Wednesday, September 23, 2015
PA: Taxi Driver Misses Robbery Suspect
A Lancaster taxi driver shot once but missed a man who robbed him at gunpoint Sunday afternoon in the 1100 block of Elizabeth Avenue, Manheim Township police said.
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The driver complied, police said, but as the robber was getting out of the taxi, the driver opened fire with his own gun.
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I, Clayton Johnson (yes, the cab driver) have a voice.
1) I thought my prior conviction was expunged. I was 18 in 2007, young and dumb. I was convicted of burglary. Snatching booze from garages. Charming, I know.
2) 2015 - My wife and I planned on getting licensed to carry and attend a local range regularly.
3) We just moved here from Texas a few months prior to jumping in a cab. It was in the works to get the gun legal, not knowing I was unlawfully protecting my family because of the prior conviction.
4) The gun was to be kept at home for our protection. I just started driving a cab 2/3 weeks before getting robbed. The reason I carried was because another cabby was robbed by the same guy the week prior.
5) After being robbed at gunpoint, I requested my phone(my identity) back, from inside the van. He got angry and reached for his gun and I fired a warning shot. Trust me when I say, if I wanted to hit him, I would have. He fled. Then I yelled "Drop the phone or I'll fire again". He threw it, running. No more shots were fired and I called the police.
We moved here for a better place to raise our family. We came from neighborhoods that are used to homicides and crime in general. I did what had to be done for the protection of myself and my family. What would you do?
If it went down again, I would do nothing different. How many more people would have gone thru the trauma of a gun to the back of their head? He is lucky he got me. Others may be more nervous behind the barrel in such a situation, or worse, ready to take a life, as cabby's are arming themselves more. I felt for the robber as I know he's only influenced by the wrong environment. Does he deserve punishment? Yes. Do I deserve punishment today? Or a reward for helping relieve the streets of a violent serial robber as I put my energy into bettering my new community. You be the judge.
As far as gun laws go, I believe in more education than regulation. They are a tool or a weapon.
Whatever they decide, I'd rather be judged by 12 than to be carried by 6.
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