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Gun teacher's lessons pay off in real life
Howie Padilla, Star Tribune
July 26, 2005 LUCKY0726
When Lucky Rosenbloom found himself face to face with an armed suspect early Sunday morning, he fought off the urge to pull out his .40-caliber semiautomatic Ruger handgun.
Recounting the incident in south Minneapolis, Rosenbloom said he kept his gun holstered, adhering to the lessons he tries to teach in classes for people seeking a permit to carry a gun.
"I always tell the students that they are neither the police nor John Wayne," Rosenbloom said Monday. "Don't get involved."
Well, sort of.
Rosenbloom said he was out for a midnight walk near Bloomington Avenue S. and Lake Street when he saw a man waving something and angrily yelling racial epithets at people. Even when the man pointed in Rosenbloom's direction, the instructor kept his gun holstered.
Rosenbloom walked away, thinking the suspect would follow him. Then he heard a gunshot and tried to point a nearby police officer to the suspect, who tried to elude police by ducking into an alley.
Authorities later said that an off-duty Minneapolis police officer also saw the man fire the weapon in the air.
"I didn't know if he fired that shot at me or someone else," Rosenbloom said. "But at that point, he wasn't going to get away."
Rosenbloom said he went to the other side of the alley to confront the man and they started walking toward each other. They were about 20 feet from each other when police arrived and ordered Rosenbloom to the ground.
He complied, which he and police say everyone, whether they have a permit to carry a weapon, needs to be prepared to do.
In a letter to Minneapolis Police Chief Bill McManus, Rosenbloom lauded the officers, who he said did exactly what they were supposed to do. "I hope you give each of them adulation for their abilities to deal with an unknown situation," he wrote.
The 43-year-old man walking toward Rosenbloom was arrested a short time later and police found a silver handgun that they believe the man tried to discard, said department spokesman officer Ron Reier.
Of Rosenbloom, Reier said: "It seems like he acted appropriately as an observer who waited for the police to arrive.
"We were able to apprehend the suspect and get one more gun off the street," Reier said.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5525767.html
Is it just me? or did this story leave a bad taste the way it was written? I'm not saying Rosenbloom or the Police did anything wrong, but the writer seems to have just barely subdued his distaste for citizens carrying a firearm. Maybe I'm just imagining it.
Howie Padilla, Star Tribune
July 26, 2005 LUCKY0726
When Lucky Rosenbloom found himself face to face with an armed suspect early Sunday morning, he fought off the urge to pull out his .40-caliber semiautomatic Ruger handgun.
Recounting the incident in south Minneapolis, Rosenbloom said he kept his gun holstered, adhering to the lessons he tries to teach in classes for people seeking a permit to carry a gun.
"I always tell the students that they are neither the police nor John Wayne," Rosenbloom said Monday. "Don't get involved."
Well, sort of.
Rosenbloom said he was out for a midnight walk near Bloomington Avenue S. and Lake Street when he saw a man waving something and angrily yelling racial epithets at people. Even when the man pointed in Rosenbloom's direction, the instructor kept his gun holstered.
Rosenbloom walked away, thinking the suspect would follow him. Then he heard a gunshot and tried to point a nearby police officer to the suspect, who tried to elude police by ducking into an alley.
Authorities later said that an off-duty Minneapolis police officer also saw the man fire the weapon in the air.
"I didn't know if he fired that shot at me or someone else," Rosenbloom said. "But at that point, he wasn't going to get away."
Rosenbloom said he went to the other side of the alley to confront the man and they started walking toward each other. They were about 20 feet from each other when police arrived and ordered Rosenbloom to the ground.
He complied, which he and police say everyone, whether they have a permit to carry a weapon, needs to be prepared to do.
In a letter to Minneapolis Police Chief Bill McManus, Rosenbloom lauded the officers, who he said did exactly what they were supposed to do. "I hope you give each of them adulation for their abilities to deal with an unknown situation," he wrote.
The 43-year-old man walking toward Rosenbloom was arrested a short time later and police found a silver handgun that they believe the man tried to discard, said department spokesman officer Ron Reier.
Of Rosenbloom, Reier said: "It seems like he acted appropriately as an observer who waited for the police to arrive.
"We were able to apprehend the suspect and get one more gun off the street," Reier said.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5525767.html
Is it just me? or did this story leave a bad taste the way it was written? I'm not saying Rosenbloom or the Police did anything wrong, but the writer seems to have just barely subdued his distaste for citizens carrying a firearm. Maybe I'm just imagining it.
