Saturday, October 28, 2006

No 'Stranger to Danger'?

An elderly Orlando man was nearly the victim of a home invasion, but then took matters into his own hands...

“Having been in the military for 30-years and in situations where I was shot at, I’m no stranger to danger,” said Harold Murphy.

Murphy served in the Navy fifty years ago and has a concealed weapons permit.

Note to Mr. Murphy: I'm glad you're safe, but for God's sake, TAKE YOUR FINGER OFF THE FREAKIN' TRIGGER!

Note to WFTV 9: You just did your viewers a tremendous safety disservice with this photograph. And you don't need a "concealed weapons permit" to have a gun in the home.

UPDATE: To address a concern raised by Jason M in "Comments"...

7 comments:

E. David Quammen said...

WFTV 9 Note to Mr. Codrea;

You misinterpret our motivation. We 'serve' our masters, and it is their intention to subliminally cause as much havoc as is possible. And we get paid, very well, to do it!

Anonymous said...

EDQ beat me to the same comment.

Anonymous said...

Not sure about that one, David. His forefinger may be resting on the trigger guard. It's difficult to know from our angle. If his finger were inside the trigger guard, resting on the trigger, there'd be no question about it.

E. David Quammen said...

Whose Paranoid - That's why I drink the strongest coffee as is humanly possible!

David Codrea said...

Jason M--see "Update".

Unix-Jedi said...

But.. the safety's on!

Anonymous said...

Most Negligent Discharges were with a weapon the owner didn't think was loaded, or was on "safe".

And damned near all of them required some idiot to put his booger-hook on the bang-switch.