All fun aside, lassoing a person is a bit more "hands on" than other things we've seen (for instance the CHL instructor who just tried to read a license plate last week). The instructor's actions caused the BG to get violent and then, to get dead.
This forum was full of people blasting the instructor for "getting involved" but he did no such thing. He did not go hands on, but was forced to defend himself anyway. This rancher this week did go hands on, and it ended well, but I wonder where the naysayers are. "Having a horse and saddle doesn't make you the Lone Ranger".
I personally think both people did a good service to their community. Doing so does carry a risk, but it in no way makes a person into a "cop wannabe".
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- Mon Jun 13, 2016 1:41 pm
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- Mon Jun 13, 2016 11:13 am
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Amen to that. Where are the comments about, "a horse and a saddle don't make you a lone ranger"? Seems to happen every time someone offers a hand while carrying a handgun.mojo84 wrote:Surprised I haven't seen all the mind your own business having a horse and a rope doesn't make one a cop or batman comments.
Again, I am thankful for those that are willing to help others in time of need in spite of risk to themselves. Our country needs more people like this man.
I get it - I have my Sig for the protection of my family and me. If someone else needs protection, they really should have their own. But I cannot with good conscience stand by and watch very bad things happen to good people.
I suppose that if the bike were a display bike in front of the store for sales purposes - that's not a big enough reason to step in. But if it's some lady's bike, and she's trying to run the guy down (it may be her only means of transportation), I'd be more inclined to offer assistance.
As Andy C's sig line says: Remember Kitty Genovese. Yeah, murder is a much bigger thing to overlook than simple petty theft, but the idea is just the same.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke
- Sun Jun 12, 2016 9:42 pm
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Rancher on horseback lassoes would-be bike bandit in Walmart parking lot
And now for your feel-good story of the day:
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016 ... le-rancher
The idea that "a CHL doesn't make you a LEO, so keep to your own business" is good advice, but I do love a story about a good Samaritan who (armed or not) chose to do the right thing at the right time.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016 ... le-rancher
The idea that "a CHL doesn't make you a LEO, so keep to your own business" is good advice, but I do love a story about a good Samaritan who (armed or not) chose to do the right thing at the right time.
An attempted bicycle theft in a Walmart parking lot was foiled by a cattle rancher on horseback, who chased the thief down and lassoed him until the local police in southern Oregon could arrive.
The bicycle was stolen from a bike rack outside a Walmart in Eagle Point, a town about 170 miles south of Eugene, Oregon, at around 10amon Friday morning. The woman who owned the bike and several others gave chase on foot but were unable to catch him.
Then a rancher named Robert Borba brought his horse out of its trailer, mounted up and chased the thief down, according to Chris Adams, an officer with the Eagle Point police who responded to the 911 call about the theft.
“When we arrived, there was a large crowd standing around a younger gentleman who was on the ground, the rope around his ankle, hanging on to a tree,” Adams said. Victorino Arellano-Sanchez was arrested and charged with theft, the police said.
“I seen this fella trying to get up to speed on a bicycle,” Borba told the Medford Mail-Tribune. “I wasn’t going to catch him on foot. I just don’t run very fast.” He added: “I use a rope every day, that’s how I make my living. If it catches cattle pretty good, it catches a bandit pretty good.”
Not a lot is known about Borba because he is new in town, Adams said, but “it appears he will be a good fit. Eagle Point is a small city, and people watch out for each other. That’s exactly what he did.”
David Stepp said that he had been sitting in his car nearby when he saw the cowboy trotting across the parking lot on his horse after the thief, who was trying to escape on the stolen bicycle.
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“The guy was just hanging back like ‘you ain’t gonna steal no bike in front of me’,” Stepp said about Borba. The owner of the bike was “just happy to have her bike back”, he added.