Driver With Concealed Carry Permit Shoots His Way Out Of Philly Robbery

By Bob Owens

A pizza delivery driver was lured into an ambush in Philadelphia (PA) Monday evening in which two gunmen demanded all the cash he was carrying, and the pizzas they’d ordered to an abandoned home.

When they opened fire on him, he pulled his lawfully concealed handgun and gave them lead instead.

A pizza deliveryman was shot during an attack in Southwest Philadelphia.

It happened around 7:05 p.m. Monday at 54th and Yocum streets.

Police say the 36-year-old man was delivering an order to what turned out to be a vacant home.

When the deliveryman arrived, he knocked on the door and two armed men emerged from an adjacent home.

Police say they shot the deliveryman man once in the left arm and once in the left side.

The victim dropped the pizzas and pulled out his own gun.

He fired a few shots, but it is not known if the suspects were struck.

A firearm is not a talisman that will magically make bad guys disappear… but it sure seems to be the next best thing in many instances.

In this all-too-common type of driver ambush, the criminals had the upper hand from the very beginning, and the pizza delivery driver did the right thing in attempting to …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms