Baltimore police arrest ‘good guy with
the gun’ who stopped armed attacker
Washington Times,
by
Valerie Richardson
&
Matt Delaney
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
9/3/2022 9:50:30 AM
After Marine veteran Lloyd Muldrow stopped an attack by an armed assailant at a Baltimore bar, police officers thanked him—and then they arrested him. Now the Good Samaritan credited with saving a man’s life faces up to a year in prison, charged with violating a city ordinance that forbids bringing handguns within 100 feet of a public building, even though he neutralized the attack without drawing his pistol. Mr. Muldrow, a North Carolina security specialist, holds a concealed weapons permit, but it was issued in Virginia, not Maryland. Even so, he has no intention of accepting a plea deal when he appears at his Oct. 31 hearing
Reply 1 - Posted by:
MDConservative 9/3/2022 10:12:38 AM (No. 1267267)
Governor Larry Hogan...paging Larry Hogan...maybe you need to issue an amnesty order in this case. The Baltimore States Attorney will doubtless prosecute. (Pardon? A pardon entails "guilt".)
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
MickTurn 9/3/2022 11:15:21 AM (No. 1267331)
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
DVC 9/3/2022 11:41:22 AM (No. 1267379)
One is responsible for knowing the laws of the state you are in if you are going to carry a gun. Perhaps some day the 2nd Amendment will be fully recognized nationwide, with consistent laws everywhere. Now this is very much NOT the case, and you are responsible for complying with the laws where you are. I disagree with the terrible Maryland and worse Baltimore gun laws, but I would certainly not violate them and expect to get away with it. He made a very foolish choice.
And on top of that, the story is full of holes.
The bad guy's gun wasn't found at the scene....was there a gun? Several witnesses say that the bad guy was threatening to "kill everyone" with a gun in hand. Maybe the dropped gun was stolen by an onlooker, which sometimes happens at crime scenes.
And, the description of the gun that the good guy had is questionable. They say a ".22 caliber Beretta M9". This may be an error by the writer.
The Beretta M9 is a military issue large handgun in caliber 9mm Parabellum. There are sometimes "training models" of military handguns made in .22 caliber to train with less expensive .22 ammunition, which also has less recoil for beginners. I believe a .22 caliber version of the M9 is sold, so this could possibly be correct information, but if so, this is a very strange choice to carry, to the point of foolishness.
Choosing to carry a physically very large handgun in this unusual small caliber variant rather than in the standard more effective 9mm caliber seems bizarre. But, people make odd choices.
I think he's in trouble unless enough public pressure somehow gets the prosecutor to let him off. In any case, he's not likely to ever see that gun again. If he is lucky, he'll lose the gun, get released and that will be it. I tend to doubt that the gets off scott free. Stupid to violate gun laws in other states, very stupid.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
TJ54 9/3/2022 11:43:47 AM (No. 1267383)
Another reason to avoid that Dem sh-thole if you needed one
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
danu 9/3/2022 11:57:15 AM (No. 1267396)
Defund the Balto-whores....then flush.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
lakerman1 9/3/2022 12:32:00 PM (No. 1267432)
The U.S. constitution has a 'full faith and credit' clause. It means exactly what it says.
This would be a good case to test that language.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
DVC 9/3/2022 1:56:29 PM (No. 1267500)
Re #6, multiple cases have been tried and failed to require one state to recognize other states' CCW permits in the past.
With the recent Bruen ruling, perhaps these cases might be revisited, but I estimate that the 'full faith and credit' constitutional question (not a question in my mind) will be a separate case, building somewhat on
Bruen, perhaps.
And these cases to go to the Supremes need to be selected very carefully to get the case that is free of confusion factors and is a relatively straightforward, relatively simple case if you want to get a good SCOTUS ruling that sets the next step towards fully restoring the 2nd Amendment.
Perhaps this will be that case, but it looks murky now. It's probably good that he didn't actually use the gun in any way in the altercation, as far as maybe winning a court case with LOTS of Benjamins.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
jkb 9/3/2022 2:59:40 PM (No. 1267526)
FTA: "An officer asked where the gun was, and Mr. Muldrow, his light gray suit stained with blood, told him that his firearm was holstered on his hip. The officer pulled back his jacket and removed his gun, a .22 caliber Beretta M9." His firearm was holstered. HIS firearm was HOLSTERED. The OFFICER pulled back his jack & removed his gun. Just nuts. Mr. Muldrow is a hero and should be given an apology and profuse thanks from the city.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 9/3/2022 4:13:30 PM (No. 1267553)
Re #8, it is a clear violation of the laws in that state and that city. That he is a good guy and did a good thing does not change the fact that is ILLEGAL for him to have any gun with him in that location.
Yes, a good guy. Yes, did the right thing.
Yes, the gun was holstered.
And YES, it was completely against the law. I despise the law, but we WILL be held to what the laws say.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
southerngal 9/3/2022 4:33:52 PM (No. 1267567)
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Sounds like a good case to test any state/city to violate constitutional freedoms.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
lakerman1 9/3/2022 4:49:52 PM (No. 1267584)
#7, good post.
But what did I say that was incorrect?
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In topsy-turvyland, the hero might even be in greater legal jeopardy than the assailant he stopped.