Just watched it on fox...
http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews/2008/06/customer_foils_bank_robbery_at.html
Good on him!
Brent
http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews/2008/06/customer_foils_bank_robbery_at.html
Good on him!
Brent
CCW carrier thwarts bank heist!
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Threefeathers
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FOX just had a great interview with fellow who stopped a robbery with CCW
It was a really positive interview by Shep Smith.
It was a really positive interview by Shep Smith.
they left the best part out ...
My wife heard this sty on the radio yesterday ... she says the kicker is that Fawzi was in the next line over and when the teller told him a robbery was in progress he pulled his gun and told the robber, "You're not robbing this bank today." When the guy protested that he had a bomb, Fawzi said, "I don't care. You're not robbing this bank." The would-be Jesse James, who of course didn't have a bomb or even a firecracker, surrendered and will probably be spending the rest of his life as a guest of the state of Michigan ... Not sure what you think of Fawzi's actions, tho he certainly saved the day and the odds of anybody actually having a bomb are pretty slim ... any lessons learned?
CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Western Wayne County authorities say a gun-toting Comerica Bank customer foiled an attempted robbery.
Fifty-three-year-old Joseph Webster of Washtenaw County was arraigned Tuesday in 35th District Court on bank robbery, armed robbery and habitual offender charges, which can bring up to life imprisonment.
Canton Township police tell WXYZ-TV and The Ann Arbor News Webster pretended to have a bomb Monday and demanded a teller give him money. A co-worker alerted Nabil Fawzi, who has a concealed-weapon permit. Fawzi held Webster at gunpoint until police arrived.
He's jailed on a $100,000 cash bond pending a June 27 preliminary examination.
My wife heard this sty on the radio yesterday ... she says the kicker is that Fawzi was in the next line over and when the teller told him a robbery was in progress he pulled his gun and told the robber, "You're not robbing this bank today." When the guy protested that he had a bomb, Fawzi said, "I don't care. You're not robbing this bank." The would-be Jesse James, who of course didn't have a bomb or even a firecracker, surrendered and will probably be spending the rest of his life as a guest of the state of Michigan ... Not sure what you think of Fawzi's actions, tho he certainly saved the day and the odds of anybody actually having a bomb are pretty slim ... any lessons learned?
CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Western Wayne County authorities say a gun-toting Comerica Bank customer foiled an attempted robbery.
Fifty-three-year-old Joseph Webster of Washtenaw County was arraigned Tuesday in 35th District Court on bank robbery, armed robbery and habitual offender charges, which can bring up to life imprisonment.
Canton Township police tell WXYZ-TV and The Ann Arbor News Webster pretended to have a bomb Monday and demanded a teller give him money. A co-worker alerted Nabil Fawzi, who has a concealed-weapon permit. Fawzi held Webster at gunpoint until police arrived.
He's jailed on a $100,000 cash bond pending a June 27 preliminary examination.
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Foiled again!
My wife heard this sty on the radio yesterday ... she says the kicker is that Fawzi was in the next line over and when the teller told him a robbery was in progress he pulled his gun and told the robber, "You're not robbing this bank today." When the guy protested that he had a bomb, Fawzi said, "I don't care. You're not robbing this bank." The would-be Jesse James, who of course didn't have a bomb or even a firecracker, surrendered and will probably be spending the rest of his life as a guest of the state of Michigan ... Not sure what you think of Fawzi's actions, tho he certainly saved the day and the odds of anybody actually having a bomb are pretty slim ... any lessons learned?
CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Western Wayne County authorities say a gun-toting Comerica Bank customer foiled an attempted robbery.
Fifty-three-year-old Joseph Webster of Washtenaw County was arraigned Tuesday in 35th District Court on bank robbery, armed robbery and habitual offender charges, which can bring up to life imprisonment.
Canton Township police tell WXYZ-TV and The Ann Arbor News Webster pretended to have a bomb Monday and demanded a teller give him money. A co-worker alerted Nabil Fawzi, who has a concealed-weapon permit. Fawzi held Webster at gunpoint until police arrived.
He's jailed on a $100,000 cash bond pending a June 27 preliminary examination.
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My wife heard this sty on the radio yesterday ... she says the kicker is that Fawzi was in the next line over and when the teller told him a robbery was in progress he pulled his gun and told the robber, "You're not robbing this bank today." When the guy protested that he had a bomb, Fawzi said, "I don't care. You're not robbing this bank." The would-be Jesse James, who of course didn't have a bomb or even a firecracker, surrendered and will probably be spending the rest of his life as a guest of the state of Michigan ... Not sure what you think of Fawzi's actions, tho he certainly saved the day and the odds of anybody actually having a bomb are pretty slim ... any lessons learned?
CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Western Wayne County authorities say a gun-toting Comerica Bank customer foiled an attempted robbery.
Fifty-three-year-old Joseph Webster of Washtenaw County was arraigned Tuesday in 35th District Court on bank robbery, armed robbery and habitual offender charges, which can bring up to life imprisonment.
Canton Township police tell WXYZ-TV and The Ann Arbor News Webster pretended to have a bomb Monday and demanded a teller give him money. A co-worker alerted Nabil Fawzi, who has a concealed-weapon permit. Fawzi held Webster at gunpoint until police arrived.
He's jailed on a $100,000 cash bond pending a June 27 preliminary examination.
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A 9mm may expand, but a .45 will NEVER shrink.
"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard." H.L. Mencken
There is another thread on this in General discussion, but this one has a lot more information. Here is a copy to an interview that Fox News did with the CCW holder.
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video...alPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/
If that doesn't work you can just go to the Fox News website and find it.
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video...alPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/
If that doesn't work you can just go to the Fox News website and find it.
ChicagoTex
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...And now every criminal in the state of Michigan knows to steal that guy's briefcase.
Or shoot first and ask questions later.
I don't really disapprove of what he did, but if it was me I sure as shootin' wouldn't let my face be plastered all over the various media outlets if I could avoid it.
Or shoot first and ask questions later.
I don't really disapprove of what he did, but if it was me I sure as shootin' wouldn't let my face be plastered all over the various media outlets if I could avoid it.
LanceOregon
Moderator
It is sort of ironic that a Lebanese Arab that had fled his native homeland to come to the United States to escape the violence that has wrecked that country, would then encounter violence here too. But I wonder if having lived and survived in the climate that exists in Lebanon perhaps made him all the more determined to protect himself here??
It was interesting to note that he carried his pistol without a round in the chamber, and had to rack the slide in order to load the gun. I still cannot understand why people carry like this.
If the man had had a real bomb, instead of an imaginary one, I wonder how things might have turned out? Or even if the man had just had a gun himself? Would he have drawn on an obviously armed man??
The robber may have been such an amateur, that his threat of a bomb did not seem credible. However, with his previous felony convictions for sex crimes and robbery, one also wonders why he was free out walking the streets??
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It was interesting to note that he carried his pistol without a round in the chamber, and had to rack the slide in order to load the gun. I still cannot understand why people carry like this.
If the man had had a real bomb, instead of an imaginary one, I wonder how things might have turned out? Or even if the man had just had a gun himself? Would he have drawn on an obviously armed man??
The robber may have been such an amateur, that his threat of a bomb did not seem credible. However, with his previous felony convictions for sex crimes and robbery, one also wonders why he was free out walking the streets??
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It would be nice to think that this would illustrate to the Ann Arbor intelligentsia (and it is the rare and special Ann Arborite who does not consider themselves to be a member
) that concealed carry is a net positive. I fear that, quite to the contrary, the locals' concern might well fall on the robber, who is clearly a victim of a system that underspends on public mental health care.
Some here will say that he should have let the guy go about his business and leave. That is a fair position. However, in this case a good man with a gun and a confident mindset made a judgment call, and it turned out to be the right one.
) that concealed carry is a net positive. I fear that, quite to the contrary, the locals' concern might well fall on the robber, who is clearly a victim of a system that underspends on public mental health care.Some here will say that he should have let the guy go about his business and leave. That is a fair position. However, in this case a good man with a gun and a confident mindset made a judgment call, and it turned out to be the right one.
Anybody know of anyway to trigger a bomb without a hand held trigger?
I suspect the guy knew enough about bombs to know that he had to hit a detonator with his hands, and, that he was in a position to short circuit the bad guy, should he try and get a hand on the trigger.
Well Done!
I suspect the guy knew enough about bombs to know that he had to hit a detonator with his hands, and, that he was in a position to short circuit the bad guy, should he try and get a hand on the trigger.
Well Done!
In case anyone wants to read it, here is the Fark.com thread that went over this story. The usual Pro/Anti arguments there.
Within seconds, Fawzi drew his handgun, racked a round in the chamber and told the man that he wasn't robbing the bank.
"But I have a bomb," the robber told Fawzi.
It's at that point that you shoot him in the head. That's what the Israelis do.
Within seconds, Fawzi drew his handgun, racked a round in the chamber and told the man that he wasn't robbing the bank.
"But I have a bomb," the robber told Fawzi.
It's at that point that you shoot him in the head. That's what the Israelis do.
LanceOregon
Moderator
No banks here in Oregon have such signs, as far as I know. I've been to several, and never seen one.
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Forwardassist
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Once again they make a claim that guy is special because he is ex military. I really hate it when they do that since it takes all the wind out of the message. I guess that means he is more trusted with having a CCW than the people who have no military experience. :barf: