Too Dumb For Words

"Too Dumb For Words"*

*R.C. Gaitlin, 21, walked up to two patrol officers
who were showing their squad car computer
equipment to children in a Detroit neighborhood.

When he asked how the system worked, the
officers asked him for a piece of identification
Gaitlin gave them his driver's license, they
entered it into the computer, and moments later
they arrested Gaitlin because information on the
screen showed that Gaitlin was wanted for an
armed robbery in St. Louis, Missouri.

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"Kidnapped Man Comes Out Guns Blazin'"*

*CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. - 21-year-old Carl Lee Reese's
luck went from bad to worse when he carjacked a
Lexus belonging to Paul Brite, 53.

Brite was confronted by the gunman at a carwash
and forced to climb into his own trunk.

Reese drove off, but pulled to the side of the road
a short while later fearing Brite had a cellular phone
with him. When he opened the trunk the victim
came out brandishing two handguns that he had
stored there earlier.

The kidnapper refused to comply with several
commands to lie on the ground, even after a warning shot.

Brite was finally forced to shoot his attacker in the
abdomen when Reese reached for his pocket.

Police said they do not plan to charge Brite.

[Who wants to bet Reese was pro gun control?]
Received on Fri Aug 1 07:48:31 2008