If Only They Had A Gun

The fiancée of an innocent man stabbed to death on a Harlem street said Wednesday his slaying was murder, not mistaken identity – and praised prosecutors for indicting his killer. Stephanie Diaz, 23, spoke as subway conductor Maurice Parks was arraigned in Manhattan Supreme Court. Prosecutors said Parks, enraged and seeking vengeance after he was stabbed during a mugging, chased and killed passerby Flonarza Byas. “He was stabbed 15 times,” Diaz said of the man who was to be her husband. Parks, 40, attacked the first person he saw after the knife-wielding muggers robbed him – even though he knew the assailants were gone, said Assistant District Attorney Peter Casolaro. More information here.

In the above situation, and countless others, innocent people have been harmed by the action of a criminal. Had there been an armed, law abiding citizen in the area, tragedy may very well have been averted. Americans use guns for self defense every 13 seconds, and that is perhaps the best reason to have a gun. These people are certainly glad they had a gun for self defense.