Check out this story about a courageous prosecutor resisting calls by freedom-hating, gun grabbing elitists who want a citizen prosecuted for defending himself against the juvenile thief who was trying to run over him with his own car! Not that you would know that from the way the story is written. Here’s how the incident is initially described:

“Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters announced Friday that he would not file charges against 61-year-old Bennie Hall, who fired at least three shots into his 1994 Ford Taurus as 14-year-old eighth-grader Quavale Finnell attempted to steal it Oct. 23. Hall had gone inside while his car was warming up that chilly morning, leaving it unlocked.”

It is only when you read on that you learn what really happened:

Deters said Finnell - after having been out all night, apparently kicked out of his house by a parent because there was not enough room for him - took advantage when he came upon Hall’s running car and tried to drive it away.
“Hall, who had a permit to carry a firearm, chased his car, but found it coming back at him after Finnell drove up Odin Avenue in Kennedy Heights and turned around. After unsuccessfully trying to wave Finnell down and with the car bearing down on him, Hall fired three times, Deters said.
One shot lodged in the car’s door, another in a tire. The third struck Finnell in the chest and tore his aorta, Deters said.
Hall “tried to just wave the guy over. That was his initial purpose, but the car came directly at him where he was literally brushed and the car he was standing in front of was side-swiped,” Deters said. “This thing happened so quickly where his life was in danger. He had a right to fire.”

“The first law of nature is to protect yourself and we all know that,” said Tanya Batte, training program manager at the Center for Peace Education in Cincinnati’s Mount Auburn neighborhood. “And even thought that may be true, we have to use common sense and teach our children there are other ways to solve conflict.”

Too bad no one taught this 14 year-old about solving conflict. His parents could start with explaining how it’s wrong to steal and kill. No chance he’ll learn that in school. We can’t have those Ten Commandments in public school! Just ask the ACLU.

Living here in the Nanny State of Illinois, where a law-abiding citizen cannot exercise his God-given Constitutional right to keep and bear arms, but a 13 year old can get an abortion without telling her parents, or even buy cold medicine without practically registering with the state, it’s nice to know that there are still places in America that understand and respect our freedom under the 2nd amendment.

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