Hero of the Day, Texas Style
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Heroes
Today’s hero is James Pickett, a hale and hearty 80 years old, who will bust a cap in your a$$ if you’re stupid enough to kick in his door and wave your little pig-sticker in his face:
What the men didn’t know is Pickett had taken a pistol and put it in his pocket before opening the door.
“He jumped and turned and I shot him,” Pickett said.
The two brothers, Paul and Holden Perry, ran but didn’t get far before calling an ambulance.
A bullet just missed Paul Perry’s spine.
“The only problem was I run out of bullets,” Pickett said.
Semi-automatics are where it’s at Mr. Pickett, sir, with extended magazines.
Worried about retribution, friends are sticking close. Both brothers face assault, burglary and robbery charges.
Deputies assure James Pickett they aren’t likely to get out of jail anytime soon but he isn’t worried.
“I think I’m a ten times better shot than and he is… But they best not come back,” he said.
Because it isn’t the cops’ job to defend you, it is YOUR job. Well done, Mr. Pickett.
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February 15th, 2008
Link to the original story please?
February 15th, 2008
Boy, I was tired last night.
Updated.
February 15th, 2008
Well, the theory in some quarters is that it is the cops’ job to protect you. But the fact is that they do an absolutely terrible job of it. So, like almost everything else, if you want it done right, do it yourself.
February 15th, 2008
No theory to it. The cops have no responsibility to protect individual citizens and there is legal precedent to support this. The notion that the “police are there to protect you” is a prevalent myth that refuses to die. If more people knew that, they would be even more outraged by police incompetence and statist meddling.
February 16th, 2008
Fancy that – taking a knife to a gun fight.
(Must admit I got that from a film I once saw)
February 16th, 2008
From “The Untouchables”, where Sean Connery (Malone) was playing with a Victrola while a bad guy walks up behind him with a knife in his hand. Sean spins around, hands suddenly bearing a shotgun, and says derisively, “Isn’t that just like a wop? Bringin’ a knife to a gun fight….”
February 17th, 2008
Thanks Drumwaster, that’s right – it was wasn’t it. And though I got the exact wording wrong, I was right on the button with the meaning.