According to the Daily Mail:
“A shopkeeper who fought off two armed robbers said the streets around his inner city Birmingham store were ‘more violent’ than his native Iraq.
Kochar Rasul, 30, made a new life for himself and his family in Britain after fleeing from Kurdistan to escape Saddam Hussein’s evil regime.
But he was forced to defend himself using a shop sign when two gunmen pounced as he locked up his shop in Handsworth, Birmingham, just before midnight on Monday.”
“Mr Rasul came to Britain in 2003 when the Kurds were being persecuted in their native Iraq.
‘I thought it would be safe here, but it isn’t, it’s very dangerous with crime always going on and lots of bad people around,’ he said.
‘It’s more dangerous here than Iraq because at least there, you knew who your enemies are.’
Detective Constable Phil Langstone, from Force CID in Harborne, praised Mr Rasul’s courage.
‘The victim was very brave in his attempt to fight off the attackers and the fact that armed officers just happened to be passing at that particular moment was a case of being in the right place at the right time,’ he said.’”
It must be noted that handguns and all semi-auto rifles have been banned in the UK since the mid-nineties, and homeowners who defend themselves against violent intruders are often mercilessly prosecuted by the Leviathan.
Wow such an amazing story of bravery! This man should be given our total respect! He defended his property and possibly life without trepidation. This is of course in sad contrast to the fact that he ran away from his native country to seek a better life while many British and American soldiers died to defend Iraq from the tyranny of Saddam and bring democracy to that country. Meanwhile England opens her doors to the cowards like this man claiming to be a refugee who won’t even stay in his own native country to fight for it or defend it.
Posted by: Bill | March 02, 2013 at 03:07 AM
Friday a kid in Florida took down a gunman and promptly got suspended from school.
I'm betting the Principal voted for Obama.
Posted by: bmatkin | March 04, 2013 at 03:19 AM