OK Corral II...In Magnolia Park, TX

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Hi chillens! Y'all know I loves to spin a good yarn and today I've got a hellafied one fur yas.

It's a modern day gunfight at the OK Coral, with a happy ending to boot! Hell, it's an even better tale than the original OK Coral, because this one puts a modern day Wyatt Earp, or Ernesto Morales (not his real name, that wasn't released, but neighbor's know the homeowner as "Flacco"), against 5 rootin tootin varmints.

Now it happened way back on January 19th, 2019.

Now, you have to remember chillens, it was cold back then...even in East Houston, as there ain't much between Texas and the North Pole but a barb wire fence, so they say.

Anyway, at around 1a.m., in Magnolia Park, an area considered to be, "a bit rough," two armed home invaders entered a home at 7041 Sherman Street, with three more armed desperados waiting outside.

Apparently they were fixin to rob old Wyatt...uhh, I mean Flacco.

It didn't go well for the desperadoes.

You see, there were 5 armed home invaders and one, well armed home defender. Apparently, they should've gone back and gotten more bad guys.

Initially, the homeowner thought it was a joke, but once he knew these gun thugs were the real deal, he...quickly offered to comply with their demands. (Drats! It looks like this story is gonna SUCK!)

ONLY that was just a ruse, ya see, because as he reached under his couch for "da bag full of money," he came out with...(you guessed it, unless you're a braindead Leftist)...a locked and loaded AK-47!

Oh mother, may I?

Well, yes, of course, Flacco, you may!

So Flacco commenced to firing. His AK spitting out ingots of hot lead in the home invader's direction.

They fled.

Flacco followed...

...AND hell followed with him.

According to investigators, dozens of shots were fired, as the thugs exchanged gun fire from their car.

Of the two armed home invaders who broke in, one was reportedly shot in the leg, while running from the house. He, sad to say, survived.

The other home invader died of his gunshot wounds in the front yard.

Another person, believed to be one of the home invaders, was found dead in their getaway car two blocks from the scene and a fourth suspect ended up in the hospital and died there. The fifth suspect was wounded, fled the scene, and was being treated in the hospital, when he was arrested.

The defender was but 20 year old! Yessir, old Wild Bill Hickock hisself couldn't have done any better.

Reports claim, "According to (the homeowner), two men in ski masks broke in, demanding money. At first, he said, he thought it was a joke, as this sort of denial is common among crime victims. The other three home invaders had not entered the house. The defender said he used a pretext of getting money from under the couch. Instead of money, he pulled out a loaded AK-47 clone.

"He shot at the two home invaders. They fired back as they fled. He wounded both of them. One died in the front yard, the other, wounded in the leg, fled, and is in the hospital.

"The defender pursued the invaders into the front yard (it's ALWAYS a good idea to finish off attackers while they're on the run). Police sources said that the pile of brass (shell casings) in the front yard has been described as being from several different guns.

"The defender continued the gunfight with three occupants of the car that delivered the two home invaders. The group fled the scene in the car, which then crashed just a couple blocks away.

"One suspect was found dead in the car. One wounded suspect was found at Capitol and 71st Street. He was the suspect that died at the hospital. The third suspect from the car was wounded, fled the scene, and was being treated in the hospital."

There were no charges filed against the defender. He was not wounded. There were no reports of contraband being discovered at the shooting scene.

Author Jeff Cooper, in his small book, "Principles of Personal Defense," emphasizes seven keys to survival in self-defense situations:

1) Alertness

2) Decisiveness

3) Aggressiveness

4) Speed

5) Coolness

6) Ruthlessness

7) Surprise

In this gunfight, the defender demonstrated at least six of the seven, though some might argue that he wasn't sufficiently alert, as he first, thought it was all a joke, BUT once he understood the situation, he acted decisively, aggressively, with speed, coolness, and a ruthlessness, which even surprised his attackers after they initially had the drop on him.

In the infamous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, in Tombstone, Arizona, in 1881, nine people were involved - four on Earp's side, five on the Clanton's side. In that gunfight, two on Earp's side were wounded and three on the notorious "Cowboys Gang" were killed.

In the Sherman Street gunfight, six people were involved. Five on one side, one on the other. Three of the aggressors were killed. Two were wounded. The defender was uninjured.

In the Old West, Houston's Sherman Street gunfight would've been written about in dime novels and discussed around campfires for decades.

Today...well, some of us are just a bit more squeamish.
(https://www.chron.com/…/Three-dead-after-East-Houston-home-…)

So theres it be's chillens, the "Sherman Street Gunfight." Long may it live on in history and in lore!

I believe this makes Exhibit 17,649,832 of why, (1) guns stop more crimes than they're used to commit and (2) why, as the great researcher, John Lott says, "MORE guns = LESS crime.
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