Veteran With Concealed Carry Gun Able To Defend Himself And Friends From Gunman In Chicago



Had the law not been changed last year to allow it, the vet and all his friends might be dead.

Quote: One of the spate of shootings that took place in Chicago, Ill. over the July 4th holiday weekend involved a veteran with a concealed carry permit who was forced to a shoot a man who began firing on him and a group of friends.

The incident occurred Friday night, the Chicago Tribune reports.

The veteran and three of his friends were leaving a party on the city’s south side. When the group reached their vehicle, a container with liquor was sitting on top of it. A woman from the group asked another group gathered next door who the liquor belonged to and removed it.

The move angered 22 year-old Denzel Mickiel, who approached the veteran and his friends shouting obscenities. The man then went into his residence and returned with a gun.

As Mickiel opened fire on the group, the veteran took cover near the vehicle’s front fender, according to assistant state attorney Mary Hain, the Chicago Tribune reports.

The veteran fired two shots, hitting Mickiel both times.

Two of Mickiel’s friends also began shooting at the group, which was able to flee the scene in their vehicle.

Mickiel was transported to the hospital and is in critical condition. A woman in the veteran’s group was hit twice – once in the arm and once in the back – but was stabilized and taken to the hospital.

Mickiel is charged with attempted murder and will be held on $950,000 bond.

Had Friday’s shooting occurred a little more than a year ago, the veteran would not have been legally permitted to conceal carry his firearm.

Illinois was the last U.S. state to allow citizens to carry concealed weapons with a permit, finally passing a law on July 9, 2013. The state began issuing conceal carry permits in February.

Seven people died and approximately 50 were injured in shootings that took place in Chicago over the weekend. The city has among the highest violent crime rates among major U.S. cities.

http://news.yahoo.com/veteran-concealed-...04649.html

Finally another gun "control" law we can all agree on, right?

(07-05-2014 06:34 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  It is black on black shootings. Jesse, Al and Obama could care less. No political gain in it for them. They remain silent on this tragic issue in Chicago. Typical.

Because it's mostly black on black crime.

(07-07-2014 03:05 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(07-05-2014 06:34 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  It is black on black shootings. Jesse, Al and Obama could care less. No political gain in it for them. They remain silent on this tragic issue in Chicago. Typical.

Because it's mostly black on black crime.

So is the white part of obama racist?

(07-07-2014 01:09 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  Veteran With Concealed Carry Gun Able To Defend Himself And Friends From Gunman In Chicago



Had the law not been changed last year to allow it, the vet and all his friends might be dead.

Quote: One of the spate of shootings that took place in Chicago, Ill. over the July 4th holiday weekend involved a veteran with a concealed carry permit who was forced to a shoot a man who began firing on him and a group of friends.

The incident occurred Friday night, the Chicago Tribune reports.

The veteran and three of his friends were leaving a party on the city’s south side. When the group reached their vehicle, a container with liquor was sitting on top of it. A woman from the group asked another group gathered next door who the liquor belonged to and removed it.

The move angered 22 year-old Denzel Mickiel, who approached the veteran and his friends shouting obscenities. The man then went into his residence and returned with a gun.

As Mickiel opened fire on the group, the veteran took cover near the vehicle’s front fender, according to assistant state attorney Mary Hain, the Chicago Tribune reports.

The veteran fired two shots, hitting Mickiel both times.

Two of Mickiel’s friends also began shooting at the group, which was able to flee the scene in their vehicle.

Mickiel was transported to the hospital and is in critical condition. A woman in the veteran’s group was hit twice – once in the arm and once in the back – but was stabilized and taken to the hospital.

Mickiel is charged with attempted murder and will be held on $950,000 bond.

Had Friday’s shooting occurred a little more than a year ago, the veteran would not have been legally permitted to conceal carry his firearm.

Illinois was the last U.S. state to allow citizens to carry concealed weapons with a permit, finally passing a law on July 9, 2013. The state began issuing conceal carry permits in February.

Seven people died and approximately 50 were injured in shootings that took place in Chicago over the weekend. The city has among the highest violent crime rates among major U.S. cities.

http://news.yahoo.com/veteran-concealed-...04649.html

Thank God that guy had a gun to protect himself and his friends.

(07-07-2014 03:05 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(07-05-2014 06:34 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  It is black on black shootings. Jesse, Al and Obama could care less. No political gain in it for them. They remain silent on this tragic issue in Chicago. Typical.

Because it's mostly black on black crime.

It is a sad but true fact that if this were 89 white people wounded and 14 white people killed, this would be the lead story in the country and one of the lead stories internationally.