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Bringing a Knife to a Gun Fight

Stupid news from Auckland, New Zealand, where a man attempted to rob a gun store — with a machete:

A man who was shot when he threatened a gun shop worker with a machete has been sent to jail.

Ricky Beckham’s lawyer says his client was sentenced to two years and nine months’ jail in the High Court at Auckland on Friday.

The unemployed man had earlier admitted a charge of aggravated burglary after the incident in Penrose in July last year.

The man who allegedly shot Beckham, Greg Carvell, says he is disgusted with the sentence.

Mr Carvell is facing a firearms charge over the incident and is due to appear in court again later this month.

I don’t know the laws in New Zealand, but I’m farily certain that here in Texas the gun shop owner would not be facing “firearm” charges.

h/t to Darrell at Morning Coffee (who is also celebrating his 1 Year Blogiversary today).

Posted by Robbie Cooper on Tuesday, February 6th, 2007 | Trackback |

2 Responses to “Bringing a Knife to a Gun Fight”

Bringing a Knife to a Gun Fight Stupid news from Auckland, New Zealand, where a man attempted to rob a gun store — with a machete: A man who was shot when he threatened a gun shop worker with a machete has been sent to jail.

Left by Gary Fox - MySpace Blog on February 11th, 2007 at 3:25 pm

Man with Knife Arrested…

A suicidal man who went into a gun shop wielding a knife in the hope that he’d be fatally shot failed at his mission. Instead, police pepper sprayed the man and then used a taser gun. A worker at……

Left by Dumb Justice on August 27th, 2007 at 10:58 pm

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