I have often had a problem with those who want to release violent felons after their time in prison and then not restore their rights. After all, they claim they “paid their debt to society,” as if they owed society a debt and not their victims. However, consider that a biblical and I would add, an American form of justice, at least how our founders and those who came before them would have viewed justice, for a thief would have been to make him restore what he paid to those he stole from with interest. With that said, people should learn something from former felon Thomas Yoxall, after his gun rights were restored when he saved an Arizona state trooper’s life by putting down an illegal alien who was attacking the officer.
Fortunately for DPS Trooper Edward Andersson, whose life hung on the edge before Yoxall showed up on January 12, Yoxall had his gun rights restored in 2003 after he successfully completed probation.
Around 4am, on a stretch of Interstate 10, Trooper Anderson responded to a rollover crash and noticed both a man and a woman near the vehicle.
However, as Anderson approached, the man fired a handgun at him, hitting him in the shoulder and exiting his torso.
The man began to then wrestle with Anderson, slamming his head into the asphalt.
That’s when Yoxall showed up, and later another Good Samaritan.
“I noticed the suspect on top of Trooper Andersson, beating him in a savage way,” Yoxall said. “I immediately pulled over. My commands were ignored by the suspect as [Andersson] called out for help. And I alleviated the threat to him.”
Milstead identified the suspect last week as former Mexican federale Leonard Penuelas-Escobar, 37, who was living in the United States illegally.
https://gunsinthenews.com/arizona-former-felon-saves-state-troopers-life-after-gun-rights-restored/
Fortunately for DPS Trooper Edward Andersson, whose life hung on the edge before Yoxall showed up on January 12, Yoxall had his gun rights restored in 2003 after he successfully completed probation.
Around 4am, on a stretch of Interstate 10, Trooper Anderson responded to a rollover crash and noticed both a man and a woman near the vehicle.
However, as Anderson approached, the man fired a handgun at him, hitting him in the shoulder and exiting his torso.
The man began to then wrestle with Anderson, slamming his head into the asphalt.
That’s when Yoxall showed up, and later another Good Samaritan.
“I noticed the suspect on top of Trooper Andersson, beating him in a savage way,” Yoxall said. “I immediately pulled over. My commands were ignored by the suspect as [Andersson] called out for help. And I alleviated the threat to him.”
Milstead identified the suspect last week as former Mexican federale Leonard Penuelas-Escobar, 37, who was living in the United States illegally.
https://gunsinthenews.com/arizona-former-felon-saves-state-troopers-life-after-gun-rights-restored/
