CBS Highlights Armed Shop Owner Who Fought Back Against Robbers
While it is unusual for the mainstream media to give attention to armed citizens who use guns to defend themselves against criminals before police can arrive, on Thursday’s CBS Evening News, anchor Harry Smith highlighted a smoke shop owner in Texas who fought back when he was the victim of two armed robbers, as he shot and apparently wounded one of them.
Smith related to viewers:
The owner of a smoke shop in Waco, Texas, knows how to stay cool under pressure. Early Wednesday, two robbers pulled guns on him and his friend. Surveillance video shows the owner, Amar Kayah (sp?), didn't panic, possibly because he had his own gun under the counter. Suddenly, there was a firefight. Somehow, Kayah and his friend were not hurt. He's pretty sure he hit one of the robbers who got away with $150.
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You need look no further than
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 10:40pm.
You need look no further than the shop owners name to understand why the lame street media is enamored with the guy.
I bet the Ass Clown will personally call him when he gets back to Washington with an atta boy.
Barack_Must_Go.....
Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!
Submitted by TexasMom0517 on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 11:31pm.
In Texas, we have shop owners/merchants who will fight back and who know how to handle a gun, ALL THE TIME. I haven't noticed those incidents being reported in the lame stream media with any fervor.
If you have Sirius Radio you
Submitted by ricklail on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 10:51am.
If you have Sirius Radio you can hear about things like this every night on Cam and Company. Each Friday Tim Graham of NB is a guest on the roundtable. If you are a gun owner it is very good.
Pretty sure I hit him?
Submitted by Herbster on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 12:49am.
You need more time at the range friend. We Texans don't "Think we hit the bad guy," we turn him into a sieve and save the State of Texas the cost of a trial! Harry Smith covering a GUN story? Amazing.
That's what I love about
Submitted by ricklail on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 10:59am.
That's what I love about Texans-better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6. Your idea of gun control is hitting what you're aiming at.
Well This owner KNOWS he hit the robbers
Submitted by texusmc on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 12:47pm.
short barreled shotgun works every time!!!
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7343008.html
and he obviously DID go to the range a few times
Rough area in Houston.
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Sat, 01/01/2011 - 12:35am.
Rough area in Houston. Canal street is known for its problems. Im sure the owner had much more than the peistol andshotgun around.
What? I thought libs hated cigarettes and cigars as WELL as guns
Submitted by gopcongress on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 2:43am.
One would think that you'd see Couric railing against those Big Tobbakker heathens as well as the NRA and the "gun lobby." This type of story doesn't add up, to be honest.
Does one see a trend in the mainstream media to become more...well, mainstream? Nahhhh...
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If the robbers had stolen
Submitted by johnsonl on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 9:29am.
If the robbers had stolen trans fats and salt, this would have been the lead story on every network!
You might want to add tobacco
Submitted by ricklail on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 11:14am.
You might want to add tobacco products too.
If this guy was white and named Joe Smith...
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 11:26am.
...Harry would be wondering why he wasn't being charged with some sort of a crime.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
If this guy owned that shop in NY or Chicago, no matter what his
Submitted by virginia republican on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 11:58am.
name or color, he'd probably be dead.
vr, you are exactly right
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 12:17pm.
Everybody knows that in New York and Chicago, only the criminals are allowed to have guns.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Staying Relevent
Submitted by Utherpend on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 11:46am.
I think Harry is trying to appeal more to the gun crowd to try seem like he is less a left wing liberal and more centerist.
Good luck Harry, I don't see it happening.
The Smoking Gun Presents:
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 3:08pm.
I hope this get shown on World's Dumbest Criminals!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
FASCISTS! The guys were just
Submitted by Cowboy on Sat, 01/01/2011 - 2:13am.
FASCISTS! The guys were just doing their part to redistribute wealth...
A gunshot wound isn't a pre-existing condition, is it?
Possibilities
Submitted by NevadanConservative on Sat, 01/01/2011 - 1:00pm.
Either this guy is going to end up with a good sized piece of attaboy from fellow merchants in the area, with a side of 'lets not mess with him, he carries in his place' from the crooks...
OR the thieves are gonna try to run that play again in numbers. (Target rich environment, anyone?)
Odd. Out here in Vegas we have a very nice, very proud cuban expat running a cigar parlor, rolled right on the premises by experts. He VERY happily and proudly carries, right there on his hip. Great guy, and good cigars, too. Would that more small businesses out here carried.
NVCon
When the
Submitted by UpNorth on Sat, 01/01/2011 - 1:37pm.
authorities find the one who was hit, either dead or alive, the story will go one of two ways.
1. Pan to a sobbing woman, "He was just gettin his life turned around, he was goin back to get his GED and everythin".
2. If alive, "Man, I just wents in to get some smokes, and the fool be shootin me, I didn't do nuthin".
And, Harry will be back to highlight the tragic consequences of using a gun, to defend oneself.