Please, Let’s Not Look For This Armed American Hero
Let’s not “reward” the mysterious armed citizen who saved a stranger’s life by ruining his…
On January 28, we were treated to a wicked pissah tale of road rage from–where else?–Massachusetts. According to this news report from Fox, it all started with a typical ‘Pike event: a minor crash. The two drivers started to argue, and the next thing you know, one of them tries to run the other one down. The man thus vehicularly assaulted was one Richard Kamrowski (who, as you will soon see, has balls so big they need to ride in the passenger seat next to him). Kamrowski, who is 65 years old, leaped up onto the hood of the SUV to avoid injury…not that this deterred the driver, whom I shall herein refer to as King of the Massholes. KotM decided to spend the next two to three miles speeding up to 70, then slowing down, in an attempt to dislodge Kamrowski and his testes.
Enter the Mystery Man. Thankfully, the dashcam video that’s being run on that article I referenced above doesn’t depict him. According to the report, MM waited until KotM’s car slowed down enough so that he could get out of his own vehicle, brandish a handgun, and order KotM to stop. At that point, the unharmed Kamrowski was able to dismount from his impromptu steed (quite possibly using his enormous huevos to cushion his fall). The police were called, KotM was arrested, and all is well in the world. Except one thing: Isn’t it wonderful how this person, who seems to want no glory, managed to put a peaceful end to a terrifyingly violent attempted murder? Wouldn’t it be great if we could find–and reward–the anonymous armed citizen who seems to have vanished into thin air the moment he was no longer needed?
Let’s not, and here’s why. First, this took place in the People’s Republic of Massachusetts, where gun laws are so strict that law-abiding citizens have to basically turn themselves inside-out to stay compliant. It’s one of the few remaining “may issue” states for concealed carry, meaning that local police departments have a great deal of leeway in deciding who can and cannot carry a firearm on their person. It’s entirely possible that our anonymous hero wasn’t exactly licensed to have that gun with him in his car, where he could easily access it. Secondly, even if he was, if his name were to come to light he’d be exposed to the kind of media virtual body-cavity search that makes the real-world version look like a walk in the park. Finally, even if by some miracle both local law enforcement and the local media chose to treat him the way you and I would like to treat him–with respect for the good deed he did–he would still have to deal with getting the side-eye from his neighbors and kids’ friends’ parents. In a blue state where gun ownership has been largely denormalized, that’s considerable.
So if you happen to suspect who the Mystery Armed Citizen of the Massachusetts Turnpike might be and you like him, now might be a good time to develop a case of amnesia. Maybe a case of Mystic Brewery Barleywine could help with that…
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No, but we do have to manually approve the comments, otherwise this would be about 80% spam that makes a number of very offensive assumptions about my barrel length and stopping power, if you know what I mean and I think you do.
Here in the Socialist Republic of Maryland, the Mystery Man would have been charged by police with assault. He used a firearm when his life was not in danger, and he had the option to retreat.
I don’t have a clue what the H ll your talking about. You shouldn’t be going around saying things like that!
I unfortunately live outside Boston. The fella in question willingly spoke on camera after the altercation….
Another responsible armed American citizen
That saved another person’s live and stopped the driver of the car in question from a murder
Charge. So, in this case the car was used to attemp to cause harm. But a hero stepped in with his gun and stopped the event.
“Studies indicate that firearms are used more than 2 million times a year for personal protection, and that the presence of a firearm, without a shot being fired,prevents crime in many instances. “ *
* resource in many hunting and gun magazines.
Heros do not seek attention. They rise to the occasion and they disappear.
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It is a good thing have some idea of your subject matter before you write.
The police have announced that they have no problem with the gun owner.
You are enhancing the myth about the strictness of MA firearms laws with no real knowledge. I am a MA resident and a NRA firearms instructor and have never been really limited by these laws. Yes these laws are strict on a number of points, but compared to some other states like CA and NJ they are no real issue
Really? The state of Massachusetts determines: which handguns you are allowed to own (if you posses a handgun not on the approved list, it is a felony), what the trigger weight will be, what the maximum weight of the handgun will be, limits all magazines to 10 cartridges or less (it is a felony to put a magazine that can hold more than 10 rounds into a handgun or long gun), gives the local police the right to deny a person the right to own or purchase a firearm (both long guns and handguns), or purchase ammunition or own ammunition without due process, has a “red flag” law that any person can apply to have your firearms and ammunition removed from your possession without due process of law, and requires that all firearms be stored unloaded in a locked container, and preferably with the ammunition in another locked container (try protecting your family with an unloaded firearm in one locked container with the ammunition in a second locked container), does not permit hunters to carry their firearm on any “path or roadway” unless the firearm is covered and unloaded, treats all parts of ammunition as a fully loaded cartridge (cases, primers, and powder must be locked up, I don’t disagree with the primers and powder being locked up, but why cases?), limits the maximum number of cartridges you can own (including cases and primers in the cartridge count), limits the amount of powder you can possess, that if any person sees you CCW firearm and feels afraid you can be convicted of “felony brandishing”, and as of 7/20/2016, allows the Attorney General to treats ARs and several other patterns of firearms as “assault rifles”, and no longer allows transfer of “new” “assault rifles” between any party, Do you live in the same Massachusetts as I do?
Thank you, Thomas. Makes you wonder if Mr. Conway is who he says he is.
“It is a good thing have some idea of your subject matter before you write.”, said Jim Conway. Was that Jim or Tim? Anyway he needs to practice what he is preaching to you.
yes, and there is no concealed requirements to carry concealed in MA, that I know of, if you have a (unconstitutional) permit to carry, you can carry it in your back pocket, between your rear cheeks, or up your nose if you want.
AND to another poster, I am not aware of any restrictions on types of firearms nor of capacity, with one exception, the number of shells in waterfowl hunting……. clue me in.
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