CCL Shooting

Expect more of these as manpower dwindles and more people realize that they are responsible for their own safety and the safety of family and friends:

• A concealed carry holder intervened in an argument between two people and fatally shot one of them Friday afternoon in the Washington Park neighborhood.

  About noon, a 26-year-old man was arguing with a woman he knew near a sidewalk in the 300 block of East 56th Street, Chicago police said.

  The man with a concealed carry license, 23, was driving by when he saw the two arguing, according to police. He stopped his car and intervened when he saw the 26-year-old man brandish a gun, police said.

  The 23-year-old retrieved a gun from his car and fired shots, striking the 26-year-old in his chest, police said.

  The still-unidentified victim was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

We'd really like to see someone start a program where members could send CCL holders a free box of ammo and maybe a gift certificate to a shooting range for every successful and legal shoot that eliminates an asshole.