If Only They Had A Gun

The Connecticut high court issued separate, unanimous rulings that rejected the appeals of Clifton Foreman and Alazaron Sargeant, who are both serving 85-year prison sentences for sexual assault, kidnapping and other crimes. The two men, both 22, were convicted in 2005 of kidnapping the former University of New Haven student at gunpoint in West Haven, putting her in the trunk of her car and sexually assaulting her in a secluded spot in Woodbridge on Sept. 26, 2003. Two other teens were arrested for taking part in the attack, which the woman, then 27, survived. After the gang rape, Sargeant tried to snap the woman’s neck and Foreman repeatedly hit her on her the head with a rock, according to court testimony. She pretended to be dead, then managed to make her way, bloody and naked, to a nearby house to get help after the suspects left. 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.