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Liberal Philadelphia has now witnessed three separate incidences of legally armed citizens shooting carjackers as they attempted to steal their cars as the crime continues to spiral out of control nationwide.

As Fox News reports:

A teenage attempted carjacker was shot and critically injured in Philadelphia after he allegedly tried to steal the vehicle of a legally armed driver, according to a local affiliate report.

Thursday marked the third time since the start of 2022 that an alleged carjacker was wounded by a legal gun owner, FOX 29 reported. According to local media, two attempted carjackers approached the 60-year-old driver around 8 p.m. local time on Cherokee Street in Mount Airy.

The man had been in the process of exiting his car when the young suspects pointed a firearm at his head and ordered him to hand over the car keys, the report states. But instead, the driver also brandished a gun and the groups exchanged fire.

One of the suspects was wounded, and the pair fled after more than a dozen shots were fired between both sides, FOX 29 reported. Police later caught up to the suspect three blocks away, where they found the would-be carjacker, 16, inside a stolen Jeep with a bleeding leg wound, police told the news station.

Police if Philadelphia have received 90 reports of carjackings in 2022 after only two weeks. In addition carjacking increased 34 percent between 2020 and 2021.




Comments

    1. Let’s not be hasty, Bug D. There is something to be said in behalf of the edged weapon practitioners who reside within and alongside their firearm-equipped compatriots.

      You know, nothing says, “justice” louder than dismemberment. A one-eyed, limping, ex-car jacker with a severed Achilles tendon, or a fingerless mugger, is like a walking (or limping) “Crime Does Not Pay” ad.

      And, in the forgetful absence of a defensive firearm, a 3″ blade at CQ is often the better and more lethal choice of those defending themselves from rapists or robbers.

      1. that is if you are trained in knife fighting. I do agree any weapon is better than none and in some close in encounters knives could be a better choice but using a gun can be a very hard task for people who relly don’t want to hurt anyone (and we all know that any hesitation caan be deadly for the person who is trying to defend themselves) a knife compounds that problem… just sayin

  1. Sounds good to me. It’s about time people defend themselves from these thugs allowed to run loose in these communist cities. Hopefully the nuts in the courts won’t just turn them loose.

      1. where dems are at the top of the list presently for being idiots, and in my opinion total law breakers with their no accountability actions and corruption and trying to bring America down right before anybody (yes even idiots) eyes Reps have been letting this go fr ever (including you and me) and many reps are bought and paid for too. They both keep this “dog and pony show” going on.

  2. LOCK AND LOAD FOR THESE LOCAL’S IN THERE OPEN ATTACKS NOW ON THE HONEST LAW ABIDING FOLKS! THE LEGISLATURES, JUDGES WONT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS SCOURGE FROM HELL SO BE VIGLENT AND EVER READY TO PUT A STOP TO THESE THUGS!

    1. Most trainers/teachers/advisors/etc teach DO NOT SHOOT TO WOUND, SHOOT TO KILL. Most attorneys advise similarly. Also, always shoot CENTER OF MASS, NOT HEAD. Despite the training for various combat simulation matches scoring systems that award points for “two in the chest and one in the face,” Police trainers refer to the face shot as a “fail shot” as it shouldn’t be needed. All instructors emphasize TRAIN,TRAIN,TRAIN.

  3. So how about this strategy? Most all children have a parent or perhaps two. How about if we change the laws so that if your minor child is convicted of a crime, the parents also spend some jail time. If they are employed then they spend their weekends in jail, if they’re not employed, they spend their days in jail. Eventually parents will learn they are responsible for the activities of their minor children.

    1. Some kids are unstoppable in their horrible life choices. All you would see is more kids awarded to the state! We don’t have a draft, but any kid with a felony should be mandated to serve in the military.

  4. I have said it at least a 100 times drive by shootings would also drop if legal gun owners would fire on drive by shooters also and anyone in the car, truck or whatever should have NO protection under the law. People should also be able to protect their business without fear of persecution and this crime would also be taken care of as they are useless animals!

  5. Little punks. Didn’t realize this was Pennsylvania with relatively lenient firearms laws. Not Chicago or New York where self defense is illegal.

  6. It is now known as the City of Brotherly Hate so it should shock no one that the people are now trying to defend themselves since the police won’t.

  7. Do not wound them, drop them dead and that will slow down the crime spree. If more than one criminal needs to die then do so.

  8. this is what happens when the courts in certian places have let criminals with no accountability. I think these judges aand prosecutors that allow these criminals to go unpunished are complicent in these crimes and should be arrested and prosecuted.

  9. People should be carrying by the authority of the Constitution and the 2nd amendment. It’s becoming a wild west themed society that the Democrats knowingly placed active criminals into society from jails with the excuse of Covid 19 reasons. The results we hear about every night with car jackings, criminals invading stores to steal and pillage. It’s more than reasonable for everyone to carry a small handgun in their purses of your wives and loved ones for self protection.

  10. Would be car jacker a 16 y/o.. wtf REALLY!!
    Who want’s to take “what color was that car jacker for 100”..
    Shove this kid in juvey until he turns 18 and then STRAIGHT to the military, zero say!

  11. That is how to decrease the crime and criminals -people need to carry and protect themselves and their property

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