Gun Control and Marin County, California

Our normally staid Marin Independent Journal, a bulwark against sensationalist news, printed the following mid-page headline yesterday morning:

2 Hospitalized in Gunbattle: Resident, 90, and suspect exchange fire in Greenbrae

Wow! Sleepy bedroom communities don't get much safer than Greenbrae in wealthy Marin County, California. Here's what happened. The victim, "a former member of the Marin County sheriff's air patrol, was able to get one of several guns in his home and shot the suspect." The suspect then shot the victim and drove off. Fortunately, both men were only mildly injured (see link). The suspect called for medical attention for the three bullet wounds he sustained and was arrested.


Greenbrae is full of limousine liberals. The victim lived only a few blocks away from the previous residence of Senator Barbara Boxer! What were the chances of the suspect burglarizing the home of perhaps the only Greenbrae resident carrying firearms? I am impressed with the courage of the 90-year-old man. May we all be able to defend our homes in our later years.