California is one of the states with the most draconian and
tyrannical gun laws in the entire country. Other than New York, there is
not a state in which it is harder for a law-abiding citizen to get a
gun and use it to defend themselves. Because of that, criminals know
that their targets will almost always be unarmed and sitting ducks,
making crime almost impossible to control in the major cities and
suburbs of the Golden State.
What makes things more difficult is when the criminals
outnumber their victims. Such was the case in a recent incident that
took place in Santa Ana, California. The homeowner, Erickson Dumaual,
called police around 4 am on Friday morning, claiming that two burglars
were rooting around his property. Dumaual got tired of waiting for the
police to respond to his call, so he made the decision to go investigate
the trespassing incident on his own. That is when things took a more
violent turn.
Erickson Dumaual, Santa Ana homeowner
Two men proceeded to demand, at gun point, that Mr. Dumaual
take them inside and show them where he kept his valuables. Once Dumaual
took the men into his bedroom, he devised a plan. As one thief began
rummaging through his bedroom drawers, the perpetrator with the gun took
his attentions off Dumaual. That was a big mistake. Dumaual sprung into
action. He attacked the man holding the gun and was able to wrestle the
firearm away from him, gaining possession of the weapon.
Dumaual is a fierce self-defense student in the Israeli
fight system called Krav Maga. His training enabled him to remove the
gun from the thug and caused the other to flee from his home. Dumaual
chased the previously armed thief to his backyard, cornering the man by
his pool. He then said the criminal lunged at him, so he fired the gun
and shot the thug in the leg — with his own gun. Dumaual used punches
and elbowing to keep the thug subdued until police arrived at the scene
to take the injured man away.
Bryan Bravo on the stretcher leaving Dumaual’s residence
“He came at me. So I had to pull the trigger,” explained
Dumaual. “He deserved it. He deserved every bit of it. I’d do it again
if it happened again,” he said.
The wounded man is expected to survive and will be arrested upon
release from the hospital. He is identified as 19-year-old Bryan Bravo.
Unfortunately, not all Californians are Krav Maga experts.
Erickson Dumaual did what he had to do without a gun in a state where
criminals appear to always have the upper hand, thanks to the overly
strict regulations on firearms. Crime will continue to increase in
California until the good people can legitimately start defending
themselves. Until then, would-be thieves would do well to realize that
good people are tired of being victims and will fight back.
H/T [LA Times]
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