Threats of Looting Have Elgin Residents Taking Up Arms

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Threats of Looting Have Elgin Residents Taking Up Arms
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Kershaw County (WLTX)- As the sun sets on the tornado-ravaged town of Elgin, Tina Shealy is taking drastic measures to secure her property from looters.

"We're unprotected right now, so we're taking up arms to protect our homes," says Shealy holding a rifle by her side.

On Monday, she may have stopped a would-be thief from entering her neighbors unprotected home. "I saw a car pulling into their driveway that had no business being there, so me being the person I am, I grabbed my gun and cell phone and headed over there," says Shealy.

She says it didn't take her long to realize the man had no business there. "I told him he had about two seconds before I shoot him and after he was dead, I was calling the cops. So he left," says Shealy.

She says other tornado victims are having to do the same. "We've got friends and relatives that don't have power and protection and are having to sleep in their cars with the firearms," says Shealy.

Now several days after residents started complaining about the problem, deputies are stepping up patrols in the area.

But still, Shealy isn't taking any chances and she has a message for thieves.

"If you come over here looting, we're ready," says Shealy.


http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=59836

 

[PTK]

Sounds good to me! That's a large reason to own a firearm.

 

[SLCscottie]

Tough Texans

You got to love those Texans. She has guts and the right attitude. I would love to have her as my neighbor. We watch out for each other her in Utah.

 

[jungleroy]

I am Glad she can defend herself.
Sad to hear about the tornado destruction, yet I am still happy to hear about other people in our nation who stand up for them selves.

 

[Robert Hairless]

Tough Texans

You got to love those Texans. She has guts and the right attitude. I would love to have her as my neighbor. We watch out for each other her in Utah.

Click on the link to the story and you'll see that it's not Texas but South Carolina. Got some friends in the area so I recognize "Kershaw County."

Now contrast this situation in South Carolina with what happened in New Orleans, Louisiana, after Hurricane Katrina a few years ago.

In New Orleans the citizens had to worry about attacks not only from looters but also from the New Orleans Police Department and its helpers, the New Jersey State Police, the California Highway Patrol, and the National Guard. (I expect better from the National Guard. The New Orleans Police Department, the New Jersey State Police, and the California Highway Patrol performed exactly as one should expect. The easy way to distinguish them from ordinary thugs is that ordinary thugs don't wear uniforms or use equipment paid for by the public. Ordinary thugs get their own equipment: they're entrepreneurs.)

Of course South Carolina doesn't have Mayor C. Ray Nagin, for which my friends thank God every day.

 

[qdemn7]

Tough Texans
You got to love those Texans. She has guts and the right attitude. I would love to have her as my neighbor. We watch out for each other her in Utah.

Thanks for the kind words about Texas, but THIS Elgin is in South Carolina. WLTX are the call letters of the TV station.

 

[trinydex]

imagine if she didn't have the gun. that story could be very different. bad.