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Tue 7 Feb, 2012 06:58 pm
The San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, Calif. 02/02/12
The owner of Tacos El Mazatlan food truck in Oakland, Calif. was
cleaning up the area around the truck when a pair of armed criminals
approached and demanded money. At first the owner tried to flee,
but one of the criminals fired at him, striking him in the back and leg.
The owner then took cover, drew a gun and returned fire, wounding
one criminal and causing both to retreat to a nearby getaway car.
The pair, along with their getaway driver, was captured a short time
later when the wounded robber sought medical attention.
The owner of the truck began arming himself after a previous
robbery attempt and keeps body armor in the truck as an added precaution.
Clever how he keeps body armor in the truck.
Its a good thing that he kept HIS GUN with him.
David
@OmSigDAVID,
Yeah, much quicker to deploy than body armor.
@roger,
True. It can be socially awkward
to tell the robbers: "gimme a minute, until I put this on."
A GOOD news account woud have informed us of WHICH gun he used
in self defense & how it was loaded.
David
I wonder if he used a revolver or an automatic.
I think hollowpointed ammunition is ideal for STOPPING POWER.
@OmSigDAVID,
Always the compromise. Good stopping power means less penetration, especially in Kevlar.
@roger,
I imagine dave likes 'em for the gore factor, Roger...
the targets he hopes and wishes for are not likely to be in kevlar suits.
@roger,
roger wrote:Always the compromise. Good stopping power means less penetration, especially in Kevlar.
Overpenetration is wasteful n dangerous.
Kevlar is not a consideration for muggers nor for burglars.
David
Optimal energy dump within the target
is achieved by avoiding overpenetration.
A better alternative would be white phosphorus bullets, or better yet depleted uranuim bullets! YEAH!!!
In theory, he coud use his truck
as a weapon, but it is probably less precise.
David
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