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8/30/2002

New American Heros
The anti-gun nuts won't say so, but the war against crime got a new hero last week. He's the shooter in this story from South Florida. The anti-gun nuts don't like this either. I found this story via a fine new L.A. blog, Sabertooth Journal.

There's a similar story happening in Memphis - a retiree shoots two home-invaders, killing one. But there's a typically Memphian racial twist. Death threats and a drive-by shooting courtesy of the thug's friends has scared the retiree into moving his family outta the 'hood. Check out this post and this one from Half-Bakered for the details and some wonderful deconstruction of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal's coverage.