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Title: Thug brings knife to a Marine fight
Post by: ReardenSteel on December 10, 2009, 04:27:03 PM
Lucky Dog vendor, threatened, puts Marine training to work
By Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/12/lucky_dog_vendor_threatened_pu.html

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Roy Lee Gant, a Lucky Dog vendor in the French Quarter, may look like an easy mark for an armed robber.

He wears a candy-cane-striped button-up shirt. He wheels around sausage and condiments to sell in a 1,200-pound cart shaped like a ballpark wiener, opting to make ends meet in the manner of Ignatius J. Reilly in "A Confederacy of Dunces."

None of that oozes toughness. But Gant is a former U.S. Marine, trained in hand-to-hand combat. And a 42-year-old man accused of attempting to rob Gant at knifepoint the night of Dec. 5 found that out too late, New Orleans police say.

Geaux Marines!!

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The two wrestled. While struggling to keep the blade at bay with his left hand, Gant elbowed and punched his attacker's body and face with his right arm and hand.

Gant sensed the robber lose his balance. He reached for the man's crotch and lifted him up, still holding onto one of his arms with his left hand.

Gant then slammed the robber face-first off the curb, gashing his attacker's forehead wide open.


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When doctors released the swollen-eyed, scraped-up Garmany, officers booked him with one count of attempted armed robbery, according to the report. He remained behind bars Wednesday in lieu of $50,000 bail.

I really needed a story with a happy ending today.  :rotf:
Title: Re: Thug brings knife to a Marine fight
Post by: DefiantSix on December 10, 2009, 04:34:21 PM
SWEET!!!!! :II:
Title: Re: Thug brings knife to a Marine fight
Post by: Eupher on December 10, 2009, 04:34:24 PM
Do you think Garmany lost face with that little stunt?

(Gant, good on ya, guy.  :cheersmate: )
Title: Re: Thug brings knife to a Marine fight
Post by: IassaFTots on December 10, 2009, 04:38:29 PM
Laizzez le bon temps roulez!
Title: Re: Thug brings knife to a Marine fight
Post by: Hawkgirl on December 10, 2009, 05:15:18 PM
Great Christmas story, thanks....
Title: Re: Thug brings knife to a Marine fight
Post by: rustybayonet on December 10, 2009, 05:42:02 PM
Score another one for the good guys  :cheersmate:
Title: Re: Thug brings knife to a Marine fight
Post by: Airwolf on December 11, 2009, 05:03:52 PM
The bad guy is lucky the Marine didn't show him the proper use of that knife.
Title: Re: Thug brings knife to a Marine fight
Post by: Freeper on December 11, 2009, 05:22:06 PM
Now watch him get sued for attacking the poor robber. 
I wish I was kidding.
Title: Re: Thug brings knife to a Marine fight
Post by: DefiantSix on December 11, 2009, 05:38:00 PM
Now watch him get sued for attacking the poor robber. 
I wish I was kidding.

I wish you were too.  Unfortunately there are far too many ambulance chasers who'll Monday-morning quarterback this engagement and fill some complete numbskull jury full of crap about how he "should have measured his response", and "he had control of Mr. Garmany, there was no need to slam him to the ground".

Unfortunately, this guy is about to have his life destroyed by the legal system.
Title: Re: Thug brings knife to a Marine fight
Post by: JohnnyReb on December 11, 2009, 06:17:46 PM
I wish you were too.  Unfortunately there are far too many ambulance chasers who'll Monday-morning quarterback this engagement and fill some complete numbskull jury full of crap about how he "should have measured his response", and "he had control of Mr. Garmany, there was no need to slam him to the ground".

Unfortunately, this guy is about to have his life destroyed by the legal system.

Yeah, you're right.

Lawyers are 95% democrats so they're always looking for a victim. I say when we take over, we build a special camp just for liberal lawyers..... in the far northern area of Alaska.....They should be happy there, it'll be just like Siberia..... :rotf:
Title: Re: Thug brings knife to a Marine fight
Post by: Freeper on December 11, 2009, 06:25:43 PM
I wish you were too.  Unfortunately there are far too many ambulance chasers who'll Monday-morning quarterback this engagement and fill some complete numbskull jury full of crap about how he "should have measured his response", and "he had control of Mr. Garmany, there was no need to slam him to the ground".

Unfortunately, this guy is about to have his life destroyed by the legal system.

Hell we are prosecuting SEAL's for allegedly giving a terrorist piece of shit a fat lip .
Title: Re: Thug brings knife to a Marine fight
Post by: DefiantSix on December 11, 2009, 06:29:37 PM
Hell we are prosecuting SEAL's for allegedly giving a terrorist piece of shit a fat lip .

Well, in that case we should.

They should have given the bastard a bullet through the brain pan out away from the accusing eyes of a superior officer.

The next Seal team should know better...
Title: Re: Thug brings knife to a Marine fight
Post by: Oceander on December 11, 2009, 11:23:45 PM
Beautiful!  Reminds me of the story they had up in NYC about a year or so ago about some low-life who tried to snatch a purse from a wheel-chair bound lady - who promptly shot the SOB with her .357 magnum.

Of course, as has been mentioned in this case, the victim is being victimized by the mugger again - he's sued her for $5million, claiming permanent nerve damage.  See here (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/31/dirty_harriet/).
Title: Re: Thug brings knife to a Marine fight
Post by: Crazy Horse on December 12, 2009, 07:21:03 AM
Hell we are prosecuting SEAL's for allegedly giving a terrorist piece of shit a fat lip .

Don't forget that the Seal requested trial by couts martial
Title: Re: Thug brings knife to a Marine fight
Post by: bkg on December 12, 2009, 02:11:35 PM
Great story.

In MN, the former marine would be in jail for attempted murder.
Title: Re: Thug brings knife to a Marine fight
Post by: RightCoast on December 13, 2009, 09:07:38 AM
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He reached for the man's crotch and lifted him up,

For those not familiar with the training that move is called "Grab, twist, pull." And is practiced constantly.
Title: Re: Thug brings knife to a Marine fight
Post by: Chris on December 13, 2009, 09:12:18 AM
For those not familiar with the training that move is called "Grab, twist, pull." And is practiced constantly.

You go with what works.