As a political writer and solid believer in the right to armed self-defense, I spend some time each day researching defensive shooting episodes throughout the country in order to keep my finger on the pulse of the matter. And as a resident of a Tulsa, Oklahoma, suburb, I also keep a pretty close eye on the local news on a daily basis.
So, when those two worlds meet—as they did recently—I can’t help but want to write about it.
On Tuesday evening, a Tulsa homeowner used his firearm to stop five men who were attacking him in his front yard. The incident is a good example of a firearm being the “great equalizer” since a 5-on-1 fight would not normally be winnable by the lone party.
According to the Tulsa Police Department (TPD), the homeowner and 47-year-old Marco Richardson had been involved in an ongoing argument that had already led to previous confrontations. Police say that on the night of the incident, Richardson, his son and three others exited two vehicles at the suspect’s house and rushed him.
While the five men had the homeowner, who has not been identified, pinned against a vehicle in the yard and were assaulting him, he drew his gun and began shooting, hitting Richardson in the chest and also hitting another of his attackers.
When police arrived at the scene they found Richardson lying in the yard surrounded by several people. He later died of his wounds at a local hospital, and the other man who was seriously wounded in the incident was transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition.
“The homeowner cooperated with officers, surrendering the pistol and providing a statement to investigators,” TPD reported in a Facebook post. “Based on witness statements and evidence collected, no charges were filed against the homeowner.”
The investigation is ongoing and will be presented to the District Attorney’s Office for final disposition once completed
Unfortunately for the journalism world, despite the fact that police clearly stated that no charges were filed against the homeowner and headlined the photo on the department Facebook page “Self-Defense Homicide,” the local CBS affiliate, newson6.com, repeatedly referred to the homeowner as the “shooter” and called the attacker who was killed the “victim.” It seems that even in Oklahoma, so-called “mainstream” media can still find some way to make positive use of a firearm sound negative.
Nice.
Proof that home carry is the way to go.
Remove all the guns and knives. Then 5 trogs beat you to death and rape your wife.
Fu.ck gun control and its supporters.
It is a basic truth that the educated do their best to ignore and the peasants are not allowed to acknowledge. While incidence and likelihood will vary by region and population, everyone should be prepared for some level of savagery and the violence needed to end it.
My comment vanished. Second try. Remove all the guns and knives and then 5 savages beat you to death.
Gun control and its supporters are pure evil.
@ j w m: Recently I have had several comments held for moderation and after several hours they posted. Who knows why.
I’m used to that. This time there was no notice. Just a long enough delay for me to post a second comment. They showed up together.
And it happened again. A long, unexplained delay between posting and the comment showing up.
So did he get his pistol back?
We can presume there are 5 proven violent offenders angry with him.
He may need it.
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That is why you have more than one. I keep a couple at secure sights off premises. Even if the cops loot my house I will be armed again in short order.
Well, it was a self defense homicide. AKA justifiable homicide. Seems everyone agrees the homeowner was the person who did the shooting. When I was writing reports on things like this I referred to the “victim” as the suspect, aggressor, etc.
This is precisely the not so uncommon scenario that demonstrates why average citizens have a legitimate need for semiautomatic pistols, rifles and shotguns with standard capacity magazines that hold thirty rounds or more. They are the modern equivalent of the blunderbuss that the founding fathers were very cognizant of when they wrote the Second Amendment.