Another Charlotte Hall Robbery

AK-74me

AK-74me

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That is why MD needs to be a shall issue state and let the people defend themselves. Instead they keep us powerless and have to deal with some of the highest crime rates in the nation. Coincidence? Like the police are going to protect you several minutes after having a gun stuck in your grill.

As of 2000 MD rank 3rd highest for violent crime in the country.
 
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willie

willie

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The local radio stations were announcing the incident this morning....unbelievable! It usually takes them 3 days to get it on the repetitive taped "news".
 
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dems4me said:
This is all soo terrible and sad. I just moved down here. :frown: I guess I'll have to carry mace around or something. I just don't like doing that. :frown: I'm more worried they would use it on me instead of the other way around. Also, I accidentally maced my cat Sage not just once but twice on accident. :frown: All of this is just soo sad. :frown: I'll pray for our town tonight, maybe other folks can do the same too.
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how the heck do you accidentally mace your cat, not once, but twice???
 
MargeInCharge

MargeInCharge

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willie said:
The local radio stations were announcing the incident this morning....unbelievable! It usually takes them 3 days to get it on the repetitive taped "news".
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I heard it on the radio this morning too. It was the same guy who robbed the BK the other day. Detectives were doing interviews re: the BK incident when they got the 911 call that Arby's was being robbed right then. One of the detectives caught the tail end of the robbery and apparently the thief shot the ceiling before running. He got nabbed him in some bushes somewhere, and the police released a dog on him. Hope I got all that right. Anyway, the guy was a cocky idiot, coming back to do it in the area again so quickly.
 
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harleygirl

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MargeInCharge said:
Yep, bet you're right. They said his name, but I don't recall what it was right now.
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His name was Antonio Banks. I heard the chase last night on the scanner, evidently the dogs chewed on him for a while.
 
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righttobeararms

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AK-74me said:
That is why MD needs to be a shall issue state and let the people defend themselves. Instead they keep us powerless and have to deal with some of the highest crime rates in the nation. Coincidence? Like the police are going to protect you several minutes after having a gun stuck in your grill.

As of 2000 MD rank 3rd highest for violent crime in the country.
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Amen Brother. I was cocked and locked and waiting for some idiot to come running up in my house last night.

I guarantee if Maryland passed shall issue these criminals would think twice before sticking a gun in someones face.

D.C. Moved to P.G., P.G. moved into Charles and Charles is encroaching on St. Mary's every day.

I am packing my #### and moving to Montana
 
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Pandora

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When people say “citizens should have the right to carry.” I think the common misconception is that everyone will be carrying. I think it can be done with strict rules and regulations, such as, you must have a license, convicted of no felonies, no misdemeanor offenses within the last 10-years, take a class, something along the line of that and the public MAY be more welcoming of the idea.

I’ve heard the other side of this issue; We have laws and a criminal justice systems that is responsible for enforcing those laws, that if somebody attempts to steel your car, whatever, that it is just “stuff” and it isn’t worth the loss of a life.

But I think you’d put armed, trained people out in society MAYBE it would deter crime and put drug users (which are your primary offenders of robberies/car jackings/thefts/etc.) with an additional option to clean themselves up. If they resort to a life of crime to get drugs, they have an increased chance of getting caught because of the "armed" people out in society.

Then again, there are mentally disordered people everywhere who may qualify for a “license” under my 1st paragraph and now they are armed. :ohwell: Carrying a gun does constitute power and with that power comes responsibility and the ability to abuse it can happen.

It is a tough tough tough decision with allowing people to carry or not allowing them to carry. It is like Pandora’s box.
 
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Pandora

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Instead of editing my post above yet again, I wanted to run down a TRUE scenario.

A 30 something year old man moved to Maryland from Texas. There he had the ability to carry; here he did not. He had been here several years and was approached by gun point and robbed. He pulled his gun out and shot the perpetrator. He was charged with a 1st Degree Assault, sentenced to 5 years DOC and 5 years supervised probation, served just under 2 years and was released on Parole. His supervised probation does not begin until his Parole case expires, 5 years from date of sentence so in essence, he will be supervised in society for 8 years.

The person who robbed him accepted a plea bargaining agreement and got 18 months on a combined charge of Robbery and Carrying a Handgun, other charges were N.P. and 3 years supervised probation upon release.

If you compare the two cases, the law abiding citizen (up until this point) who carried a gun unlawfully was more severely punished that the actual criminal.
 
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righttobeararms

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Pandora said:
When people say “citizens should have the right to carry.” I think the common misconception is that everyone will be carrying. I think it can be done with strict rules and regulations, such as, you must have a license, convicted of no felonies, no misdemeanor offenses within the last 10-years, take a class, something along the line of that and the public MAY be more welcoming of the idea.

I’ve heard the other side of this issue; We have laws and a criminal justice systems that is responsible for enforcing those laws, that if somebody attempts to steel your car, whatever, that it is just “stuff” and it isn’t worth the loss of a life.

But I think you’d put armed, trained people out in society MAYBE it would deter crime and put drug users (which are your primary offenders of robberies/car jackings/thefts/etc.) with an additional option to clean themselves up. If they resort to a life of crime to get drugs, they have an increased chance of getting caught because of the "armed" people out in society.

Then again, there are mentally disordered people everywhere who may qualify for a “license” under my 1st paragraph and now they are armed. :ohwell: Carrying a gun does constitute power and with that power comes responsibility and the ability to abuse it can happen.

It is a tough tough tough decision with allowing people to carry or not allowing them to carry. It is like Pandora’s box.
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It is not a tough desicion it is a common sense decision. Every State that has reinstated the right to carry laws have had a drastic reduction in violent crime.
People that are going to apply for a carry permit aren't the ones that are going to go out pistol whipping other people or robbing Arby's

I simply feel as a law abiding citizen with no felony record I should be able to carry a gun to protect myself.

My honest opinion on the situation is. 90% (figuratively) of the criminals out there are carrying guns and would not hesitate to blow my head off in the mall parking lot for $20 or a pair of Nike tennis shoes to get thier next rock of Crack Cocaine, if I don't comply with thier orders. Why is it that the Maryland Government sees it fit that I don't have the right to defend myself from this kind of scum bag.

Now before anyone says, it's just money or it is just a car, make sure you think about the fact that, it is money that I worked for and a car that I worked for and my life that is on the line if I decide I don't want to give MY property to some scum sucking criminal and that criminal just might pop a cap in my head even if I do give him/her what I want.

Ayway the arguement could bounce back and forth all day and never go anywhere. I say reinstate the Shall Issue Right to Carry and that way if you want to apply for a permit and you meet the requirements you can carry. If you don't think it is a good idea then don't apply for the permit and don't carry your gun.= or don't even own one

It's a matter of simple choice.
 
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