Attempted mugging of OCer in Walmart

[CitizensHaveRights]

For once, a guy who was not wearing a law enforcer's uniform was attacked by someone who wanted his gun.
So, I'm forced to admit that it does happen.
What kind of idiot does this in a store well-known for large quantities of security cameras?

http://www.yakimaherald.com/csp/mediapool/sites/Shared/assets/csp/singleStory.csp?cid=3081355&sid=544&fb_comment_id=fbc_994949297189752_995483877136294_995483877136294#f2a861e6c4

http://bearingarms.com/felon-attacks-open-carrier-weapon-washington-walmart/

[m.marino]

well the liberals have got their story to build their fantasy around. Now comes the fun of proving it wrong as this real story will create a huge amount of fake ones to go with it. I wonder if the felon had any encouragement to commit the crime in a area that would give a large amount of public exposure and camera coverage. Just wonder you know.

Michael

[CitizensHaveRights]

Mike Vanderbough has an interesting comment to make on the BearingArms write-up:

Open carrier successfully defends himself against man with a bat (and Bob Owens uses the opportunity to attack Open Carry).
---Bob Owens doesn't like open carry -- no, sir, he does not.

[CitizensHaveRights]

Bob Owens tells us the victim is no longer an OCer.

http://bearingarms.com/man-attacked-walmart-wont-open-carry/

[CitizensHaveRights]

Hmmm, was he attacked for OCing, or attacked for giving the perp the evil eye?
At any rate, OCing doesn't provide absolute prevention of assaults by crazy people.
If anybody wants to hold the victim up as an example of what not to do, they should focus on his empty chamber more than his visible holster.

As Owens points out:
Mr. Walker typically conceals his full-size carry pistols, but decided to leave his jacket in the trunk on what he expected to be a quick trip with his three older boys for a batting helmet, some baseballs to toss around the yard, and a few other items. As he was helping his sons find a batting helmet that fit, he noticed a disheveled man come down the aisle and made eye contact with him several times.