Armed Self-Defense: ‘Father of 20’ Committed His Last Armed Robbery Outside the Atlanta Bus Station

Two shots to the face of a felonious attacker solves a lot of problems for a lawful and responsible gun owner whose life is being threatened. Traditionally, many trainers teach the Mozambique drill as two to the chest and one to the head. But sometimes you have to improvise when under attack and two to the face works well, too.

A man riding a Greyhound bus did just that when an armed robber struck at 5:30am outside Atlanta’s bus station.  Somehow the story of a good guy with a gun thwarting a violent perpetrator committing a felonious attack doesn’t sell enough clicks and advertising in the land formerly known as England. That’s apparently the wrong narrative.

Instead, the far-left British dead tree publication known as The Independent refers to the attacker as a “father of 20” instead of an armed habitual felon. In this instance, the 44-year-old criminal chose poorly in his morning money grab. D’Anthony Reaves played the FAFO game and caught two to the face whereupon he began to assume ambient temperature.

Shaping a story with a happy ending to fit their politically-slanted narrative, the Independent paints Reaves as a victim of America’s gun culture.

An Atlanta father of 20 was fatally shot last month while allegedly attempting an armed robbery, police say.

On July 19, D’Anthony Reaves, 44, was killed outside the Greyhound bus station on Forsyth Street around 5:30 a.m. He was shot twice in the face and once in the arm, according to police.

In a Wednesday update, Atlanta homicide detectives said their investigation determined the case should be classified as a felon killed by a private citizen. Police said Reaves was in the middle of an armed robbery when he was shot.

Reaves was shot by someone getting off a bus, his family told WSB-TV. The Independent has contacted Atlanta police for comment.

Reaves was a father to 12 biological children and eight stepchildren, ranging from ages 10 to 31. Ten of them attended his funeral at North Avenue Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta on August 2, which boasted a line of mourners stretching to the parking lot. (emphasis added)

But wait, there’s more. Don’t even think of not reading to the final few lines of the bilge being pumped by The Independent. 

“We’re fixing to open up the D’Anthony Reaves foundation so we’ll be able to serve his kids so they’ll be taken care of,” Deoinetea Hightower Reaves’ brother told the outlet. “We got the Power for the Fathers represented for him as well, where we help the fathers get off the street and get their lives back together.”

Hightower added that he is pushing Greyhound to end its policy allowing guns across state lines and urging Georgia Governor Brian Kemp to tighten gun laws to keep firearms away from young people.

Further details about the shooting were not available.

Yes, the obvious problem here is that Greyhound didn’t disarm its passengers. This would have had a much happier ending — in the view of the dead robber’s family — if his victim had been prohibited from carrying a gun on the bus. That way he would have then been easy pickings when Reaves tried to rob him.

And what will the family be using to fund the D’Anthony Reaves Foundation? Proceeds from his previous armed robberies?