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Philadelphia Student Carrying Legal Firearm Shoots It Out With Armed Robber

Update: Here is a more recent video that lays out the shooting incident in northern Philadelphia. It confirms all initial reporting in the incident from yesterday, and gives some additional details. Eells is currently in the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery

Philadelphia Student Carrying Legal Firearm Shoots It Out With Armed Robber

Rob Eells, Temple Student who shot back at an armed robber

A Philadelphia college student put his firearm carry permit to good use Monday, as he shot it out with a would-be robber, hitting him twice.Philadelphia Student Carrying Legal Firearm Shoots It Out With Armed Robber

Robert Eells, 21-year-old Temple University student, was in front of his off-campus house smoking a cigarette at 1:30Am Monday when a group of teenagers approached him and asked for money. The main suspect- who is 15-years old- allegedly then attempted to rob Eells, who refused the demand for cash.

At that point, police say the suspect started shooting, and hit Eels in the stomach.

But Eels was able to fight back. He drew his own legal pistol and fired, hitting the attacker in the chest and leg.

School officials say Eells is recovering at Temple University Hospital.  He had a license to carry the weapon he used and faces no charges in the incident.

The suspect is also in the hospital, and will face aggravated assault and attempted robbery charges. Police are searching for two accomplices.

Watch the video recap of the incident here, courtesy of my foxphilly.com

Police: Temple Student Shot During Botched Robbery: MyFoxPHILLY.com

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  • The_Outlaw
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:48pm

    I’ll just bet that the 15 year old assailant is an african american.

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  • biffo
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:46pm

    2 Cops Among 67 Shot in Weekend Violence; Teen and 56-Year-Old Bystander Killed in NYC. Bloomberg calls for more gun control!! Obama and his lackeys would prefer that this good student were killed than the his obvious voting block criminal.

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    • Talmid of Yeshua
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 2:33am

      Of course, most law-abiding gun-toting citizens vote Republican. The liberals figure if they can ban guns, more conservatives will get killed, which means more voters for the socialists like Obama.

      If you doubt me, why don’t you ask Hillary Clinton why she is pushing for felons and illegal aliens to be given the right to vote.

      http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/5/3/92921.shtml

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    • LIBSALWAYSLIE
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 7:26am

      why is the turd not charged with attempted murder???

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    • Seabee79
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 8:01am

      The only thing I see wrong, the student didn’t pull his gun fast enough as soon as he realized the Situation was going south.

      Hope this student recovers, and god bless.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 8:08am

      why is the turd not charged with attempted murder
      My thoughts exactly

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    • cemerius
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 8:32am

      15 year old criminal SHOULD be tried in 1st Degree murder attempt and charged as an adult. His two accomplices should be tried as adults in accessory! Throw it all together WHY were 15 year olds out on the streets packing guns at 130 am?? Prosecute the parents too!!!

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    • PA PATRIOT
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 8:54am

      Pennsylvania is a legal “carry state” ….. for adults and those who are not felons.
      Felons may not possess or even live in a home where firearms are present.
      Therefore, I my kid is convicted of a felony offense, I have to choose whether he stays or the guns.
      Guess which one I choose.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:02am

      Seabee79, I bet that if he had drawn first, he would have been charged with something. I guess in America you have to take a bullet before it’s OK to defend yourself. It’s ridiculous.

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    • DTOM_Jericho (Creator vindicator)
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:18am

      @PA “Patriot”
      I don’t understand the premise of the question? Why would either leave? If your son was convicted of a felony and PAID HIS DEBT then he is a free man. You don’t lose your 1st amendment right or 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc., when convicted of a felon and have served your sentence –why your 2nd? Let me reword that … YOU DO NOT LOSE A RIGHT AS A FREE MAN! Are you saying that you would kick your son out? You would be complicit with tyranny… you are no patriot. You are in PA, so you already live on your knees. Thank God I left that ****hole and thank God I didn’t have you for a father.

      “Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither.” -Benjamin Franklin (derivative)

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:32am

      Only a Fox station is showing this, or is it being shown on other stations?

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    • PA PATRIOT
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:35am

      @ DTom Jericho,

      In PA a CONVICTED FELON loses his right to possess a firearm, period……..forever.
      In PA it is illegal for a CONVICTED FELON to reside in a home where firearms are present…period.
      Therefore, A or B. No grey area.
      Guns or Convicted Felon Son,
      I pick Guns
      Son should have considered what he was doing.
      I did, that is why I can keep my guns….. PERIOD

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    • PA PATRIOT
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:41am

      DTOM,.

      I can see your point, but are we not a country of laws.
      Do we sacrifice the legal system so felons can carry guns.
      Issue of CHOICE is a huge topic today.
      Patriots do the right thing within the premise of societal law and a uniform code of conduct.
      Would Washington have accepted members who would be a detriment to his cause.
      I think not.
      Act and think responsibly.

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    • Evil_Conservative
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:43am

      agreed on the attempted murder coment. you know if the victim here shot a third time, and killed the attacker, the victim would have been charged with murder.

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    • schmite123oh
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:54am

      I agree what about attempted murder? He should be tried as an adult as well.

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    • turkey13
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:56am

      Remember the kid in Arizona saw the Gifford group but went to the drug store first to get smokes. The smokes was the problem also – he had a 45 cal. gun and a carry permit. He would have been a real hero if he had not been out of smokes.

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    • JoeNY
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:57am

      I disagree, if they can disarm the populus then we will depend on them even more for our protection. Under the auspices of protection they can make use do just about anything.

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    • ScreaminEagle
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 10:09am

      Here Ya Go this is what Hoffa, Obambam, Bloomberg and Biden are talking about. When they come to take us out they don’t want us armed. I have my CCP. Like fish in a barrel.

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    • rangerp
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 10:24am

      Guns used 2.5 million times a year in self-defen­se. Law-abidin­g citizens use guns to defend themselves against criminals as many as 2.5 million times every year — or about 6,850 times a day. (1) This means that each year, firearms are used more than 80 times more often to protect the lives of honest citizens than to take lives. (2)

      As many as 200,000 women use a gun every year to defend themselves against sexual abuse. (3) Armed citizens kill more crooks than do the police. Citizens shoot and kill at least twice as many criminals as police do every year (1,527 to 606). (4) Only 2 percent of civilian shootings involved an innocent person mistakenly identified as a criminal. The ‘error rate’ for the police, however, was 11 percent, more than five times as high.” (5)

      References
      1. Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz, “Armed Resistance to Crime: The Prevalence and Nature of Self-Defen­se With a Gun,” 86 The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminolog­y, Northweste­rn University School of Law, 1 (Fall 1995):164.
      2. National Safety Council
      3. Kleck and Gertz, “Armed Resistance to Crime,” at 185.
      4. Kleck, Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America, (1991):111­-116, 148.
      5. George F. Will, “Are We ‘a Nation of Cowards’?,­” Newsweek (15 November 1993):93.
      8Id. at 164, 185.

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    • woodyl1011fl
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 10:29am

      Bloomberg is a fool but he is NYC fool but representative of liberal fools everywhere. Liberalism truly is a dangerous mental illness!

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 10:40am

      If more “you know who” (w.h.i.t.e.s.) carried guns, Philadelphia and other cities would be safe. “you know who” (b.l.a.c.k.s.) would not be able to roam around shooting everyone with a white face. You know that the “you know who” guy will be arrested for shooting the 15 year old don’t you.

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    • last frontier
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 10:56am

      LIBSALWAYSLIE said:
      why is the turd not charged with attempted murder???
      Because he is a turd, and the Obama administration protects all turds.

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    • DTOM_Jericho (Creator vindicator)
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 11:08am

      @PA Patriot
      Once again, I do not understand the premise of your question. “Do we sacrifice the legal system so felons can carry?” Uh… really? You have either paid your debt or not. If you have you are square with the house and a FREE man with ALL your RIGHTS(inalienable). If you have not paid your debt you should be in prison. What part of “shall not be infringed” do you not get? There should be NO gun laws on ANY level of ANY kind.(plus they don’t work, look at N.Y., Philly and D.C.) I also believe you should have the right to yell “fire” in a movie theatre per your 1st amendment right. You get to deal with the angry people you just p***ed off if it was a “joke”.

      Your son is this scenario made a mistake, PAID HIS DEBT as determined by his peers or a judge. Gets a second chance. If it is a right… YOU CANNOT LOSE IT. If you think you can lose it, then you don’t have any rights.

      As for Washington… the premise of your question? Washington and all of the colonials committed treason to fend off an oppressive government; trampling rights. Hmm, were any founders ever imprisoned? That’s your point?

      Be careful, in PA you “lose your right” for much less than a felony. “… that is why I can keep my guns”. Really? Keep them no matter what –it is an INALIENABLE right and a duty as an actual patriot(not just an avatar monicker).

      “Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God” —TJ

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    • TEA4Me
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 12:32pm

      Gonzo, had the student drawn first, there would never have been a shot fired. The cowardly, would-be robber would have run home to mommy with his tail tucked between his legs… and more importantly, perhaps, would have thought twice about pulling a gun on someone else.

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    • wesleyapril
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 12:34pm

      Now now now – they never mentioned his skin color, however, we do know that Holder won’t go after “His People” and believes “that the white man has not suffered enough so he has to suffer” – and if you scroll up – you see that this university sits in the middle of a gangland – so we know the color :)

      They won’t even get the brother for anything now – I agree the kid should have finished him off – and his two friends. Less cockroaches.

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    • nelsonknew
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 2:12pm

      ANOTHER DOJ/ATF scheme to pass gun to criminals “under the radar” in Indiana…. Project Gangwalker. That makes four illegal gun schemes by Holder’s Justice Department, ordered by Obama, watch for more to be exposed soon!

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    • PA PATRIOT
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 7:01pm

      DTOM
      True Patriots do not make poor choices,
      Do not belittle the founders and their sacrifice that honored
      and swore sole allegiance to “{We The People,”
      They lived their lives as Christian servants to God, The FOUNDERS, believed that they were doing what is right, what God wanted, not to be protected by God.
      NOT… NEVER…the stating theological impression as “God is on our side.”
      In their venerable purpose, they were mere subjects of God’s word, carrying out his orders.
      It was an honor to serve in the Continental Congress,, not a social right
      To label me as “no Patriot, ” proves your discouse in the current situation. Better known as ARROGANT and MYOPIC,
      Lost and perhaps anarchist.
      We The People will prevail.

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 11:41pm

      @PA PATRIOT.. so how is your kid doing living on his own???LOL..

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    • R2
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 8:34am

      NY has the strictest gun laws. In-fact if you have a weapon with out a permit it is mandatory jail for 3 years.

      I have a few friends on the job in the City of NY and here is what they tell me about that law.

      One friend brought in an armed robber and went to the DA with it here is how it went.

      DA: so he had a weapon
      PO: Yes

      DA: was it loaded??
      PO: Yes

      DA: was there one in the camber??
      PO: No

      DA: well we will throw out the gun charge.
      PO: ?????

      Now if bloomy wants to do something perhaps he should talk to his DA’s and tell them the law is to be enforced before he goes around to other states and tells us how to handle our weapons.

      I left NY several years ago to a much friendly state and I enjoy having my second amendment rights.

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  • The_Outlaw
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:46pm

    Why isn’t the 15 year old thug being charged ”attempted murder” & “assualt with a deadly weapon” also?? WTF!?!

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 12:06am

      Florida Law
      Mandates a minimum 10 year prison term for certain felonies, or attempted felonies in which the offender possesses a firearm or destructive device
      Mandates a minimum 20 year prison term when the firearm is discharged
      Mandates a minimum 25 years to LIFE if someone is injured or killed
      Mandates a minimum 3 year prison term for possession of a firearm by a felon
      Mandates that the minimum prison term is to be served consecutively to any other term of imprisonment imposed

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    • Exrepublisheep
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 12:12am

      I don’t know why. Maybe because he’s 15? Its a shame he wasn’t crippled, that would’ve been a life sentence.

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    • A1C Arvizu
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 12:28am

      they only charge the victims with that duh the assailants get a much easier penalty

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    • 1PORattler
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 12:50am

      Lifetime penalty for us as the taxpayers who would pay his way in life hereafter. Mediacl bills, Social Security, food stamps, Section 8. We would be sending him to ******* heaven

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    • AWAKENEDAWARE
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 1:28am

      I wondered the SAME Fing THING?!?!?!?! Friggin ********. They oughta HANG the sumbeetch.

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    • PJL
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 1:42am

      I agree.

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    • UrbanCombatSurvivor
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 3:27am

      Welcome to Philadelphia. I know this area VERY well.

      Students come here from all over the world, are shown this beautiful campus for Temple(and LaSalle, Drexel, University of Pennsylvania, and many many others) but are NEVER told that just ONE block off campus is one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the country. These schools are given their own police forces, NOT to keep the students safe, but to keep the lie.

      Students have the right to see police reports from the campus their going to attend, so the very specialized police districts let them NOT count anything that happens even across the street from the school. THIS incident is a great example, it’s two blocks off school grounds, which means they won’t have to report it, and can keep attracting students who have no idea that it’s smack in the middle of gangland.

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    • Carol Ingian
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 5:33am

      I agree, that was my thought too!

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    • loriann12
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 6:08am

      Me like Florida law. I think if the laws against illegal firearm use were toughened, it would do better than making it harder for people to get guns. Criminals will always find a way on the black market to get a gun. Do you really (or I should say, does anyone really) think that those criminals got that gun legally? One was 15 for Pete’s sake. I don’t know of an honest gun dealer who would sell a gun to a 15 year old.

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    • pjgroff61
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 7:25am

      The legal shooter should have done a bernard Goetz on him and pumped the rest of the clip into him once he was down.

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    • country_hick
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 7:34am

      Loriann12; We don’t need more laws. What we need is that the ones already on the books are enforced.

      There are to many plea deals being made so that prosecutors have more tee time. Some courts “work” 2 or 3 hours a day.

      Look at what is happening at the Federal level. Imperial decrees NOT to enforce laws. Letters of declination issued by AUSA’s because $500,000 in fraud isn’t worth their time to prosecute.

      Enforce what we have on the books.

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    • concealled9mms
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 8:25am

      we will have to see what color he is to get that imformation

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    • PA PATRIOT
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:19am

      @URBANCOMBATSURVIVOR

      Your words could not ring more true. I have family that have attended Philadelphia schools (Temple University) and it is a battle ground for thieves and punks. My nephew’s apartment was ransacked numerous times, his car broken into 5 or 6 times, and his bicycle literally stolen from him as he rode to work at a downtown hotel. I was aware that he had a gun at school, however I advised him to leave it with me because I did not want to see it stolen from his apartment. Underage straw buyers are not looked at fondly in PA. St.Joe’s University has the same reputation and is located on the prestigious “Main Line”. Members and friends of my family have attended there and have been ripped off, and apartments raided while the students were sleeping. It may be titled the city of brotherly love, but it is anything but brotherly, and lacks a true representation of love. It is also true that Philly felons (students) are attending PSU in State College and violent crime is on the rise BIG TIME!

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:35am

      Notice that they didn’t mention the“race” of the perpetrator.

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    • ripcord506
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:45am

      The race of the would be robber was never mentioned, not a racist crime then

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    • audiemurphy
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:46am

      its too bad the 15 didn’t get it in the head!
      he will be back on the streets too soon and will get an enhanced crime degree in jail where he will Luke be more dangerous when he set free

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    • pavnvet
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 11:30am

      @pjgroff61 “The legal shooter should have done a bernard Goetz on him and pumped the rest of the clip into him once he was down.”

      Unfortunately, you can not do that. Once the threat is no longer there (you have neutralized the situation) you must cease fire. If you don’t, it is called an execution and you will be tried for murder.

      Although I live in a rural area of Pennsylvania, like my American Express, I don’t leave home without my sidearm. At home it is locked and cocked, as the nearest police help is most likely a half hour away.

      Thank god this young man had the foresight and courage he had. I wish him a speedy recovery. As for his assailant, I hope he gets sepsis while in the hospital.

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    • elkslayer
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 2:45pm

      Now that sounds fair to me!

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  • Vanguard
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:44pm

    This student made a very important impact on North Philly:

    As a student, this gentleman is there to study and make the most of his money spent.

    North Philly is not a safe place and SOME great prof’s take jobs to teach great kids, like this young man, to learn street skills (he’s adept) and his classes.

    Middle school kids are the worst as they have to prove their worth to the dealers. Sad.

    This young man who wants a better life for himself and his family will now have to explain himself for the rest of his life because he wanted to live and go back to class.

    Move Temple as that is the only way for a great University to survive as you are 2 miles north open space and no kill zones.

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    • 1PORattler
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 12:43am

      Move the university??? LMAO. How about calling the local carpenters union and ordering up some rope.instead. Problem solved. I live in Killadelphia and thanks to Tom Corbett, and the new self defense law, you are going to see many repeats of this…

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    • PennConservative
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 1:55am

      I like the new self defense law…I am seriously considering purchasing a handgun for self defense.

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  • HD Veteran
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:41pm

    ‘School officials say Eells is recovering at Temple University Hospital. He had a license to carry the weapon he used and faces no charges in the incident.’

    —- Knowing the Philly contingent I bet they tried everything they could to charge this citizen-in-good-standing.

    ‘The suspect is also in the hospital, and will face aggravated assault and attempted robbery charges. Police are searching for two accomplices.’

    —– And clearly the Philly contingent dind’t want to charge this guy w/attempted murder. Why?

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  • The Divided States of America
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:37pm

    do ya think the student was a liberal ? me not think so !!! lock n load buddy ..hell yeah !!!

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    • 1PORattler
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 12:37am

      Liberal was obviously the wanna be robber. Obama’s future voting base

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  • EMS_Flyer
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:37pm

    Not sure what the photo at the top of the story is supposed to signify — frankly it looks like a cheap water pistol — but in a story about a student defending himself with a “legally owned” firearm (the term “license to carry” implies concealed carry, but that is not made explicitly clear), a photo like that is rather perjorative. The clearly defined classroom setting in particular illustrates all the worst criticisms against allowing weapons in universities — a deadly weapon carelessly hanging out of a kid’s belt, gangsta-style, both visible and easily accessible to anyone. The whole point of concealed carry is that your weapon stays CONCEALED. Bravo to anyone using their 2nd Amendment rights to defend their life (while in compliance with the law themselves) but please, don’t give the anti-gunners any unnecessary excuses to come after our guns. Photos have immense emotional impact and this one does us no favors.

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    • suzz9342
      Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:52pm

      Good call. This was an unfortunate photo to choose for this particular story. I guess a picture of some guy smoking in front of his house at 1:30 a.m. wouldn’t have gotten as many clicks.

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    • SingerGuy
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 12:24am

      You do know that The Blaze doesn’t have a photo illustrator on staff to go out and stage photos for these articles, right? It’s called “stock photo.“ How many pictures do you think a stock photo agency has that match the terms ”male, firearm, protect?” Rubberball only has three (and they’re all of my brother).

      http://www.rubberball.com/results.php?category=Photography&searchfor=concealed&newquery=yes&keyword1=male+firearm+protect&x=0&y=0&category=Photography

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    • Wilbur D Pig
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 2:40am

      @EMS Flyer: I disagree with only one thing you said. It looks real enough, possibly a Berreta 92 or 96. As for the rest, I agree whole heartedly. Concealed carry permit means just what the name implies.

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    • a true texan
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:58am

      I agree that is the 1st thing I noticed was how his gun was hanging in plain view for anyone to take from him and I thought (before I read) that is what the story was about…how misleading a bad judgement call on who ever picked this pic!

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    • SingerGuy
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 10:13am

      It’s called a photo ILLUSTRATION folks! How do you show a photo of a young man who looks totally average and have the viewer instantly think, “he’s concealing a weapon inside his waistband.” You don’t. People don’t think that way! So you have to SHOW the gun so people will THINK about the gun. The criticism in this thread is absolutely stupid. There is no way to have an authentic photo of a concealed gun that communicates the desired message.

      “Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How efficient of you!” Londo Mollari

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    • liberal.inciter
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:05pm

      You are right ‘concealed carry’ means concealed BUT I really DOUBT the Law in Pennsylvania requires, people who are licensed to carry a firearm, to carry it concealed. It seems most states issue a “Permit to Carry a Pistol” with no stipulation as to concealing it. Sure someone carrying like that looks like a dumb a$$ but being a dumb a$$ isn’t against the law. Hell, you can even be president of the US of A.

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    • dmcintosh82
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 12:39am

      Absolutely right.

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 12:58pm

      @LIBERAL.INCITER

      In TN, my permit just say “Handgun Carry Permit” and I was told, during the fire arms class to obtain the permit, that I can carry concealed or open, depending on my choice. It also depends on the establishment.

      Walmart has a policy where they allow people to bring their pistols in concealed but if you go in open, you can but if an employee asks you to leave, you must leave. Other stores have different policies but most respect the state laws.

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  • cobra two
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:35pm

    First of all it’s too bad the would be robber is still breathing air. Second, aggravated assault and attempted robbery. How about attempted murder? He tried to kill the victim. Come on man!

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    • SFsuper49er
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 1:59am

      If it was a cop it would have been attempted murder

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    • ddg7
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:27am

      @SFSUPER49ER…If the victim had been a member of congress it would have been attempted murder, the news would be reporting it for months, Obama would have shown up to blah, blah, blah, and the taxpayers would be picking up the bill for his medical bills.

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    • liberal.inciter
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:08pm

      @SFSUPER49ER if it had been a cop he would have missed!

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  • mikenleeds
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:32pm

    good for you guy ,, i wish every American carried a gun..
    it would put a end to these low-lifes over night

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    • Oldphoto678
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 7:08am

      If we all carried it might put an end to the tea party as well.

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    • Blackhawk1
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:22am

      Oldphoto678
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 7:08am

      If we all carried it might put an end to the tea party as well.

      No the tea Partiers are the ones with the permits. It would put an end to Obama’s liberal and union voters because they are the criminals that would be put down.

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    • azjeff1963
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 11:09am

      your right oldphoto……come get this Tea Party Gun….lol DB

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  • banjarmon
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:31pm

    Robert Eells, That MY Young MAN IS GUN CONTROL!!!! WELL DONE!!!!!!!

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  • MySacredHonor
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:31pm

    Now that is gun control! Hitting what you aim at… get well soon son, we need more like you.

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    • mike119
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 12:12am

      better gun control would have been between the eyes. now the philly liberals will let this punk ass african sue the student for the hospital bills and pain and suffering and his great great great great grand dad for being a slave.

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    • JimCDew
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 5:43am

      @MIKE – Neither Black nor African American is descriptive. The perp was a gangbanger from a single parent family who sponges off the system and looks for victims to suppliment his income. It is a social issue not a racial one. Even if all minorities were removed from society we would still have the same problems with social sponging poor white kids (think Westside Story). The solution is no welfare for healthy poor. Get them to work so they can have the dignity of earning their way in the world.

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  • forthepeople
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:31pm

    How those Gun Laws working out for you anti-gun people ? Usually we would just have another Victim on our hands and you would be silent as normal . Well we are going to turn the tables on you liberal democrats disarm law abiding citizens, destroy the educational system, dismantle the nuclear family and encourage people to be useless eaters via the welfare state, the end result ? You are left with a citizenry that knows nothing other than ignorance and violence. since the courts won‘t do anything thing ’ We the People ‘ are ! and straight to the morgue not the hospital .

    “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.” – Abraham Lincoln

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    • 2ndrevolution
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 2:25am

      Well said. The sooner “we the people” start dropping the thugs in their tracks, the sooner we can restore America.

      Makes me want to watch an old Charles Bronson flick.

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  • Smokey_Bojangles
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:30pm

    Yay!!!!

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  • Parnell3rd
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:29pm

    This Story will be ignored by “the bias media” and way to go to the young man who fought back and saved his own life!!!

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  • sam_who
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:29pm

    What could possibly be the ethnicity of the attackers?

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    • mike119
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 12:06am

      ether black or african american one or the other.

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  • stang289
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:29pm

    agrevated assault and attempted robbery ? Try attempted murder !

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  • goodbyecousin
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:27pm

    Hope the student heals quickly and well. I would like to hear of more statistics on the crimes that have been prevented or stopped by LEGAL gun owners. It seems to me that this goes unreported to often.

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    • azjeff1963
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 11:12am

      Guns used 2.5 million times a year in self-defen­se. Law-abidin­g citizens use guns to defend themselves against criminals as many as 2.5 million times every year — or about 6,850 times a day. (1) This means that each year, firearms are used more than 80 times more often to protect the lives of honest citizens than to take lives. (2)

      As many as 200,000 women use a gun every year to defend themselves against sexual abuse. (3) Armed citizens kill more crooks than do the police. Citizens shoot and kill at least twice as many criminals as police do every year (1,527 to 606). (4) Only 2 percent of civilian shootings involved an innocent person mistakenly identified as a criminal. The ‘error rate’ for the police, however, was 11 percent, more than five times as high.” (5)

      References
      1. Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz, “Armed Resistance to Crime: The Prevalence and Nature of Self-Defen­se With a Gun,” 86 The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminolog­y, Northweste­rn University School of Law, 1 (Fall 1995):164.
      2. National Safety Council
      3. Kleck and Gertz, “Armed Resistance to Crime,” at 185.
      4. Kleck, Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America, (1991):111­-116, 148.
      5. George F. Will, “Are We ‘a Nation of Cowards’?,­” Newsweek (15 November 1993):93.
      8Id. at 164, 185.

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  • RichNGadsden
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:27pm

    So far the victim is not under arrest. Hope it stays that way, but we do exist in the day and age of Holder as AG.

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    • 2ndrevolution
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 2:28am

      Too bad Holder wasn’t present. Two more taps, problem solved.

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  • airhead0
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:25pm

    maybe those little punks will think twice before they pull a piece on another person. This is why it is so important to be able to carry a gun.

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    • 1PORattler
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 12:48am

      Wishful thinking. You can;t cure stupid and this city has a whole lot of willfully stupid wastes of skin to offer.

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  • Parnell3rd
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:25pm

    This story will be ignored by the “Bias Media”.
    To the 21 year old man who fought back and saved his own life, Hell yea!!!

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  • DougC
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:24pm

    No attempted murder charges for the robber? He shot the kid in the stomach!

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  • macpappy
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:21pm

    It’s nice to see such a young man with it so together as this one. Should be a Marine.

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  • Rayblue
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:20pm

    If the carrier would have emptied the clip, he would have probably been questioned
    for excessive force.
    But I wish he would have done so regardless.

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:32pm

      NEVER leave them alive to sue you!

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    • enderwiggen
      Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:46pm

      I’m not sure I would have wanted to empty the clip, since there was a group. Not having the knowledge of spare ammo I couldn’t judge his choices harshly. Personally I would have had at least one extra clip, but reloading in a tense situation can be less than perfect. If the threat was removed it would appear prudent.

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    • Rayblue
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 7:53am

      ender… Good point. When shot, the immediate loss of blood and shock
      will sometimes cause the victim to lose control and drop the weapon. A victim gets weak fast with a bullet in them. He probably got as many rounds off as he could. And since the shooter was down,
      he did as he was trained. And stopped.

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    • RetiredChief
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 10:33am

      You shoot to neutralize a threat. If the offender is still breathing with a gun in his hand, he is a threat! Bullets are cheap, life is not!

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  • keehncommando
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:20pm

    Hard to say, not being there, but there was definitely a disparity of force (3 vs 1) and I probably would have fired after the attempt to take my money and I felt my life was in danger. I wouldn’t have waited to be shot first. Other than that, good job in exercising your 2nd amendment rights dude. I hope you heal up quickly.

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  • 82dAirborne
    Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:17pm

    ‘Nough said!

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    • decendentof56
      Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:21pm

      Really! If you’ve never been up N Broad St in Philly, you would want a 50 Cal machine gun!

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    • Not a sheepeople
      Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:28pm

      Justice. Sorry he had to exorcise his 2nd amendment right. Glad he was able to.

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    • bbquizzle
      Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:57pm

      Take a good look at the belt worn in the photo. If that picture is indeed of the teen, then he is a Boy Scout, with a good chance he’s an Eagle. It reads “Cimarron, N.M.” Cimarron is the home of the Philmont Scout Ranch, a high-adventure base where scouts go on 10-day backpacking expeditions in the Sangre de Christo Mountains. There they teach you to be self-reliant, strong, brave, and all 12 points of the Scout Law. Most likely, he also earned at least one Shooting Sport Merit Badge; these are popular.

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    • P31Mom
      Posted on September 7, 2011 at 10:45am

      Agree with the former responder here — Temple neighborhood is not safe — I’d be getting a permit and packing if I went back to school there. Sad that Eells had to wait to be shot before it was “Ok” for him to draw and defend himself. Hope he’s able to recover and get back to class quickly …

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