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A 9-year-old girl was killed last week when a young man went on a shooting spree that ultimately killed three and injured two more.
Keith Moses, the 19-year-old suspected gunman, is being held without bond at the Orange County jail for his involvement in the string of shootings in Pine Hills, Florida.
Among those killed were a 9-year-old girl and a Spectrum News 13 reporter.
The incident happened on Wednesday afternoon when Moses allegedly shot four people within 15 minutes, per NBC News.
The arrest report shows that he left the scene where the first victim, Nathacha Augustin, was killed earlier that morning and went to 9-year-old T’Yonna Major’s backyard, where he allegedly shot her and her mother.
When interviewed, T’Yonna’s mother said she had been napping when her daughter ran into her bedroom, shouting, “He shot me!” After suffering a bullet wound to the arm, the mother took her daughter and they hid in the bathroom.
According to reports, the shooter entered her house through a sliding door, which was normally locked.
Less than five minutes later, news reporter Dylan Lyons and his photographer Jesse Walden arrived to cover the initial homicide investigation, and Moses is accused of shooting them as well.
Lyons died within the hour, and T’Yonna died in the hospital two hours later.
In the past few days, video has also been released with footage from police body cameras during the arrest of Moses.
The victims’ families are seeking justice, and deputies are still investigating the motive. They claim there is no connection between the victims of this tragedy.
This was a series of incredibly unfortunate and heartbreaking events. It is also a reminder to us that we should always be prepared, for we never know when a disaster could happen, affecting us or our family.
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Almost 50 years ago I was ready to obtain my first .357 Magnum revolver. It seems strange to say, but my grandfather was leery of the relatively new Ruger brand. Ruger’s double-action revolvers were competing squarely against Smith & Wesson and Colt brands. The price was right—about half the cost of a new Colt Trooper and considerably less than a Smith & Wesson Combat Magnum.
Ruger designed this midsize revolver with an investment-cast frame to provide a strong and reliable but relatively lightweight service handgun at 34 ounces.
In production in 1971 and generally available by 1972, the revolver was offered in blue steel. The barrel was four inches long, and it was chambered in .357 Magnum. A few were chambered in .38 Special, and there were numerous variants: the Police Service-Six; Speed-Six; and variations with a square butt and round butt, respectively.
Stainless steel revolvers followed. I carried a four-inch-barreled stainless-steel revolver on duty in the early 1980s. Among the best balanced versions was a relatively compact 2.75-inch-barreled revolver that provided good balance and a bit of recoil dampening over competing guns with shorter barrels.
The Security-Six offered the most rugged adjustable rear sights of the day, and a ramp front sight offering an excellent sight picture. The hammer spur is easily grasped to cock the revolver for single-action fire. The double-action trigger is smooth enough, and while heavier than the competition there are no hitches or rough spots in the action.
The grip design was a matter of much discussion at the time. While it is a square butt, it isn’t similar to other revolvers of the day. Elmer Keith felt it offered an excellent shape for fast instinctive shooting, but Jeff Cooper thought the grip angle was poor for control in rapid fire.
Ruger later offered larger target-style grips. The original press-checkered wooden slabs were nothing fancy, but they were small enough to allow most any hand size to wrap around the grip. The Ruger is fast to a first-shot hit. In single-action fire the grip frame isn’t a drawback.
Ruger’s Single-Six wasn’t the first to use a transfer bar action, but it was a step forward in magnum revolvers. Today a variation of the transfer bar action is used in most revolvers.
The Security-Six can be field stripped with nothing but a coin. Remove the grips, cock the hammer, put the supplied pin in the hammer spring, and slip out the action.
The Single-Six featured a solid frame, eliminating the side plates, and was a strong design. Leaf springs were replaced by coil springs. The cylinder release presses in to release the cylinder to be swung out for loading or unloading.
At the time the Security-Six was introduced, the major ammunition makers were developing the 125-grain .357 Magnum cartridge for law enforcement use. This powerful load was hard on the guns of the day, but the Security-Six suffered less than most.
The youngest Security-Six is now about 35 years old. They are not as common as they once were, but you can find them. A fair price is about half that of the new GP100 that replaced it.
The Security-Six is a good choice for anyone wishing to own a versatile defensive handgun with a good balance of weight to power. And it’s a piece of history because the Security-Six paved the way for Ruger’s successful double-action revolver lineup.
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