Another Heroic American

68-Year-Old Shot While Confronting Gunmen

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OCALA, Fla. -- A 68-year-old customer in a Texaco gas station was shot when he went up against two gunmen...

...That's when Stan Romberg ran in tackling a man almost twice his size and more than likely less than half his age. But before Romberg could confront the man, a second masked gunman appeared and moments later flashed a 45-caliber weapon. A short struggle ensued and Romberg was shot on the upper right arm. "I felt like I was doing what a person should do," said Romberg. Stan Romberg told WFTV reporter Melonie Holt when a gunman burst into his favorite convenience store he didn't have time to think, so he acted.

"I just knew he wasn't going to come on there and take that little girl's life. If he's going to get anybody's life, he's going to get mine. I've had a good life. But, she has a lot to live for. That's what really went through my mind," he said.

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This man is the type of individual that makes America great. Instead of cowering and letting the Domestic Urban Terrorists have a free reign to wreak violence and havoc on the innocent hard working people, he instead demonstrated his bravery and fought back without concern for his own well being. The only thing better, would have been if he had a firearm and stopped them dead in their tracks. For this, Mr Romberry gets a hearty Gun Shy Salute!

A similar situation happened in California a few years ago, when a man armed with two pistols walked into the local Denny’s and started randomly shooting people because he was having a bad day. The father of a person that I know rushed the shooter to stop the melee, because the gunman was going to kill a young waitress with two small children. In the process this 72 year old hero took four rounds which ended up being fatal, but due to his heroic actions he stopped the lunatic gunman while fourteen people including the waitress escaped with their lives. The distraught gunman then turned the weapon on himself. Men like the ones discussed above, make me proud to say that I am an American. This is the example of what our nation needs to get back to if we ever want to rebuild our nation to the standards of honor and courage that Americans once held.