Austin son disarms AK-47 robber, goes to E.R.
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:31 am
Saturday, 6/6/09, 545 AM.
My son rings me up out of sound sleep with a shocking account.
He is 26, lives in a sketchy area of Austin: off Bolm Road, which
runs from Airport Blvd over to US 183. Just a block or so over from
the State of Texas garage which sells the surplus DPS Trooper cars
and pickups. For those of you familiar with the SE side of Austin.
About 430 this AM he was out talking with his neighbor on the neighbor's
lawn. The neighborhood is low income, with patches of woods behind the
houses.
From the back of the house a lone gunman approached my son and his
neighbor with an AK47. He was wearing a mask of some sort. He told
the 2 of them to raise their hands and he was going to rob them. Poor
choice - this is a low income area, so no one's got any money.
The gunman was kind of lazily waving the AK around, close to where my
son's upraised arms were. My son has big arms and shoulders. Since
the gun was so close he grabbed it behind the muzzle and started fighting
the BG.
My son is familiar with the 4 Rules of gun safety and was "muzzle aware".
The BG fired 2 shots into the ground, then removed the banana clip and started
beating my son with it. Biting was involved on both parties. Many head
punches were given by both of them to the other. My son finally got him
in a headlock. The final result was that my son gained control of the weapon,
but the BG was able to run away with just the magazine.
Austin PD responded in about a minute after the call was made. When told the
story, they told my son that he shouldn't have done what he did. "You should have
waited for us to take care of it."
My son went to Brackenridge (SP?) hospital for stitches, treatment for human
bite, and a broken nose. My son is probably not eligible for a CHL due to some
LEO encounters, so I hope the BG doesn't return to the area for payback.
Thank the Lord that this didn't turn out worse.
One of the reasons I got my CHL was because I don't like his neighborhood.
I dislike the idea that using my weapon is now more of a possibility when I
visit.
This kid's going to give me gray hair.
Oh, well, I'm in the right age to get some anyway.
My son rings me up out of sound sleep with a shocking account.
He is 26, lives in a sketchy area of Austin: off Bolm Road, which
runs from Airport Blvd over to US 183. Just a block or so over from
the State of Texas garage which sells the surplus DPS Trooper cars
and pickups. For those of you familiar with the SE side of Austin.
About 430 this AM he was out talking with his neighbor on the neighbor's
lawn. The neighborhood is low income, with patches of woods behind the
houses.
From the back of the house a lone gunman approached my son and his
neighbor with an AK47. He was wearing a mask of some sort. He told
the 2 of them to raise their hands and he was going to rob them. Poor
choice - this is a low income area, so no one's got any money.
The gunman was kind of lazily waving the AK around, close to where my
son's upraised arms were. My son has big arms and shoulders. Since
the gun was so close he grabbed it behind the muzzle and started fighting
the BG.
My son is familiar with the 4 Rules of gun safety and was "muzzle aware".
The BG fired 2 shots into the ground, then removed the banana clip and started
beating my son with it. Biting was involved on both parties. Many head
punches were given by both of them to the other. My son finally got him
in a headlock. The final result was that my son gained control of the weapon,
but the BG was able to run away with just the magazine.
Austin PD responded in about a minute after the call was made. When told the
story, they told my son that he shouldn't have done what he did. "You should have
waited for us to take care of it."
My son went to Brackenridge (SP?) hospital for stitches, treatment for human
bite, and a broken nose. My son is probably not eligible for a CHL due to some
LEO encounters, so I hope the BG doesn't return to the area for payback.
Thank the Lord that this didn't turn out worse.
One of the reasons I got my CHL was because I don't like his neighborhood.
I dislike the idea that using my weapon is now more of a possibility when I
visit.
This kid's going to give me gray hair.
Oh, well, I'm in the right age to get some anyway.
Free Gun!!
