2nd Amendment success story lends support to concealed carry law
Monday, July 6th, 2009Woo Hoo! Good news in Peoria:
[Peoria resident Lonnie] Tinsley told police he was sitting on his porch when two males came around the side of his house just before midnight Sunday. Tinsley said Wells pointed a gun at him and told him to get inside the house.
Once inside, Tinsley tried to hold the door shut while being struck in the head.
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Tinsley said he eventually went to retrieve his own gun from inside the house.
“I got to my gun, spun around and shot it,” Tinsley said, adding that he probably shot three rounds at the intruders.
When police arrived, witnesses reported seeing a man wearing a ski mask and holding a revolver. They said the masked man shot three times at Tinsley, who returned fire.
Wells was the only person shot during the exchange. Police did not say how many total shots may have been fired.
For those out-of-towners reading this, the mayor and other community leaders want the state’s permission to use Peoria’s home rule power and start letting citizens who qualify the power to carry concealed weapons. I’ll bet my next paycheck that neither of the two sociopaths who ended up getting shot at would qualify. And note that no law stopped them from carrying.
Cross posted to Peoria Pundit.
