(I posted this in "General" but it didn't appear... 
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http://www.nydailynews.com/2000-10-10/News_and_Views/Crime_File/a-83589.asp
Storeowner Outguns
2 Would-Be Holdup Men
By ROBERT INGRASSIA and JOHN MARZULLI
Daily News Staff Writers
pistol-packing shopkeeper kept his Brooklyn
greeting-card store from being robbed yesterday
when he pulled a licensed handgun and opened
fire on a pair of armed robbers, police said.
The gunmen invaded Joe's Cardville at 1625
Cortelyou Road in Flatbush about 11:45 a.m. and
confronted the owner, Ming Chen, who was behind
the counter.
One suspect, James Baylor, pointed a Tech-9
submachine gun at Chen and demanded cash, cops
said.
Chen, 43, whipped out his licensed 9-mm. Glock
handgun and opened fire on Baylor and his
accomplice, later identified as Antoine Miles, police
said.
Baylor was hit four times in the chest and collapsed in
a pool of blood. He was taken to Kings County
Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.
Miles fled but walked into the Kings County
emergency room a short time later with a gunshot
wound to his side, police said. He was in stable
condition and was placed under arrest after Chen
identified him as the second suspect.
A police spokesman said Chen has a valid premise
permit for the gun, and no charges will be filed against
him.
"He is totally, 100% legitimate," a detective said.
"Everything with him is good to go."
Chen obtained the permit about six years ago after he
foiled a stickup at his card shop by grabbing the
robber's gun and wrestling him to the ground. Police
said he had not been victimized since then.
The owner of Parks Fruit Market on the same block
waited a few minutes after the gunfire to peer outside.
When he did, he saw the dazed Chen.
"He was in shock," said the fruit market owner, who
declined to give his name. "Imagine if it had been your
life on the line."
Charges against Baylor, of 235 Hoyt St., and Miles, 29,
of 574 Albany Ave., both Brooklyn, were still pending
late yesterday afternoon.
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~USP
"[Even if there would be] few tears shed if and when the Second Amendment is held to guarantee nothing more than the state National Guard, this would simply show that the Founders were right when they feared that some future generation might wish to abandon liberties that they considered essential, and so sought to protect those liberties in a Bill of Rights. We may tolerate the abridgement of property rights and the elimination of a right to bear arms; but we should not pretend that these are not reductions of rights." -- Justice Scalia 1998
)http://www.nydailynews.com/2000-10-10/News_and_Views/Crime_File/a-83589.asp
Storeowner Outguns
2 Would-Be Holdup Men
By ROBERT INGRASSIA and JOHN MARZULLI
Daily News Staff Writers
pistol-packing shopkeeper kept his Brooklyn
greeting-card store from being robbed yesterday
when he pulled a licensed handgun and opened
fire on a pair of armed robbers, police said.
The gunmen invaded Joe's Cardville at 1625
Cortelyou Road in Flatbush about 11:45 a.m. and
confronted the owner, Ming Chen, who was behind
the counter.
One suspect, James Baylor, pointed a Tech-9
submachine gun at Chen and demanded cash, cops
said.
Chen, 43, whipped out his licensed 9-mm. Glock
handgun and opened fire on Baylor and his
accomplice, later identified as Antoine Miles, police
said.
Baylor was hit four times in the chest and collapsed in
a pool of blood. He was taken to Kings County
Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.
Miles fled but walked into the Kings County
emergency room a short time later with a gunshot
wound to his side, police said. He was in stable
condition and was placed under arrest after Chen
identified him as the second suspect.
A police spokesman said Chen has a valid premise
permit for the gun, and no charges will be filed against
him.
"He is totally, 100% legitimate," a detective said.
"Everything with him is good to go."
Chen obtained the permit about six years ago after he
foiled a stickup at his card shop by grabbing the
robber's gun and wrestling him to the ground. Police
said he had not been victimized since then.
The owner of Parks Fruit Market on the same block
waited a few minutes after the gunfire to peer outside.
When he did, he saw the dazed Chen.
"He was in shock," said the fruit market owner, who
declined to give his name. "Imagine if it had been your
life on the line."
Charges against Baylor, of 235 Hoyt St., and Miles, 29,
of 574 Albany Ave., both Brooklyn, were still pending
late yesterday afternoon.
------------------
~USP
"[Even if there would be] few tears shed if and when the Second Amendment is held to guarantee nothing more than the state National Guard, this would simply show that the Founders were right when they feared that some future generation might wish to abandon liberties that they considered essential, and so sought to protect those liberties in a Bill of Rights. We may tolerate the abridgement of property rights and the elimination of a right to bear arms; but we should not pretend that these are not reductions of rights." -- Justice Scalia 1998
