the police charged freeman and thompson with murder. the local prosecutor wanted the death penalty for thompson but knew it would be an up-hill battle because thompson had never been convicted of a violent crime. that was about to change. on december 28th, 1984, 19-year-old jay, his sister who was 16, and their younger brother who was 12, went to the super dome for a college basketball tournament. after the game, as they were getting in the car, an african-american man jumped into the back seat, pulled out a . .357 magnum and said i ll taking your car, i want your valuables. jay was instructed on drive away from the super dome. rather than did that he did something that was either very brave or very stupid and deliberately caused a car accident. the carjacker then left forward
a glock .22. it s chambered in a .40-caliber. there is something compelling, an erie rush, an unholy sense of empowerment feeling the warm glow of these heavy iconic shapes in your hands. get off my lawn, you kids. that s a .357 magnum. it s an eight-shot revolver. bigger kick on this guy. a little bit. you just can t help silently mouthing make my day or feeling lucky, punk. you could do this all day. whatever your opinion on the subject, fact is, gun culture runs deep in this country. this is what i grew up with, yeah. i shot my very first turkey with this gun at 12 years old, actually. that s a .22 rim fire cartridge. that is probably the type of firearm that most kids start off with. these guys, i m guessing, are not people i should be worried about.
was a weapon, and i was very well educated by my father on the responsible use of that piece of equipment. and that s what s critical to me. i shoot all the time, and i m always trying to shoot better than i did last week. it s relaxing. you re out with friends. it s fun. there s a dark little genie in all of us, i think, that wants to pick up a gun, point it at something, and blast away. this is a new springfield arm 9-millimeter with a 19-round clip. you know the reasons i like guns. i don t own a gun, but i like holding them. i like shooting them. a glock .22. it s chambered in a .40-caliber. there is something compelling, an erie rush, an unholy sense of empowerment feeling the warm glow of these heavy iconic shapes in your hands. get off my lawn, you kids. that s a .357 magnum. it s an eight-shot revolver. bigger kick on this guy.
was a weapon, and i was very well educated by my father on the responsible use of that piece of equipment. and that s what s critical to me. i shoot all the time, and i m always trying to shoot better than i did last week. it s relaxing. you re out with friends. it s fun. there s a dark little genie in all of us, i think, that wants to pick up a gun, point it at something, and blast away. this is a new springfield arm 9-millimeter with a 19-round clip. you know the reasons i like guns. i don t own a gun, but i like holding them. i like shooting them. a glock .22. it s chambered in a .40-caliber. there is something compelling, an erie rush, an unholy sense of empowerment feeling the warm glow of these heavy iconic shapes in your hands. get off my lawn, you kids. that s a .357 magnum. it s an eight-shot revolver.
the reality is something you know very well. it s not theoretical for you. sure, exactly. you were in a situation that was a known criminal. right. but for two things you might have wound up pulling the trigger the same way. what was different. he was a 16-year-old boy running down the street with a .357 magnum in his hand. i spotted it, i i pulled my weapon, pulled my hammer back. he turned around and looked at me. as he started to bring the gun towards me, i saw his left hand grab the barrel which stopped me from firing on him and told me it s fake. i ran over to the kid. all right. put him in handcuffs. he dropped the weapon. i opened the gun. there was no shells in it. i m an expert on handguns. no shells. i go back to the station house, looking at the weapon, i go, my god, it s a counterfeit gun. i thought it was real in the street. in the moment of crisis you don t make calculations the same