Ahhh...leave it to San Fran.

Piedra is a hero, he did what anyone would of done when it came to the protection of his family, home and business....spin all you want little leftists, spin all you want.

Second Amendment.

Here to stay.

In 97% of the rest of the country's municipalities, in this kind of situation, the police department will not press charges AND tell the comunity that the pizza shop owner is within his rights to defend himself and his family and his propert.

And the local papers will print that statement, even if the paper is a liberal rag.

How does the SFChron report it when all the staff in a store is gunned down? Tragic victims of our too-many-guns-in-society. Here is a hero and they downplay the event.

This story is also full of other cr@p.
1. "The drama began", like it is a TV show, instead of "the crime started"
2. "In the chaos, Piedra may have accidentally shot and wounded his 17-year-old son, " Um, why don't we find out from ballistics if the bullet came from Boonie's gun, thereby find out who is the real assailant?
3. "The shooting has left two families traumatized," Right, and if the criminals had simply gunned down the pizza owner and his family, there would only be one family traumatized! There's the REAL tragedy, right SFChron????

The writer of this story (Henry K. Lee) and the editors need mental help. They need to tell everyone why the bad guys in this situation are not Allen Joseph Hicks III, aka Boonie (accused batterer on probation for a drug conviction ) and his buddies.

That ought to be some explanation.

The shop owner did exactly what I would have done.  He had no way of knowing if that thug would have been content to only rob him, or make a last minute decision to murder that family.  The anti-gun crowd will sob and weep endlessly for the loss of this poor criminal, but they would be the first ones to yell, "Someone shoot this crazy SOB"  if they were faced with similar circumstances.

Oh god, I'm physically ill after reading that, gotta find a way to work it out of my system.. I can not even begin to understand the thinking behind this article, a common criminal made to look like a victim!

It makes me want to get a gun when I look past the liberal bias and get to the heart of the story... you know, since liberals think guns kill people, to them the gun should be the hero of the story, but I guess the whole lack of a concept of evil gets in the way of them following that course of logic.. and there, I feel alot better after venting and ranting. 

One of the main problems of guns is that it gives power to the gun owner to stop those who would take his property.  But we assume a person can truly 'own' property.  To a socialist no individual can acquire property and not 'share' it with others.  For all we know 'Boonie' was in need of cash or pizza or both.  Boonie was just doing what a socialist government does.  It takes the earnings of the more 'fortunate' to 'share' with others less fortunate but equally deserving. 

  From the leftist point of view the problem of crime is because of the imbalance of property ownership.   Without enough government programs to help disadvantaged citizens minimize this imbalance there will be a rise in crime.  This means what we call a 'criminal' is really just a symptom of an economic system that is failing some of its citizens.  These 'criminals' are actually victims.

  Their answer would be for the government to hold up the pizza restaurant and then give the money to Boonie.

Good post, Warner.

And of course the anti-gun biz owner quoted gets it all wrong.

A shop keeper willing and able to defend himself with a handgun is not an invitation to trouble from would-be robbers, it's a useful prophylactic against it.

How many people reading the SFChron will, instead of being scared away from the pizzeria b/c the owner defended himself, flock to it because they know he less likely to be victimized b/c the criminals know he's armed.

The good guys around here are usually behind bullet-proof panels.  I do not own a gun.  I have never owned a gun.  I will probably never own a gun.  But if I was managing a small business on International Boulevard in Oakland, I would own a gun.

However, my personal opinion regarding the Second Amendment is very much in the minority in the San Francisco Bay Area.  The SF Chronicle is preaching to the choir.

Ok, one more rant in regards to "Mohammad Ali". Law enforcement royally SUCKS in big cities. He says we don't need guns if we have law enforcement; however, by the time law enforcement arrives, your wife is raped, your son is shot dead, you're crippled from the waste down and the cash register has been RANSACKED!!! Gimme a break. What is law enforcement going to do??? Take down a "description" of the theif??? lol. "Ummm..about 6 ft, male, dark skin, had on a mask, 20-40yrs of age." Good Luck SFPD! I think I'll keep my Beretta. :-)

The shop owner didn't hesitate to protect his family. My prayers go out to him and his family to help them heal from their trauma and feelings.

The SF Chronicle should be ashamed of themselves for their spin on this story, but of course are not and do not even understand that point of view.

What's even worse is the apparent thinking of the SF Police...the seem to prefer that they be investigating a mass murder or perhaps a murder/rape scene than to have such a clear cut case of self-defense. They would apparently rather citizens were good witnesses (to their neighbor's murder) than they should actually avail themselves of their constitutional right to self-protection. I'm sure all the citizens of SF must feel much safer with that attitude.

That's why there has been so little compassion shown toward the Virginia Tech killer plus the media hasn't, as yet, named him "society's victim". He didn't have a "smile on his face"! Note to all future killers: be sure to have a smiley face and you're home free.

Not too many years ago I would have commented "ONLY in San Francisco". Unfortunately, our country is headed the way of San Francisco. It's only a matter of time.

Maybe the Robber can take a copy of the Chronicle and shove it in St. Peter's face.

"See , it says right here, I'm a frikkin good guy.

Employees of the SFChronicle should be required to spend time selling papers on the streets of the city with a big bag of cash to make change.

Another little missed point here is that if Hicks was already convicted and was on probation, he was violating FEDERAL FIREARMS LAWS simply by touching a gun, which, BTW, he got where? Did those lax SF gun laws permit him to simply walk into a gun shop and pick it up? Or maybe he got it through EBay? Or one of those gun-show loopholes? Or perhaps, one of the illegals SF is officially giving sanctuary to brought it with him and gave it to Hicks? 

So a druggie, woman beating, armed robber now deserves a pity-party? Like I've seen elsewhere in this post, "only in San Francisco". Where else do the very laws of physics cease to exist? Along with all reason and logic? The mainstream opinion in SF is whatever SF decides it is, regardless of the rest of the nation.

The Closed Mind Builds Strong Barriers