The PJ Tatler

Why Women Should Carry Concealed Handguns

Vincent Lee Carson was wanted for another hotel robbery when he hid in the breakfast room of a Days Inn in Columbia, South Carolina. The female hotel clerk who came in to prepare breakfast “was about 100 pounds lighter than Carson and stood at least a foot shorter than him.” Carson attacked and held a knife to her throat.

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Carson’s intent was not only to rob the motel, but also to rape the clerk. “There’s no doubt that was his intent,” said Lott. “Not only was he going to rob her, but he was going to sexually assault her. Now what was he going to do after that assault was over with, we don’t know.”

As Carson pocketed his knife and prepared to tie her up, the victim drew a .22 caliber pistol and shot him point blank in the chest.

In the previous robbery, Carson broke into the hotel room of “two elderly tourists” and took their money, cell phone, and vehicle.

This victim received permission from her employer to carry on the job after being “victimized in one of two recent robberies at the same Days Inn.”

Sheriff Lott said “Carter had a lengthy criminal record in New York and New Jersey.”

“He was a career criminal on a crime spree and would not have stopped except for what happened this morning.”

Lott concluded: “The bottom line — he is the one who caused him to get killed.”

By defending her life, this victim benefitted society by stopping future violence, too.

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Posted at 8:05 am on July 26th, 2011 by

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6 Comments, 6 Threads

  1. 1. Walt C

    By defending her life, this victim benefitted society by stopping future violence, too.

    And saved the taxpayers a bunch of money in trial and incarceration costs.

    Works the same way when a fox or coyote attacks my chickens, shoot on sight, end of problem.

  2. When law abiding folks can carry a concealed firearm, career criminals often get early permanent retirement.

  3. VCA (Violent Criminal Actor) DRT (Dead Right There).
    Problem solved.

  4. 4. Wildfire

    People are always asking: “Who needs to be ARMED, when they are at WORK?!”
    Here is their answer.

  5. The Norwegian government made sure no armed citizens ran towards the sound of the guns on Utoya. One of the first casualties was a policeman who died trying to stop the carnage. Norway’s politicians factor in his death as surely as the insane shooter.

  6. 6. E. Zach Lee-Wright

    The two cities with the most extreme gun control are Washington DC and Chicago. In 2010 DC had twenty seven TIMES more murders than El Paso, TX despite being the smaller city. Chicago had a murder rate nineteen times higher. Both Chicago and DC politicians are demanding “more gun control in other states” to help with their problem. They cannot acknowledge that less gun restrictions on lawful citizens translates to less crime as in today’s example. These politicians are unamerican scum who cannot bear the thought of citizens defending themselves. One has to admire their two term system however: One term in office and the next term in prison. Utter scum. And I am….. E. Zach Lee-Wright