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   From: democrat-criminals@mail.house.gov   
      
   https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2024/01/26/new-orleans-carjacker-   
   hospitalized-after-victim-shoots-in-self-defense-n79815   
      
   According to New Orleans police, carjackings have noticeably declined in   
   the Crescent City over the past couple of years; down by almost 50 percent   
   compared to 2022, when there was almost a carjacking reported every day.   
   Some of those crimes received national attention at the time because of   
   the shocking nature of the incidents, like the carjacking of 73-year-old   
   Linda Frickey, who was killed when four teenagers ended up dragging her   
   behind her vehicle after they forced her out of her car and drove away   
   with her arm still tangled in the driver’s seatbelt. Three of the four   
   ended up taking plea deals for attempted manslaughter last November, while   
   John Honore, who was 17 at the time of the carjacking, was found guilty of   
   second-degree murder and was sentenced to 25 years to life just a couple   
   of weeks ago.   
      
   The crime wave even caused producers of the show “Queer Eye” to cut their   
   New Orleans-based season short after two separate carjacking attempts   
   against members of the production team in a five-day span. Things may have   
   improved since then, but there were still about three carjackings per week   
   reported in the city last year, so while the numbers might be trending in   
   the right direction there’s still plenty of reason for drivers to be aware   
   of the threat.   
      
   Thankfully, it sounds like one motorist was prepared to protect himself   
   early Friday morning on the city’s east side when a stranger approached   
   with the intent of robbing him of his vehicle.   
      
   The victim, an adult male, was reportedly targeted by 23-year-old   
   Johnathan Edwards in the 7300 block of Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans   
   East around 2 a.m. on Jan. 26.   
      
   Police say Edwards pulled on the door handle and told the victim to get   
   out.   
      
   The victim fired shots at Edwards, striking him multiple times, the NOPD   
   said.   
      
   We don’t have a lot of information about this particular defensive gun use   
   other than the fact that Edwards (no relation, by the way) survived his   
   encounter with the armed citizen, who’s not expected to face any charges   
   for acting in self-defense. Edwards, on the other hand, is looking at one   
   count of attempted first-degree robbery when he’s released from the   
   hospital.   
      
   Police haven’t said if Edwards was armed when he tried to abscond with the   
   gun owner’s vehicle, but even if he didn’t have a gun of his own his   
   actions still posed a threat to the driver’s life. The four teens who   
   killed Linda Frickey didn’t use a gun or a knife, after all, but her own   
   vehicle, and the driver who defended himself today could just as easily   
   been dragged behind or run over as the carjacker tried to make a quick   
   getaway.   
      
   Simply possessing a gun doesn’t mean that you’ll be in a position to use   
   it in self-defense, of course, but there’s a zero percent chance of   
   defending yourself with a firearm if you’re not carrying one. New Orleans   
   has never been a particularly low-crime city, and even with the declines   
   in carjackings, armed robberies, and homicides last year there were still   
   far too many acts of violence committed against good folks just trying to   
   go about their daily routine. Hopefully, the Louisiana legislature will   
   quickly approve a permitless carry bill that will enable lawful gun owners   
   to more easily exercise their right to bear arms in self-defense and we’ll   
   see more defensive gun uses like this in the future… which in turn could   
   help to continue the decrease in carjackings reported in 2023.   
      
      
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