By Guy Page
It’s not often Vermont gets mentioned in “Armed Citizen”, a regular feature in the NRA mag America’s First Freedom.
“Armed Citizen” tells stories of Americans defending themselves with firearms. Most of the stories are situated, not surprisingly, in big cities. Most, not surprisingly, have some illegal drug connection – often because a crook wanted the armed defender’s money to feed a drug habit.
Not surprisingly – at least to Vermonters aware of the state’s growing drug crime problem – one of the intruders mentioned in the June 22 issue is an alleged drug criminal living in Springfield, the scene many drug-related violent incidents this year.
“A mobile home in Westminster, Vt. was the scene of a shooting around 11 a.m. March 14,” the column begins. “The homeowner was inside when a man and a woman allegedly broke into his home. The homeowner was able to arm and defend himself, shooting at the duo and striking the male.”
The man who was shot – later identified as prison furloughee Daniel King, 40, of Westminster – was injured badly enough to need to be flown by helicopter to Dartmouth Hitchcock. He survived. Upon release he was returned to prison for lack of $10,000 bail, and faced charges in court in early April.
His alleged accomplice was Jacquelyn Fougere, 29, of Springfield. The homeowner defending himself was identified later as Nathaniel Keefe, 37.
Five days ago, federal charges were filed against Fougere and King. Federal court records say “the victim reported to law enforcement that King was carrying a firearm when he kicked down the door to the trailer. King also was carrying zip ties which were readied as make-shift handcuffs.” The pair reportedly were seeking cash and THC cartridges.
A June 23 Brattleboro Reformer report says Fougere is a suspect in the attempted robbery of a Springfield credit union Jan. 13, and that getting money to buy drugs was a motivation.
Fougere is also suspected of assisting Samuel Colby, 39, of Springfield, in attempting to rob the 802 Credit Union in Springfield on Jan. 13.
“Given the defendant’s involvement in these two attempted violent crimes, both of which were designed to obtain money to purchase illicit narcotics, the defendant should not be released without a structured plan designed to address her addiction,” states a motion for detention cited in the Reformer.
Categories: Drugs and Crime, Gunrights
There are several incidents like this reported in this column in every NRA monthly publication, but unless it’s local, you won’t see it on TV. “Armed Citizens” defending themselves and/or loved ones do not fit the propaganda of left leaning politics. Add to this, I don’t believe that the FBI does, or can accurately track how often a criminal is dissuaded from committing a criminal act merely by the presence of a firearm on a mark.
This story evolved around THC – a cannabis product and is one of several to come when communities open the door to commercialized cannabis. Legislators knew this and opened the doors anyway – because the media was silent and the people were uninformed and silenced.
If you are in a community that hasn’t opened those doors – be a voice to keep it out – save lives in your community.
Cannabis Concerns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlI9XIx_Ryg
Safe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0kPacX8slQ
All the slides can be found in the drop box below with their blue ribbon primary source information included in the dropbox below.
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“JERSEY” Joe Benning is a sell out to the Republican party…He supports everything we totally oppose.
Of course, he votes for gun rights while endorsing candidates who are campaigning to take guns away from Vermonters. One vote for gun rights from Benning while he supports the many who oppose our gun rights. How many votes AGAINST GUN OWNERS does he endorse?
“Jersey” Joe doesn’t have enough kind words for Becca Balint who is running for Congress.
These are some of the destructive actions she has pushed against Vermonters. Becca led the caucus through a successful fight for the most progressive reproductive freedom legislation in the nation. She was also instrumental in passing the first gun safety legislation in Vermont history and she worked hard to pass the boldest climate justice bill to date in our State
“JERSEY” Joe tries to hold on to the vote of Vermonters because of his claims to support our GUN RIGHTS while selling out to the people we absolutely detest that are destroying our beautiful state and our constitution.
Allow me to expose the dirty deeds of “Jersey” Joe and how he deceives Vermonters into voting for him while he votes to destroy our morality and individual freedoms away.
Every move he makes is well calculated.
He is being endorsed by the Traitor Phil Scott. Why would Phil, who has gone so far left that he is calling for the federal government to impose strict GUN LAWS that include banning semi-automatic guns after inflicting gun laws on the hard working, law abiding, taxpayers and gun owners in the state of Vermont?
Why would Benning praise an endorsement from someone hell bent on destroying Vermont?
It is because they are both participating in the progressive movement sweeping the State of Vermont at the hands of Becca Balint.
Benning supports EVERYTHING Becca Balint supports BUT he uses his GUN VOTE to keep uninformed Vermonters voting for him.
We need to think hard about denouncing the NRA. After all this is the reaction “Jersey” Joe wants from us.
He would like us to help him DESTROY one of the GUN RIGHTS GROUPS in America that fights for our CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
The NRA only rates “JERSEY” JOE on his voting record, not his participation with the progressives who want to destroy us with his help.
Yes, part of his plan is to disarm Vermonters and Americans keeping in lock step with the socialist agenda.
The last thing we want to participate in is the destruction of any entity that we are deceived into believing is bad by “JERSEY” JOE.
The RED “A” rating from the NRA is only representative of his record of voting. That is all they have to base his rating on. They do not investigate his involvement with the left to destroy us.
I believe the voters in our beautiful state need to understand the real RED A stands for the SLAUGHTER OF THE UNBORN which “JERSEY” has voted for twice and he has stated he will vote for ARTICLE 22 which will enshrine the slaughter of the unborn, the mutilation of our children, the destruction of parental rights and only God knows what other evils are buried in this article into the VERMONT CONSTITUTION.
This is his participation in the destruction of Vermont and America using his deceit to encourage Vermonters to participate.
Remember he supports turncoat Phil Scott and the Biden agenda to DESTROY AMERICA while endorsing the socialists in VERMONT who are hell bent on destroying us while stealing our gun rights and trying to get us to destroy the NRA.
People better wake up Gun Owners of Vermont before they participate in supporting this destructive deceipt.
Supporting “JERSEY” JOE BENNING is selling us all out to the liberal agenda and our eventual destruction.
A vote for “JERSEY” Joe Benning is a vote against EVERYTHING we have to protect us.
Wake up Vermonters.