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Great Americans!!!!!
Defender
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Fresh from the NRA Convention in Houston.
1. Paul and Wayne LaPierre who is the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Rifle Association of America.
2. Paul and Rock Star Ted Nugent.
3. Paul with (left to right)civil Rights and gun rights hero, Roy Innis, NRA's new President and Tucson lawyer Sandy Froman, Paul and NRA General Counsel Bob Dowlut.
4. Paul with an authentic DEMOCRAT, none other than ZELL MILLER the hero of the Bush vs. Komrade election.
5. Retired Marine Corps Sgt. R. L. Emery's Mother of All Marine Corp. Ring. Yes he autographed the great photos of Taylor and him from a few months ago just for me.
6. This is Ray Martinez. He is the cop hero that killed mass slayer, Charles Whitman in the Austin Texas Tower in 1966. He later joined the Texas rangers and retired.
Defender
Private investigator licensed in AZ & CA that specializes in self defense cases.
1. Paul and Wayne LaPierre who is the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Rifle Association of America.
2. Paul and Rock Star Ted Nugent.
3. Paul with (left to right)civil Rights and gun rights hero, Roy Innis, NRA's new President and Tucson lawyer Sandy Froman, Paul and NRA General Counsel Bob Dowlut.
4. Paul with an authentic DEMOCRAT, none other than ZELL MILLER the hero of the Bush vs. Komrade election.
5. Retired Marine Corps Sgt. R. L. Emery's Mother of All Marine Corp. Ring. Yes he autographed the great photos of Taylor and him from a few months ago just for me.
6. This is Ray Martinez. He is the cop hero that killed mass slayer, Charles Whitman in the Austin Texas Tower in 1966. He later joined the Texas rangers and retired.
Defender
Private investigator licensed in AZ & CA that specializes in self defense cases.
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Have you noticed that the liberals try to pin dirt on the NRA and other conservatives that is not necessarly true and it is O.K. for them to do that. But when a conservative points out hard evidence to a liberal, all of a sudden it is like we had no business going there. Yes that too Pi$$es me off also.[:0]
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" Those who give up a little freedom for temporary security, deserve neither freedom nor security "
- Benjamin Franklin
Defender
Private investigator licensed in AZ & CA that specializes in self defense cases.
"Nearby citizens, as well as those who heard about the massacre on the radio, brought their own rifles to the campus in an attempt to pin down or perhaps even kill the sniper. Authorities also attempted to end the sniper's barrage by buzzing the tower with an airplane. But it was not until three brave men (Austin Police Officers Houston McCoy and Ramiro Martinez along with a temporarily deputized private citizen Allan Crum) took it upon themselves to storm the observation "
WHO KILLED WHITMAN?
There has been some debate as to which police officer actually killed Charles Whitman. The official version is that Ramiro Martinez emptied his service revolver into Whitman and then grabbed a shotgun from Houston McCoy and fired it into Whitman to finish the job. Skeptics contend that it was Houston McCoy's initial shotgun blasts that slew Whitman. Some go so far as to say that the Austin Police Department, seeking to capitalize on the presence of a Mexican-American hero on the force, embraced only Martinez so as to distract the media and the community from possible negligence by the department in allowing the event to continue for as long as it did or even happen at all. Interestingly, both Martinez and later McCoy sued the producers of "The Deadly Tower" for its depictions of them in that 1975 television movie. Martinez, who was upset about the film's portrayal of his wife and other misrepresentations, won an undisclosed settlement. McCoy, whose name was not mentioned in the film at all, did not prevail. Martinez went on to become a Texas Ranger and later a County Commissioner in Comal County, approximately 50 miles south of Austin. McCoy now lives in the Hill Country west of Austin.
Defender
Private investigator licensed in AZ & CA that specializes in self defense cases.
There is always going to be someone to debate every incident as well as someone to bring that debate into a topic.
Here is what I know and care about:
1) brave officers went into an extremely dangerous situation that many civilians would crap their pants going into;
2) Whitman is dead because of it and I don't shed a tear for the low life piece of crap;
3) many things in law enforcement are a team effort and it should be like football---they all get credit for the sack!
But the reason I looked up that info was because my memory told me that citizens were the first to respond to this attack....
They may not have been first,but were probably responsible for many more people not being killed or injured..and reading closely, you will discover that a citizen went up on the tower with 2 cops.
Hows THAT for bravery ?
Thr rest of the story I know nothing about..except for the fact that in this life, generally the doers don't get the accolades...
Quote "Somehow government decided that the Constitutional Bill of Rights has become the Bill of "Suggested" Rights and are to be rationed to the citizens as the power elite sees fit"