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A Medal -- Or A Prison Cell?
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Date: 12/06 1:10 AM
Received: 12/06 11:39 AM
From: James A Chappelow, [email protected]
Reply-To: Vermont Libertarian, [email protected]
To: Multiple recipients of, [email protected]
>From the Liberator Online:
A Medal -- Or A Prison Cell?
Larry Gates, a 54-year-old ex-Marine, operates a convenience store in
rural Iconium, Missouri. He's also a volunteer fireman. Last Christmas
Eve he was listening to a licensed fire department radio when he heard
a report that police were chasing two suspected murderers. Police had
lost track of the suspects. From his knowledge of the area, Gates was
aware that the car would pass directly in front of his store.
Gates grabbed a shotgun and sidearm, and along with his three adult
sons pulled two vehicles into the intersection, blocking it. Both
vehicles had fire emergency lights flashing.
A few seconds later the suspects' car approached the roadblock. Gates'
son Carey motioned for the car to stop. Instead, the car suddenly
accelerated directly at Carey. Gates fired his shotgun once at the
car. The car swerved away from his sons, went around the roadblock,
and continued down the road.
Two of Gates' sons followed the car at a moderate pace. The car was
driving erratically. Soon it slowed enough for the passenger, a woman,
to leap out. Gates' sons stopped. The woman suspect was slightly
wounded from Gates' shotgun. One of Gates's sons, an Emergency Medical
Technician, administered first aid. The other son resumed following
the car. When he came across the abandoned car, he called police.
Shortly the other suspect was arrested.
The two suspects, who had been abusing drugs for days, confessed to
two homicides. The woman said the driver had planned to commit suicide
by crashing the car.
Did the Gates family get medals? No. The St. Clair, Missouri
prosecutor has charged Larry Gates with "unlawful use of a weapon," a
felony offense. He was released from jail on $5,000 bond. If convicted
he faces up to five years' imprisonment and the permanent loss of his
Second Amendment rights.
Gates has turned down offers to plea bargain his charges down to a
misdemeanor. He goes to trial December 10. Gun Owners of America has
established a legal defense fund for Larry Gates. For info call
703-321-8585.
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The courts have found that citizens are not legally entitled to police
protection, yet citizens who defend themselves and their communities are
routinely prosecuted as if THEY are the criminals. We are forced to pay
taxes to support a police force that is not required to defend us and is
instead used to punish us for defending ourselves. I don't get it.
James A Chappelow
"History shows that all conquerors who have allowed the
subject races to carry arms have prepared their own
downfall by so doing."
Adolf Hitler
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