Home Depot customer with a concealed handgun opened fire on shoplifting suspect & DAILY KOS RECOMMENDED 7OKT15

Wed Oct 07, 2015 at 08:19 AM PDT

Home Depot customer with a concealed handgun opened fire on shoplifting suspect

by Jen Hayden

Back view of woman holding a gun.

Apparently a Michigan woman with a conceal-carry permit and a loaded handgun thought it was her duty to step in and help a Home Depot employee stop a suspected shoplifter. Did she follow their car? Nope. She opened fired on the suspected shoplifter's SUV as they drove out of the parking lot:

A 47- year-old Clarkston woman in the parking lot witnessed one of the store’s loss prevention officers trying to stop a shoplifting suspect getting into a dark colored SUV. The customer — identified as a concealed pistol license holder — reportedly fired shots at the dark-colored SUV as it sped out of the lot. It’s unknown how many rounds were fired from her 9mm handgun, but police believe she hit and flattened one of the vehicle’s rear tires as it sped off in the direction of Brown Road.
It was not known if anyone was injured in the incident. The customer remained on the scene and was cooperating with police. A report is to be turned over to the county prosecutor for review of possible charges, if any, on the woman.

Possible charges? I'd say so. An conceal-carry permit does not make one deputized. Even if she were deputized, shoplifting does not warrant a death penalty. Not to mention the fact that other customers and innocent people merely passing by could've been injured or killed with her reckless behavior.

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Thu May 22, 2014 at 10:49 AM PDT

Allen West questions the 'loyalties' of Rep. Tammy Duckworth

by Hunter

Professional dumbass.

When last we heard from Former Congressman Allen West (R-FL-OfCourse) he was hard at work being a horrible human being. I see he is still at it.

Fox News contributor Allen West questioned the "loyalties" of decorated veteran and Illinois Rep. Tammy Duckworth for serving with her fellow Democrats on the Benghazi select committee. [...] West remarked of Duckworth: "I just don't know where her loyalties lie. You know, for her to have been a veteran, a wounded warrior for the United States Army, she should know that this is not the right thing. And hopefully, you know, she will remember the oath of office that she took as an Army officer and not the allegiance I guess she believes she has to the liberal progressives of the Democrat Party."

Apparently merely being assigned to the committee is all it takes for combat veteran Tammy Duckworth to have her loyalties questioned by West; a truly loyal American would shut up and let Republican conspiracy peddlers say whatever they wanted about dead Americans. He's all class, that one. I can see why Fox News couldn't bear to be without him.

Originally posted to Hunter on Thu May 22, 2014 at 10:49 AM PDT.

Also republished by Daily Kos. 

 Tammy Duckworth

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tammy Duckworth
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 8th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2013
Preceded by	Joe Walsh
Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs in the Department of Veterans Affairs
In office April 24, 2009 – June 30, 2011
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Lisette Mondello
Succeeded by	Michael Galloucis
Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs
In office November 21, 2006 – February 8, 2009
Governor	Rod Blagojevich Pat Quinn
Preceded by	Roy Dolgos
Succeeded by	Daniel Grant
Personal details
Born	Ladda Tammy Duckworth March 12, 1968 (age 46) Bangkok, Thailand
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Bryan Bowlsbey
Residence	Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Alma mater	University of Hawaii (B.A.) George Washington University (M.A.)
Website	duckworth.house.gov
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army Illinois Army National Guard
Years of service	1992–present
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Unit	106th Aviation Regiment, 28th Infantry Division
Awards	Purple Heart Meritorious Service Medal Air Medal Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters Combat Action Badge Senior Army Aviator Badge

Ladda Tammy Duckworth (born March 12, 1968) is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district since 2013. A Democrat, she is the first Asian American woman elected to Congress in Illinois, the first disabled woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first member of Congress born in Thailand.
Duckworth previously served as Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs from April 24, 2009 to June 30, 2011, and as the Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs from November 21, 2006 to February 8, 2009.
An Iraq War veteran, Duckworth served as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot and suffered severe combat wounds, losing both of her legs and damaging her right arm. She was the first female double amputee from the war.^[1] Having received a medical waiver, she continues to serve as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Illinois Army National Guard along with her husband, Major Bryan W. Bowlsbey, a signal officer and fellow Iraq War veteran.^[2]