sacramento, deputies say
    Brian Hickey, Reporter

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —An armed robber was shot and killed Wednesday night when the owner of the business he targeted fired back, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.

    The Sheriff’s Department said it was notified about the shooting just after 10:30 p.m. in the 2700 block of Cottage Way.
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    A business owner reported that an armed and masked gunman entered the office in an alleged robbery attempt. The business owner said he shot the suspect, ending the incident.

    The rest of the article may be found at KCRA 3

    He was a good lad, except for the gang-related arrest last Tuesday.
    Gunman shoots assailant dead inside Brooklyn Target store after being chased and threatened by six gang members
    By Wes Parnell , JOHN ANNESE and Graham Rayman

    A man chased into a Brooklyn Target store and threatened at knifepoint by six alleged gang members fatally shot one of his pursuers, cops said Thursday.

    The men, all affiliated with the Bloods, confronted the shooter outside the City Point shopping center in Downtown Brooklyn around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, according to police.

    The shooter dashed into Target on the shopping center’s second floor with the group in pursuit, surveillance video obtained by cops shows.

    At the store’s entrance, security guards tried to intervene but the group threatened them and they backed off, police said. The group surrounded and argued with the shooter, with one of them pulling out a large knife.

    The shooter drew a gun, warned them to leave him alone, and walked away.

    The rest of the article may be found at NYC Daily News

    Edited to add:
    You don’t see this every day.
    Texas burglar bleeds to death in home he targeted: police
    Bradford Betz | Fox News

    A Texas man thwarted his own burglary attempt Tuesday evening after bleeding to death inside the home he had broken into, police said.

    The homeowner found 28-year-old Javier Tellez Jr. dead inside their El Paso home, KFOX-TV reported.

    The homeowner told responding officers he had found the would-be burglar after discovering a broken window and pools of blood, police said in a news release.

    The entire article may be viewed at Fox News

  • Coast Guard rescues ailing man far off the North Carolina coast

    rescue basketA Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, hoists an ailing man from the cutter Spencer about 200 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras on Saturday. The man was experiencing chest pains aboard a sailboat 275 miles offshore when the vessel’s crew requested a medevac. (Coast Guard video screenshot)
    By: Carl Prine

    The Coasties shine once again, flawlessly executing a boat-to-cutter, and cutter-to-helo, rescue way off the coast of North Carolina. Say what you may about the Coast Guard, but give credit where credit is due- these guys and gals are World Class when it comes to Search and Rescue.

    A ham radio operator in Florida helped the Coast Guard rescue a man far off the North Carolina coast on Saturday.

    Coast Guard officials said a rescue helicopter pulled the unnamed 57-year-old man suffering chest pains off the cutter Spencer after its crew rendezvoused with his sailboat and retrieved him Saturday morning about 200 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras.

    Public Affairs Specialist 2nd Class Corinne Zilnicki told Navy Times on Sunday that watchstanders at the Fifth District Command Center in Portsmouth, Virginia, received the first alerts from the Personal Locator Beacon and Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon registered to the 48-foot sailboat Marie Elena around noon on Friday.

    But communication with the sailboat crew wasn’t established until about 30 minutes later, when a high frequency radio operator with the Maritime Mobile Service Network in Inverness, Florida, established a connection between the watchstanders in Virginia and the Marie Elena’s crew, Zilnicki said.

    The sailboat crew requested a medical evacuation. But because it was so far offshore, Coast Guard command center personnel urged them to turn toward Cape Hatteras.

    The cutter Spencer, which was underway near the Virginia-North Carolina border, was redirected to the Marie Elena.

    Because the Netherlands-flagged heavy load cargo ship Rolldock Sky was about 40 miles from the sailboat, Coast Guard watchstanders urged the vessel’s captain to try to close the gap and aid the ailing mariner, officials said.

    But when the Rolldock Sky reached the sailboat, very rough seas prevented the crew from safely medevacing the man. So the Marie Elena kept sailing toward the barrier islands.

    The Spencer reached the sailboat about 7:30 a.m. on Saturday and launched a small boat crew to retrieve the patient.

    An hour later at Air Station Elizabeth City in North Carolina, an MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter and an HC-130 Hercules extended-range search and rescue plane took off to rendezvous with the cutter.

    Reads like a Clive Cussler novel. What I’d like to highlight:

    “The fact that the EPIRB and PLB were registered and utilized properly allowed us to home in on the sailboat’s location,” said Petty Officer 1st Class Travis Unser.

    Don’t leave home without them. The article may be read in its entirity at The Navy Times

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  • Tucker Carlson’s Daughter Harassed at Restaurant

    Tucker CarlsonMan approached teenage daughter and said: “Are you Tucker’s whore? He then called her a ‘f***ing c**t.”

    Creepy Porn Lawyer Michael Avenatti wants Tucker or others charged for defending her
    Posted by Mike LaChance

    Keep it classy Dems. Caution, NWS language ahead.

    Tucker Carlson is already dealing with the fact that an Antifa mob showed up at his house and terrorized his wife, but now there has been another incident. While dining at a country club in Virginia with two of his children, one of his daughters was allegedly harassed by a patron who made positively vile comments to her.

    It was so bad, the man’s membership in the club was ultimately revoked. And now the creepy porn lawyer is “investigating” the incident.

    Proceed with caution, the language in this story is reprehensible.

    Natasha Korecki and Quint Forgey report at Politico:

    Avenatti takes on Tucker Carlson after bar incident involving Fox News host’s children

    Michael Avenatti, who was once dubbed a “creepy porn lawyer” on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News program,
    claimed Saturday he’s “investigating an alleged assault … committed by T. Carlson” stemming from an incident at a Virginia restaurant.

    The attorney, who is exploring a 2020 presidential run and rose to national prominence by representing porn star Stormy Daniels against President Donald Trump, posted video on his Twitter account Saturday showing Carlson in a verbal altercation at a country club and asks for help in identifying other people involved in the incident.

    Carlson, in a lengthy statement provided through Fox News, said the incident began when a man at the club last month verbally harassed his teenage daughter on her way back from a bathroom and called her a “whore” and “cunt.”

    He acknowledged that his son then confronted the man and threw wine at him. But Carlson maintains neither he nor his son assaulted the man involved. Avenatti disputed that account, saying it’s an “absolute lie.”

    This reprehensible behavior goes far beyond a group of idiots chanting and yelling at people having a meal with friends and family, so it’s hardly surprising the Creepy Porn Lawyer is involved. The debacle may be viewed at the Legal Insurrection site.

  • Sunday Feel Good Stories

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    The Greenville Sun
    Man Fires Gun To Scare Away Intruder

    A man whose mobile home was being broken into about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday fired a gun into the ground to scare off the intruder, sheriff’s Sgt. Jeff Caudill said in a report.

    The Camelot Park resident told deputies that he was in bed “when he heard someone jerk his back door open violently,” the report said.

    The door was padlocked from the inside and the screws holding it in place were jerked out of the door bracket. Nothing was taken. The person who entered the trailer fled when the resident walked toward the door.

    The occupant “also had a revolver and when he saw his door open, he looked first then shot is gun into the ground just to scare them away,” the report said.

    The incident remains under investigation.

    The Witchita Eagle
    His roommate shot him. He was taken to hospital and then to jail, Wichita police say
    By Jason Tidd

    Wichita police arrested a man after he was shot by his roommate on Tuesday.

    Reginald Dean Griffith, 47, was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on suspicion of aggravated robbery and domestic battery, Officer Charley Davidson said in a release. Griffith was shot once in his leg, treated at a hospital then arrested after he was released.

    Investigators determined that Griffith had battered a 28-year-old man, Davidson said. The man, who was Griffith’s roommate, had a gun. The roommate shot Griffith after Griffith tried to take the gun from him, police said.

    Griffith remains in jail on $50,000 bond, records show.

    Today’s FGS format wins. I haven’t heard from management about possible copyright issues, but I’ve taken a couple tips from Perry Gaskill and others. Thanks everyone for your inputs, much appreciated.

  • Marine first sergeant to be awarded Navy Cross for Vietnam War heroics

    Marines near Khe-SanhU.S. Marines are silhouetted as they stand on Hill 881 North after a fierce nine-day battle near Khe Sanh, Vietnam, on May 3, 1967, during the Vietnam War. (AP Photo)
    By: Shawn Snow

    More than a half century after his battlefield heroics during the Vietnam War, Ret. Marine 1st Sgt. John J. Lord will be awarded the Navy Cross during a Nov. 17 ceremony in Vancouver, Washington.

    The Navy Cross, the nation’s second highest award for combat bravery, is an upgrade from the Bronze Star Lord originally was awarded in 1975.

    On July 28, 1968, Lord was a sergeant serving with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines in the Republic of Vietnam when he was jolted to push his company through a deadly ambush.

    During the firefight, Lord’s company commander, platoon commander and senior enlisted leadership were wounded, leaving Lord to take the helm of his unit.

    As machine gun and small arms fire rained down on the Marine platoon from a concealed North Vietnamese Army battalion, “Lord unhesitatingly maneuvered across the fire-swept terrain and skillfully deployed the platoon against the enemy,” the award citation reads.

    On multiple occasions Lord exposed himself to enemy fire to rescue wounded comrades.

    As Lord took over command of the entire company, he located one of the only functioning radios and began to direct air support against the enemy.

    According to the award citation, Lord’s actions helped turn the tide of the battle.

    The article goes on to showcase the dedication of his former Company Commander, now retired Lt. Col. Michael Sweeney, and his tireless efforts helped to award 1stSgt Lord for his acts during the ambush.

    Read the rest at The Marine Corps Times

  • Democrats Plan to Pursue Most Aggressive Gun-Control Legislation in Decades

    gun grabbers Georgia Democrat Lucy McBath, the highest-profile gun-control advocate on the ballot Tuesday, defeated GOP Rep. Karen Handel. Photo: DUSTIN CHAMBERS for The Wall Street Journal
    Focus spurred by an incoming class of lawmakers with ‘F’ NRA ratings who campaigned on the issue.
    By Reid J. Epstein

    Democrats say they will pass the most aggressive gun-control legislation in decades when they become the House majority in January, plans they renewed this week in the aftermath of a mass killing in a California bar.

    Their efforts will be spurred by an incoming class of pro-gun-control lawmakers who scored big in Tuesday’s midterm elections, although any measure would likely meet stiff resistance in the GOP-controlled Senate.

    Democrats ousted at least 15 House Republicans with “A” National Rifle Association ratings, while the candidates elected to replace them all scored an “F” NRA rating.

    “This new majority is not going to be afraid of our shadow,” said Mike Thompson, a California Democrat who is chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. “We know that we’ve been elected to do a job, and we’re going to do it.”

    Mr. Thompson, who represents a district in the Napa Valley north of San Francisco, said he plans to introduce legislation mandating universal background checks in the opening weeks of the new Congress.

    The gun-control movement’s evolution was evident this week following news that a dozen people had been killed Thursday at a country music bar in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

    Here come the ghouls, dancing in the blood of innocents. But this should surprise no one, and they’re a couple things the gun grabbers will have to overcome- the Senate and the President.

    This is all show and bluster.

    Read the entire article at The Wall Street Journal but take your blood pressure meds first.

  • Video for TAH’s Lionesses

    Oz
    Military Times Link

    Ran across this video yesterday, and bounced it off of Ex-PH2 for her approval, which I received. She mentioned there are more ladies of late here, and they would appreciate a shout out. So here it is, dedicated to the Lionesses of TAH, and anyone who likes Aussie gals who both sing and run military hardware. What’s not to like?

  • Saturday Feel Good Stories

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    https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Charges-Dropped-Against-Virginia-Homeowner-Arrested-After-Airbnb-Renters-Trashed-His-House-500099551.html
    Charges Dropped for Virginia Man Arrested After Airbnb Renters Trashed His House

    The Loudoun County Commonwealth’s attorney dropped charges against a man arrested after he pointed a gun at a group of Airbnb renters who he said trashed his Virginia home.

    John A. “Jack” Andrews, 77, faced seven charges, including felony abduction, after holding several people at gunpoint.

    After an employee notified Andrews of significant damage at his $4 million Aldie home, he went there and found broken windows and doors, damaged furniture, glass everywhere and large blood stains throughout the rental property.

    He was met by about 12 people, according to a court filing. With gun drawn, Andrews told them to stay put while the sheriff was on the way. Some stayed at the scene, but others fled.

    But when deputies arrived, Andrews was the one handcuffed and charged. The guests were questioned and released.

    Those guests did not show up in court Thursday.

    Video of the brawl that caused the damage showed young men cutting each other with broken beer bottles.

    Andrews’ attorney argued his client was within his right to self-defense, the right to bear arms and the right to conduct a citizen’s arrest.

    Airbnb says incidents like these are few and far between, and the renters have been barred from using the site again.

    https://www.guns.com/news/2018/11/08/cab-driver-cleared-in-fatal-shooting-of-armed-robber-who-threatened-to-shank-him-video
    Cab driver cleared in fatal shooting of armed robber who threatened to ‘shank’ him

    Prosecutors have ruled the use of force by a Massachusetts cabbie who fought back after he was attacked by two men seeking to rob him as self-defense.

    Bristol County DA Thomas M. Quinn III last week said the unidentified Yellow Cab driver was cleared by his office in the Aug. 10 shooting that left one of his attackers, Christopher Dunton, 24, of New Bedford, dead.

    “After a thorough investigation, it is clear that the cab driver acted in lawful self-defense and the use of deadly force was justified under the circumstances,” Quinn said, as reported by South Coast Today.

    The second robbery suspect, Kyle S. Dawson, 23, of New Bedford, was indicted on multiple felony charges by a Bristol County Grand Jury in early October. According to prosecutors, Dawson and Dunton were picked up just before 1:00 a.m. by the cab driver from a local address and, once in the vehicle, the two men asked for change for a $50 then moved to rob the driver, placing him in a chokehold and pulling a knife.

    Assistant District Attorney Robert Digiantnmasco said at Dawson’s arraignment that Dunton held the cab driver by the neck while Dawson held a “black tactical knife” to the man’s side and “said they would shank him.”

    The cab driver was able to wrestle free and, a concealed carry permit holder, drew a gun and fired three rounds into the cab at the robbers, striking Dunton.

    Dawson, who has a lengthy criminal record, is facing trial on charges of involuntary manslaughter, armed assault with intent to rob, and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

    OK, show of hands please. Is this the preferred format for the daily FGS, or yesterday’s? I know which one I prefer, but I’m willing to bow to the majority, if any.