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marmar

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Thu Dec 10, 2015, 11:43 AM Dec 2015

From the "Morons With Guns" files.............

Michigan woman pouts after losing gun permit for shooting at shoplifters: ‘I will never help anybody again’


A Michigan woman complained after her sentencing that she was only trying to help when she opened fire at a pair of fleeing shoplifting suspects.

Tatiana Duva-Rodriguez pleaded no contest shortly after the October shooting to reckless discharge of a firearm, and she was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months of probation.

Her concealed carry permit was also revoked until 2023.

The 46-year-old Duva-Rodriguez said she opened fire on the getaway car in a Home Depot parking lot in Auburn Hills after she heard a scream and feared the incident was worse than a theft.

“I made a decision in a split second,” she told the sentencing judge. “Maybe it was not the right one, but I was trying to help.”

Neither shoplifting suspect was wounded, although a gunshot flattened one of their tires, and both men were later arrested. ..................(more)

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/michigan-woman-pouts-after-losing-gun-permit-for-shooting-at-shoplifters-i-will-never-help-anybody-again/



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From the "Morons With Guns" files............. (Original Post) marmar Dec 2015 OP
Yep. This is the U.S.A. hunter Dec 2015 #1
"Just trying to help. Death without due process seems like a fitting punishment for shoplifting." Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #2
And yet there's no connection between owning a gun and using it to shoot someone. Initech Dec 2015 #3
The NRA will come to her side. Nt Logical Dec 2015 #4
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