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Friday, January 16, 2009

A Warning To ALL Local Drivers

"The Guidance Counselor I work with just told me the following this morning that happened to his wife yesterday at the Kmart light and today at the ATM on Nanticoke and RR 50.

She was on RR 50 at the Kmart light yesterday morning, (she works at Salisbury School) and was looking at something in the car when her daughter asked Mommy "who is that." A man with a blanket over his head bent down to open the front passenger door and she then hit the auto lock button to lock the doors. He then veered off on another path.

Then, today she was at the ATM, PNC Bank at Nanticoke and RR 50 and after she received her money, a man got between her car and the machine and asked her for some money.

With the weather so cold, it's a scary time. Please be careful and stay alert."

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

I can't wait for the day when someone does that to me. They will be staring down the barrell of a .45. I could only be so lucky.

Anonymous said...

Oh, so you you keep a loaded .45 in the car with you, on the pocket of your door? Come On Man!

Anonymous said...

Just make sure your bullets are properly encoded:

http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/billfile/hb0517.htm

Anonymous said...

11:57 - I hope you can shoot better than you can spell...lol

Anonymous said...

Bravo for you 11:57am
I believe everyone should be
carrying a gun . It would decrease
the crime rate , help the law enforcement officers and decrease
our jail populations. Only the
strong will survive these next few years!

Anonymous said...

Thats a felony dude.

Walter Smegma said...

anon 11:57
I admire the thought, but a word to the wise: anything that anyone puts on the internet is not truly anonymous to authorities.
Don't write on a blog or anywhere what you would be lucky to do to the criminal piece of scum.
If the occasion did ever arise for you to be in a position to defend yourself, some power hungry D.A. with no respect for justice or public safety would use your printed words to paint you as a vigilante who pre-meditated an attack on an "unfortunate, misguided youth" or "needy person with a drug problem." Rememer what the "justice system" did to the heroic Bernie Goetz for defending himself and helping rid New York of vermin.

Anonymous said...

There is no need to carry guns in cars unless you WANT to get out and use it. Otherwise, stay in your locked car and drive away. If they get in your way to try to stop you, guess what, you have a 1 ton weapon in your hands that is directed by one thing... the gas pedal. Probably won't kill the guy, but I bet he won't be trying this maneuver anytime soon.

Anonymous said...

This is where we need an officer, maybe our sheriff, to refresh us on what the law currently stands as far as self defense, even more so with defending our homes. With the current trend of ever increasing violent crime, it's extremely important. Last I knew, from years ago...so it's veague. When someone breaks into your home...your only allowed to use "reasonable force" to protect yourself and family. It was explained to me this means....if an intruder breaks into your home while your there, and he has a baseball bat, you the homeowner would only be able to use a bat or similar to defend yourself, only after exhausting any means of escape first. I've always wondered how true this was, and if so, does it still stand today?

Anonymous said...

12:30pm Your exactly correct. The honest man will end up getting the shaft.

Anonymous said...

unfortunately the laws work for the criminals.

Anonymous said...

OK ALL DID WE GET OFF TOPIC HERE??
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE DANGEROUS AND THEIR ARE TEENS DRIVING AROUND HERE SO WHAT ARE THEY SOPPOSED TO DO?? ALL THIS CRAP ABOUT GUNS AND WEAPONS. WHAT ABOUT JUST SOMEONE CALLING THE COPS EVERYTIME HE IS SPOTED, SO HE CAN GET PICKED UP.. HEY THERE IS AN IDEA... SAFER AND WITHIN THE LAWS TOO..WOW!! THIS IS A FOR REAL THING AND WE NEED TO STOP HIM BEFORE ANYONE GETS HURT AND OR LOSE THE HARD EARNED MONEY THEY WORKED FOR.. COME ON FOLKS

Anonymous said...

I was always told if your gonna shoot him kill him so he cant press charges? Dont know if its true or not.

Chimera said...

Someone tries to get into my car,they ARE gonna go for a ride.....

Anonymous said...

Joe,
The all caps thing... just do it.

Anonymous said...

sounds like to me the woman did not learn her lesson on atm machines!why not just go inside the bank on reg hours and get some cash or write a check. if i had the first incident happen to me i be darn if i would go to one the next day.

Unknown said...

That's why I tell my wife to only use the drive-up ATMs at the bank (like M&T by wal-mart) or the ones in Wawa etc. No fees, and no one hasslin' or robbing you.

We men might be able to handle ourselves in these situations, but get the word out to wives, daughters, sisters, girlfriends, etc. to ONLY use the safe ATMs mentioned above.

Walter Smegma said...

A small carpenter's hammer is all you need. It won't carry the legal consequences of carrying & using a firearm. If some degenerate bent on harming or robbing you tries to stick his head in the door or window of your car, a sharp, solid hit to the forehead with the cold, hard steel of the hammer head WILL drop the piece of crap in his tracks! This will give you the opportunity to call for police help. If the perp starts to move, simply use the hammer to render him harmless again. If he should happen to die, I don't think a jury
in the land would find that using a hammer on someone trying to enter your vehicle would be using excessive force. Every driver should have a hammer on the seat beside him or her!

Chimera said...

Go Christopher Walken on him


"Sometimes you have to hit it with a hamma"