Memphis Homeowner Charged For Targeting Teen Thug

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From the Principal Toyota Studios, it's Morning in Memphis with Todd Starnes.

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And what a great way to start your morning. Hello, everybody. Good to have you with us this morning. Hope you're enjoying that first, second, or possibly third cup of coffee or iced tea. And we have a great show for you today. Senator Marsha Blackburn is going to be here. Also, we're going to introduce you to an organization that's actually based right here in the Mid-South. And they're all about protecting your Second Amendment right. So if you are a gun enthusiast, if you are a law-abiding gun owner, then you're going to want to hear all about the Second Amendment Foundation. That conversation is coming up a little bit later. Also, later today on the national show, Charlie Hatcher, the Republican nominee in the Fifth Congressional District is going to be in studio here at KWAM. That is 11 o'clock this morning. KWAM, ladies and gentlemen, The Mighty 990, your exclusive source for politics and news here in the Mid-South. We have a jam-packed show. By the way, David Hatley, the independent, mounting a massive campaign against Marsha Blackburn, will be in studio tomorrow morning, and you're going to have the opportunity to call in and even ask him questions. That's coming up tomorrow here on the morning show. And by the way, happy fall. It is officially autumn in America, ladies and gentlemen. I know it doesn't feel like it outside, but we're going to have a little nostalgia today. And I have to ask you, what is the one thing that officially makes it feel like fall to you? Is there one thing that officially makes it feel like fall? Could it be, I don't know, the pumpkin spice latte? You know, a lot of people wait until they drink the pumpkin spice latte. It's a seasonal thing for a lot of people. Some people say, you know what? It's when I put on the first sweater. But I want to hear from you here in the Mid-South. What is it? What is it that makes it fall? The one thing that makes it feel like fall? Our telephone number this morning, 901-260-5926.

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By the way, I want to give a big shout out to the Turning Point USA chapter at Ole Miss and Collierville High School. I'll be speaking to both of those organizations, not on the same day. But Thursday morning, 615, excited to be able to be with the kids there at Turning Point USA in Collierville. They're going to be meeting at Boo Yaz, and it's always a lot of fun. We're feeding them, KWAM's feeding them a great Chick-fil-A breakfast. And we're going to talk about what it means to be a conservative. So hope to see if you've got a kid, bring them down before school. We're going to get them out in time. It's not a very long gathering, but we'll have a great time there. We want to start today in an area of Memphis known as Melody Wood Drive. There was a story that caught my attention in Channel 5's website. There's a guy named Demarcus Collier. He's 27 years old. And he was minding his own business. This was like inside his home at about 4.5 in the morning. And he heard something. He heard something outside of his home. So he grabs his gun as any law-abiding Memphian would do. And he goes outside, and there's a teen thug. We call them thuglings here on The Mighty 990 There was a thugling, and the thugling was trying to steal the guy's car. So the guy did what any red-blooded American law-abiding gun owner would do.

He opened fire. Now, let me explain. According to the police records, Mr. Collier, who has been very cooperative with investigators, said that he confronted the guy outside of his vehicle. It was a 2018 Jeep Wrangler parked in the driveway. And by the way, Mr. Collier was alerted by security cameras inside his home that there was somebody lurking, and it was the thugling. So anyway, he confronted the kid, and then the kid indicated that he had a weapon and said, get your blank back in the house.

So at that point, knowing that you've got a teen thugling, and trust me, the teen thuglings in Memphis, they don't care about your life. They don't care if you got a wife. They don't care if you got kids. They don't care if you're a baby, a toddler. I mean, they're robbing everybody, and they'll shoot you. They have no value of life. I mean, what these parents are... And when I say these parents, I'm intentionally painting with a broad brush, because we've got a lot of kids that behave worse than animals here. It's savage.