GRESHAM, Ore. - A 21-year-old Oregon man was proud enough of his brand new Walther P22 handgun that he was carrying it in the open during the wee hours of Saturday morning after purchasing it earlier in the day.
EDIT: The suspect is thin a black male, between 19 and 23 years old, clean cut with a small patch of facial hair on his chin, and short black wavy hair. He is roughly six feet tall, wearing grey sweatpants, a white T-Shirt and flip-flop sandals.
Article says: “The weapon used in the robbery was described as a possibly semi-automatic, black gun, Gresham Police said.” but no description of the suspect other than his outfit. Did the gun commit the robbery?
Gun owner literally hands over his only means of self defense to a man already in a position to shoot him.
Gun owner is carrying a .22LR
I do not mean to MMQB whatsoever, but if you are not in the mental state to shoot a mother****er that is threatening your life until he is no longer doing so - you should not be carrying a gun. It’s not a status symbol, and just having one on your waistband isn’t going to make people afraid of you.
When you are late to the game, you are late to the game. If the guy was going to actually shoot him anyway, he probably would have done that first.
Doesn’t sound like this individual brought any of the things necessary to win a real world gun fight so he probably made the best decision. I think he was carrying his new gun out of pride rather than willingness to use it or with the mindset to protect it or himself.