Less than a week after the Nebraska Unicameral shut down the latest attempt to legalize concealed carry, the NE State Patrol was carrying out "the biggest manhunt since Starkweather", schools were being closed and people were basically being told to go hide under the covers and the boogey man won't get you.
The 3 day manhunt ended in Wyoming (near Lusk, the same area mass murderer Starkweather was finally arrested) with the arrest of the Texas fugitive. The first encounter in NE was Sat. night when a deputy tried to arrest him at a convenience store. He escaped and led about 2 dozen officers on a chase, that apparently fell apart (not much detail has been released on this except that the S. P. needs a new multi-million $ radio system) when he stopped, pulled out a rifle and shot up a roadblock, injuring a Sheriff's deputy and a NE State trooper late last Sat. night.
Sunday a State Patrol spokesman stated "Anyone who would shoot a police officer would not think twice about shooting a citizen."
The Patrol officer's words were proved true on Mon. when the fugitive shot and killed a farmer and stole his truck.
Official law enforcement spokesmen were strongly against the proposed legislation to allow concealed carry.
One of the first comments I heard about the manhunt at work on Monday was "I bet there's a bunch of people wishing they could carry a gun about now."
Why don't they want us to be able to defend ourselves???
Wyoming doesn't sound much better than NE, the sheriff's department for that county had actually left a message on the answering machine of a neighbor of the ranch were the bg was arrested telling them, "Lock the doors and pull the drapes"
That is really going to stop someone who "wouldn't think twice about killing a civilian."
By the way, a rancher and his son talked the man into putting down his weapons, and invited him in to the house to eat. He was then arrested without further incident.
The 3 day manhunt ended in Wyoming (near Lusk, the same area mass murderer Starkweather was finally arrested) with the arrest of the Texas fugitive. The first encounter in NE was Sat. night when a deputy tried to arrest him at a convenience store. He escaped and led about 2 dozen officers on a chase, that apparently fell apart (not much detail has been released on this except that the S. P. needs a new multi-million $ radio system) when he stopped, pulled out a rifle and shot up a roadblock, injuring a Sheriff's deputy and a NE State trooper late last Sat. night.
Sunday a State Patrol spokesman stated "Anyone who would shoot a police officer would not think twice about shooting a citizen."
The Patrol officer's words were proved true on Mon. when the fugitive shot and killed a farmer and stole his truck.
Official law enforcement spokesmen were strongly against the proposed legislation to allow concealed carry.
One of the first comments I heard about the manhunt at work on Monday was "I bet there's a bunch of people wishing they could carry a gun about now."
Why don't they want us to be able to defend ourselves???
Wyoming doesn't sound much better than NE, the sheriff's department for that county had actually left a message on the answering machine of a neighbor of the ranch were the bg was arrested telling them, "Lock the doors and pull the drapes"
That is really going to stop someone who "wouldn't think twice about killing a civilian."
By the way, a rancher and his son talked the man into putting down his weapons, and invited him in to the house to eat. He was then arrested without further incident.