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Just Goes To Show - Negotiating Doesn’t Always Work

J.J. Jackson* | November 24, 2006 

This is exactly why our society had better get over their fear and disdain for the second amendment.

CHICAGO — A gunman who took his neighbor hostage for 23 hours over Thanksgiving ended the standoff by killing the woman and himself early Friday, police said.

The 22-year-old victim and 21-year-old Lance Johnson were the only people found in the apartment on the city’s South Side, despite reports from Johnson and the victim that a second hostage was inside, 1st Deputy Superintendent Dana Starks said.

“At no time did the Chicago Police Department fire a weapon,” Starks said.

Johnson’s sister pleaded with him to cooperate with authorities Thursday afternoon. Later, frustrated relatives and neighbors began shouting at police to do more to end the standoff.

Police SWAT team members entered the apartment just after 1 a.m. Friday after officers heard a shot fired, Starks said.

Johnson and the hostage were pronounced dead at a hospital. Police have not released the victim’s identity.

Too many people in society think that they can just “talk” to people and make them stop their evil ways. Some times it works. Many times it does not.

If this woman or someone else nearby had been armed as is her duty as an American citizen maybe she could have saved herself. Because the police, as we see, were not willing to act until it was too late to save innocent life. We as citizens have to take more responsibility for their own liberties and defending their own rights.

The Bias Against Guns: Why Almost Everything You’ve Heard About Gun Control Is Wrong (Book) Authors:John R. Lott Manufacturer:Regnery Publishing, Inc. Released:25 March, 2003

More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws (Book) Authors:John R. Lott Jr. Manufacturer:University Of Chicago Press Released:15 June, 2000

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