Some Anecdotal Crime Evidence
By Daniel Miessler on July 7th, 2008: Tagged as America | Crime
The admin for our team came in today (her name is Denise) with bad news from the weekend. One of her kids had his car stolen, and upon returning to his house he found the door wide open. A 52″ TV, as well as two laptops and a number of other valuables were stolen. This was in a nearby state.
She sits 4 feet from me.
So then one of my team members comes in and says he had a bad weekend as well. His two sons were held up at gun point on the south side of the city I live in. They didn’t just take their belongings; they also beat them up pretty good.
He sits 4 feet from me, behind me.
My other teammate, Chris, has had two cars stolen in our town in two years.
Then there was the story of the 71-year-old man who was in a Subway in Miami over the weekend. Two guys guys came in with guns and held the place up, and then tried taking the old man into the bathroom in the back.
He had a legal firearm, concealed, which he then drew and used. He shot one in the head and one in the chest. The one shot in the head died shortly afterwards, and the second one ran away and was captured by police after he hid in a bush. I’m just glad that old man had his pistol with him.
No charges were filed.
The mother of the man that was killed is upset because the old man fired on her son. She should be ashamed of herself.
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I expect the crime numbers for 2008, country wide, to be alarming. More to follow.