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He Brought A Knife To A Gunfight

Mike

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Police officer's gifts of a cell phone and handgun save father's life in knife attack
JOHNNY CLARK, Associated Press Writer
4:40 PM PDT, June 17, 2009
ROSWELL, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia liquor store clerk credits his police officer son with giving him two life-saving gifts — a cell phone and a gun.

Joseph Wescott says the phone he slipped into his shirt pocket stopped a knife to his chest when a robbery suspect attacked him at the store in a northern Atlanta suburb. He then reached under the counter for the .40-caliber handgun and shot the man.


"The knife that he had looked like it was about 10-foot long," the 67-year-old Wescott exclaimed.

When the suspect lunged at Wescott, he fell back and the knife struck the battery area of the phone, the clerk said. He then fired one shot at the man Monday night.

"That was the first time I had ever fired that gun," he said.


Police said Carlos JeanPeirre, 34, is recovering from non-life threatening wounds and faces multiple charges including aggravated assault and attempted robbery.

Wescott's son, Jason, said he gave both gifts to his father to keep him safe.

"Something like that can happen in a split second and it's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it," Jason Wescott said.

After the attack, Joseph Wescot said he used his cell phone to call 911.
 

aplusmnt

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Only problem I see with this story is that if the elderly man would have practiced shooting that new gun when he got it, then maybe the robber would not be in recovery and would be in the morgue!
 

Mike

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aplusmnt said:
Only problem I see with this story is that if the elderly man would have practiced shooting that new gun when he got it, then maybe the robber would not be in recovery and would be in the morgue!

Maybe we should try to pass the same laws as Buckwheat did in Illinois to restrict a doctor from aiding a living aborted child, but changing it towards stopping them from aiding a violent thief and thug? :mad:
 
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