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DC journalist and comic robbed at gunpoint; now vows to get concealed handgun license :: 01/23/2018
Journalist and comic Tim Young gained a new appreciation for gun rights last week after he was mugged at gunpoint.
“I realized that anyone, anywhere, can be a victim of a crime,” Young told TheBlaze. “I took my not previously being a victim of a crime for granted and never thought to protect myself before that moment. In less than three minutes, or however long that incident was, I went from someone who was simply pro-Second Amendment to a gun-rights advocate.”
Contrary to what several outlets have reported, Young is not a liberal: “I’m a conservative who was already pro-Second Amendment, just never chose to conceal carry because I didn’t think that it would ever affect me.”
What happened?
Young, a reporter who runs the “No Things Considered” video channel at the Washington Examiner, was in a busy, well-lit area of M Street in Washington at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. The two suspects reportedly walked by him first; then one grabbed him from behind and the other pointed a gun at him.
“I had no control over it,” Young said. “There was nothing I could do but hand over what they wanted,” including his cellphone.
Six or seven people watched but offered no help as it happened, Young said.
“They just stood by and watched as I was yelling for help. ‘Help, I’m being robbed!’ They stood by and watched,” Young told TheBlaze.
“After it was over, two of [the bystanders] called 911,” Young said. “But the rest of the folks walked off.”
“When you’re in an instance where there’s a gun is pointed at you and your life is being threatened for your property and no one’s going to help — and now I know that no one’s going to help — I want to feel more secure. I want to feel safe, and I have something to defend myself with,” Young said in an interview with D.C.’s WUSA-TV.
If he’d had a gun, he said, things would’ve gone differently. When asked if he plans on getting a concealed arms permit, Young replied, “I’m absolutely going to do it.”
Young says he’s shocked by outpouring of positive support he’s received.
“The wildest thing is that the NRA reached out to me on Twitter,” he said.
They even invited him to personal training sessions. “Who turns that down, right?”
What is it about D.C.’s gun laws?
Washington, D.C., ranks as one of the hardest places in the country to get a concealed handgun permit.
Most of the people who have applied for the permits in D.C. do not even live in Washington. Most live in the states surrounding the district — Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware — and want to make sure they have permits while visiting the district
Currently, D.C. does not recognize out-of-state gun permits.
