Why did you shoot the man six times?

[Gary Crawford]

I say ( GREAT JOB LADY ) If this had happened in New York instead of Texas, she would've been tried for murder..


TRUE STORY FROM.
"THE HOUSTON HERALD NEWSPAPER"
IN HOUSTON , TEXAS
MARCH 5, 2009




Last Thursday Night Around Midnight, A Woman From Houston , Texas Was Arrested,
Jailed, And Charged With Manslaughter For Shooting A Man 6 Times In The Back
As He Was Running Away With Her Purse. ~

The Following Monday Morning,
The Woman Was Called In Front Of The Arraignment Judge, Sworn In,
And Asked To Explain Her Actions.
The Woman Replied, "I Was Standing At The Corner Bus Stop
For About 15 Minutes, Waiting For The Bus To Take Me Home After Work.
I Am A Waitress At A Local Cafe...
I Was There Alone, So I Had My Right Hand On My Pistol,
That Was In My Purse, That Was Hung Over My Left Shoulder.

All Of A Sudden I Was Being Spun Around Hard To My Left.
As I Caught My Balance, I Saw A Man
Running Away From Me With My Purse.
I Looked Down At My Right Hand And I Saw That My Fingers Were Wrapped Tightly
Around My Pistol. The Next Thing I Remember Is Saying Out Loud,
"No Way Punk! Your Not Stealing My Pay Check And Tips."
~ I Raised My Right Hand, Pointed My Pistol
At The Man Running Away From Me With My Purse,
And Squeezed The Trigger Of My Pistol 6 Times!
~
When Asked By The Arraignment Judge,
"Why Did You Shoot The Man 6 Times?
~
The Woman Replied Under Oath,

"Because, When I Pulled The Trigger The 7th Time, It Only Went Click."
~
The Woman Was Acquitted Of All Charges. She Was Back At Work, At The Cafe, The Next Day!
Now that's Gun Control....
AMEN ???

 

[shesulsa]

I found this on many gun forums and blogs but I could not find the article on the webpage for The Houston Herald.

Do you have a link to the story, Gary? I have not been able to verify it.

 

[theletch1]

Sounds too good to be true... to an extent. Looks like a search of Snopes is in order.

 

[Carol]

It doesn't look legit...sorry.

I can believe that this was published as a joke, but a genuine account of a criminal proceeding would have had a hard date (and not just 'last Thursday'), as well as identifying information (judge's name, court location, etc.)

As an aside, Houston's metro area is served by a newspaper called the Chronicle, not the Herald.

 

[Gary Crawford]

I coundn't find a link either,so I count it as humor.

 

[thardey]

Sounds like a play off of this quote:

The second comment is a quote from Judd that ran in the Orlando Sentinel newspaper after the SWAT team fired 110 shots at Freeland in a wooded area, hitting him 68 times.

"That's all the bullets we had, or we would have shot him more," Judd said.

From http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2006/10/5/188184.html