Uber-liberal Rawstory.com rarely has anything positive to say about guns, Christopher Columbus, or anything right-of-center, so this story was quite a surprise:
A Pennsylvania legislator exchanged gunfire with a would-be robber who tried to mug him and another lawmaker near the statehouse, and four teenagers were arrested on Wednesday and charged with attempted homicide and other offenses.
Representative Marty Flynn, a Democrat from Scranton, fired two shots after the robber pointed his pistol at him and then at Representative Ryan Bizzarro, a Democrat from Erie, and demanded their wallets in the incident at about 11 p.m. on Tuesday, the House Democratic Caucus said in a statement on Wednesday.
The robber fired one shot, which prompted the return fire from Flynn, a former prison guard and mixed martial arts fighter, the caucus said.
No one is believed to have been injured, police said.
The gunfire broke out as the lawmakers returned from a late dinner at Second Street Restaurant to the apartment they share, not far from the statehouse.
City police arrested three teenagers a few blocks from the crime scene, and a fourth was arrested at home, police said.
They were charged as adults with criminal attempted homicide, conspiracy, robbery, aggravated assault, recklessly endangering a life, and carrying a firearm without a license, police said.
Police identified them as Jamani Ellison, 17, Jyair Leonard, 15, Derek Anderson, 17, and Zha-quan McGhee, 15.
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I’m trying to find out if he’s pro-gun or anti-gun, according to a pro-gun blog:
Interestingly, Rep. Flynn refused to return an NRA questionnaire in 2012, so he was rated ?. On the only votes we’ve had recently, he did vote for strengthening preemption in HB 1243. He also voted against the private sale on long guns amendment.
Source: http://www.pagunblog.com/2014/10/15/state-rep-trades-gun-fire-with-robber/
This is what Project Vote Smart has to say:
Source: http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/136360/marty-flynn#.VD8zdueXtz8
I’m glad he had a gun, and I’m surprised RawStory let their liberal readers discover that guns do save lives, stop crimes, and protect people. Of course, if you read the comments, you’ll see some fools will never see the light.
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