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Self-defense in Brooklyn getting great press

Posted by David Hardy · 17 September 2010 09:56 AM

The 63 year old grandfather who popped a burglar in Brooklyn is getting great and favorable coverage. Here's the New York Post, the the Wall Street Journal, and the Gothamist. The last end with:

"Goldstein's neighbors were relieved: One told the Post, "Hopefully, he'll make people think twice about coming here and knocking down doors," and another said, "As a person who's been an opponent of gun ownership, I'm glad he had one now.""

This is the type of story you'd never have seen in print a few years ago. Then it'd have been ignored or, if covered, had quotes from the burglar's family about how terrible it was. There is a quote from the burglar's mother, but it leaves the reader chuckling:

Maginat, who is at Brookdale Hospital, had eight prior arrests and was charged with robbery, criminal possession of a weapon and possession of burglar's tools. However his mother, a former auxiliary cop, told the Daily News that her son couldn't possibly be a burglar, "My son knows better than that."

Hat tip to Sixgun Sarah...

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4 Comments | Leave a comment

Nick L. | September 17, 2010 3:06 PM | Reply

Sadly, this event will slowly be forgotten. People seem to remember the best details of a criminal's actions, but are too easy to forget when good men triumph.

Rich | September 18, 2010 6:39 AM | Reply

Nick:

That is because the media if they mention it at all will drop it like a hot potato but if it is "criminal" they will drag it out forever. I am amazed that we did not see more sympathy for the Robber from them

SelfDefenseProductsFlorida | September 20, 2010 11:11 AM | Reply

More and more people are accepting lethal and non-lethal weapons as a means for self defense purposes and are believing in the "right to bare arms". You have to, in this crazy crime ridden world!

jdberger | September 22, 2010 3:39 PM | Reply

Gun ownership (and the willingness to use guns) contributes to "herd immunity" in roughly the same way that vaccines do.

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