SOTG 309 - Go Team Detroit, Another One Bites the Dust

(Photo Source: ConcealedNation.com)

A Detroit thug committed a critical error in the victim selection process and paid dearly for his mistake. We have another “Go Team Moment” from New Hampshire where a 65 year old woman was forced to use a concealed pistol to defend her life.

We understand that you may be frustrated and angry over the state of our nation and the actions of the self-appointed emperor. During our SOTG Homeroom segment, Professor Paul offers some advice for positive steps that you can take.

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From concealednation.org:
“A would-be armed robber was shot and killed when he walked behind a gun owner purchasing cigarettes at a local gas station.

According to WXYZ-7, the robber walked up behind him and told him to empty everything out of his pockets. That was when the gun owner turned around and shot the robber at close range. The would-be robber was pronounced dead at the scene. No further injuries to report.

“It’s poetic justice,” said one witness to the crime. “You come to do something that tainted, you know, that [malicious], and it just that raunchy to another person and he flips the script on you!”

Detroit police are not expecting to press charges against the gun-owner.

“He was stunned just like any of us would be,” the store manager said about the victim. “We’ve been here thirty or forty years and we’ve never had anything like this happen.”

Detroit is famous for being a high-crime environment where thugs don’t think twice before using force against victims. One of the rude awakenings for these criminals is when one of their own goes home in a bag. This type of idiocy just won’t stand and it’s good to know that the folks of Detroit are able and ready to handle it.“

From concealednation.org:
“A 65-year-old woman half her attacker’s size is crediting her firearm for saving her the other night during a frightening ordeal that occurred just feet away from her apartment.

The woman, who is 4-foot-11 and 105 pounds, said she had stopped at Mobil on the Run, 1050 S. Willow St., at about 11:30 p.m., after leaving work. She told police she was on South Willow Street at a stoplight when she noticed a dark colored sedan behind her. She said it caused her heightened concern when it followed her into her apartment complex parking lot, so she parked as close to her building as possible.

She said the following vehicle parked close to hers and as she got out of her vehicle and headed for the building, she heard a car door close and a person walking quickly behind her.

She turned to see a white male coming up behind her, running past her and then situating himself directly in her path. The woman said that he then reached out to grab her, and that’s when she pulled her firearm from her pocket and fired a shot, striking the man in the chest.

Police say the woman has her concealed carry permit.

The man, Robert Bontaites, 23, was taken to the hospital by an accomplice who was waiting in the vehicle. When his description was heard over the radio, an officer at the hospital recognized Bontaites and arrested him.

This is yet another fine example of an armed citizen taking control over their personal safety. Had this woman not been carrying her firearm, who knows what would have happened to her in the end.

Here’s to the armed citizen.“

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