Wayne La Pierre, Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association, continues to report “what they didn’t tell you today.” This article tells a story about a home defense incident that would never have happened if the Chicago-area criminal justice system had done it’s job. As Wayne points out, the mainstream media would probably sweep this latter fact under the carpet.
It seems like a clear case of self-defense … and it is. But what they didn’t tell you about an armed invasion of a home in Chicago’s suburb of Zion spells danger for innocent victims.
According to the Chicago Tribune, a 16-year-old thug named Gerrell Davis donned a black ski mask and gloves and forced his way into the home of middle-aged couple. Davis was armed with a loaded rifle and deadly intent.
The 55-year-old wife grabbed a 9mm handgun from her bedroom, ran to the kitchen and fired twice. The intruder was found by police on the kitchen floor, dead and still wearing the mask.
Authorities said they don’t anticipate any charges against the couple, who acted in self-defense.
But what they won’t tell you is that the violent attack never should have occurred in the first place. And that this wasn’t the first time Davis had attacked with a gun. Two years ago, he was convicted of aggravated battery with a firearm and should have been in jail … or at least in juvenile detention!
But he wasn’t. In fact, Davis didn’t serve any time. He got slapped on the wrist with probation. Free to do as he pleased.
The good news is that the couple he attacked was able to defend themselves.
But how many more violent thugs roam the streets of Chicago and its suburbs? Free on probation, just like Davis, to do as they please?
That’s the bad news. And that’s what they didn’t tell you today.
THIS IS NOT TRUE THIS IS CRAZY PEOPLE DONT KNOW THE WHOLE STORY HOW IS YAll GO SITT HERE AND CALL HIM A THUG AND SAY HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOME WHERE IN JAIL ..AND THAT THE GOOD THING IS THAT PEOPLE PERTECTED THERE SELF….YALL DID NOT KNOW HIM LIKE EVERY BODY DID HE WUS NOT NO THUG ….HE PLAYED SPORTS AND ALL HOW CAN YALL SITT HERE AND SAY SUM **** LIKE THAT ….OK I FELL YEA THE PERTECTED THERE SELF BUT ..THEY COULD HAVE SHOT HIM ONCE ER SUMTHIN ..OUR NOT EVEN SHOT …TRUST ME GERRELL WOULD HAVE NEVER KILLED NO BODY THEY SEE HE DIDNT SHOT BACK DIS WHOLE STORY IS BULL **** AND WHO EVER WROTE IT SHOULD BE A ****ING SHAME OF THERE SELF….
This is a joke — right Tamesha? By the way, we don’t use the S-word or the F-word here so I ‘fixed’ the instances of them.
no dis is not a joke
OK – let me get this straight – a dude breaks into someone’s private residence, armed and wearing a ski mask and the folks are supposed to assume he’s there for a social visit? He played sports and that makes it OK for him to do that?
But wait! OJ Simpson played sports and that made it OK for him to slit his wife’s throat and murder her friend. What was I thinking?
Oh, and yu shud lurn too spel, or Jon Carry mite sent yu tu Irak.
Cap”nBob & the Damsel,I am the parent of Gerrell Davis and really dont appreciate any of the commenys you put o here.First of all you dont know what is going on with this case and it is still open,you are going by what you hear from the newspaper and you are in a whole different state.My son was not found dead on no kitchen floor,he was pronounced dead in the hospital.You being so smart you should know if my son had a shot gun and tried to break in somebody house why in the hell he didn’t use the gun.He did serve time in juvenile detention,what in the hell is your idea of a thug because my som was a national honor roll student.While the wife was running on the room to get a gun where in the hell do you think the husband was,use your uneducated guess of that and figure it out.The Oj comment you don’t even have no proof that OJ done anything and that is more of a racist trial and money trial than any thing no nobody deserves to die especially in a violent.Let me ask you this was Nichole Simpson and her drug abuse and other sins she done in the past make here a thug .I am quite sure not two different races …………..the next time you want to slander somebody get your facts right go to the city it happened and stop being a bask yard detective.
mzcobb — first let me say that it’s sad when anyone dies, especially loved ones and I’m sorry for your loss. That being said, I will point out that the article I reprinted here comes from a reliable source and credit is given in a hyperlink in the article; words used in the article were selected by the author, Wayne LaPierre and not by us.
The point of this post is to highlight that people in their own home were able to defend themselves using their second amendment right to own and bear arms. We believe in law and order, and if someone is in your home uninvited, you may fear for your own life and take whatever steps you feel will keep you safe.
You are quick to accuse us of not knowing facts about the case but you don’t hesitate to speculate about Nicole Brown Simpson having drug problems when you certainly don’t know the facts in her case. You might address your concerns to Minstrel, who made the comments about the Simpson case.
Nobody here mentioned anything about a person’s race except you. We express our opinions about firearms, crime and law enforcement and don’t think it necessary to bring up a person’s race or any other personal attributes.
“He did serve time in juvenile detention,what in the hell is your idea of a thug because my som [sic] was a national honor roll student.”
An interesting dichotomy: Juvenile detention and honor student.
By the way . . .
Thug defined in Princeton WordNet: hood, an aggressive and violent young criminal.
Thug defined by WikiPedia Hip Hop Slang: A hip hop slang term, the meaning of which is vague but which is usually thought of as referring to someone who is ruthless, and who will do whatever it takes to get ahead. It was largely popularized by Tupac Shakur, who frequently referred to himself as a “thug” or as living the “thug life”, and who formed a short-lived group called “Thugged out.”
Interesting how some folks manage to transform a perpetrator into a victim.
The first poster reminded me of some of my middle school students. In this case he, or she is “trifiling” with a word. This time it is thug. At school it was touched vs. smacked, borrowed vs. stolen, etc. If the “person” had been put in jail the first time, he wouldn’t have had a chance to break, enter, threaten and assault the couple minding their own business. He had no business at all in their house. In our state, we have Castle Defense. If someone breaks into your house, you can shoot and kill them. No criminal nor civil penalties. A person is morally right to defend their own life, their wife, their home, and their property. There are thousands of similar stories in the USA every week just like this one. I subscribe to First Freedom. An armed citizen is the best defense against attacks and home invasions. Shoot to kill.
My niece taught middle school here in California a few years ago before making a career change. She reported the same attitudes among most of her students. Moreover, she made the career change asserting that “they don’t want to learn and their parents don’t give a ****!”
I fear for the future of our state where home defense is marginally accepted and criminals are mass-produced by indifferent parents, massive illegal immigration and an inept criminal justice system.
We will take our chances and protect ourselves in the face of danger before worrying about any legal consequences.