Fleeing carjacking victim shot in Dayton - AGAIN!
The Ohio State Highway Patrol says that you don't need to be allowed your self-defense rights in a car, because you can just "drive off" from a carjacking or other violent attack.
The Dayton Daily News reports Antonio Ward, 27, was shot in the chest as he drove away from an attempted carjacking at a gas station. He was later transported to a hospital.
The car-jackers then approached another patron, a friend of Ward, and took his car. The pair have not been found or apprehended.
Police are searching for three men who are to be considered to be armed and dangerous. The car is now riddled with bullets.
Police indicated that they know of no links to the fatal carjacking of James A. "Tony" Gordon earlier this month, but left open the possibility, since Gordon's murderer has still not been found.
OFCC PAC Commentary:
Common sense and evidence of the worst-kind continue to mount against the Ohio State Highway Patrol and Governor Bob Taft.
It is simply not acceptable to suggest that someone can simply "drive off" from a carjacking attempt. These unfortunate and deadly incidents not only prove that concealed carry reform must allow for carrying in a vehicle, but are clear evidence the law must be passed immediately, before more Ohioans are forced to die or suffer serious injury doing what the Ohio State Highway Patrol suggests.
We can't know whether the last three Ohioans to be shot would have chosen to carry a concealed firearm if it were legal. But we DO know they were shot by doing exactly what OSHP Capt. John Born said they should do in that situation. And we DO know that violent crime rates, including carjackings, are reduced after concealed carry laws are passed.
The story can also be found on WTVN Channel 2's Website
Related Stories:
August 5, Dayton: TONY GORDON DIED TRYING TO FOLLOW OSHP CAPT. JOHN BORN'S ADVICE
August 6th, Akron: Carjacker steals vehicle with owner trapped in door
August 15th, Columbus: Yet another carjacking victim who couldn't drive off
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