Knoxville, Tennessee

From the Knoxville News Sentinel of November 12, 2006

Armed commissioner faces down gunman

A Knox County commissioner known for his pro-gun stance says he aborted an armed robbery at his car dealership Saturday with the aid of his .380-caliber pistol.

Greg "Lumpy" Lambert, who represents the 6th District, said he was at Advantage Auto Sales on Clinton Highway early Saturday afternoon when a young man began acting suspicious while test-driving a 2005 Ford Focus.

The man, identified as 19-year-old Kane Stackhouse, claimed to have $12,000 in his pocket and seemed intent on buying the car without any haggling or even a mechanical inspection, Lambert said.

Later, as the paperwork was being drawn up, Stackhouse stepped outside to smoke a cigarette, Lambert said. When the commissioner went outside to tell him it was time to work on the title, Stackhouse is alleged to have pulled a .25-calber handgun from his jacket pocket.

Stackhouse is being held on a charge of attempted robbery.

From Michael Silence’s Blog of November 12, 2006

Knox Commissioner Greg "Lumpy" Lambert Outdraws Bad Guy

From Stacey Campfield via Tamara.

The customer went out side to smoke a cigarette. Lumpy went outside to tell him it was time to do some paper work. When the man came back in Lumpy had a bad feeling and had his hand on his gun he keeps on him at most all times. The man started to pull his gun.....Bad move. Lumpy does quick draw competitions for fun and had his gun pointing down the criminals throat before the criminal had his own gun half drawn. After some harsh words the criminal dropped his gun.

He began to ask for his drivers license back but Lumpy told him to get out and be happy he got out alive. The police caught up to him a few hours later and he confessed.

Lambert was apparently wearing his "Friends of the NRA" hat at the time. This is what gunwriter Massad Ayoob likes to call "a failure of the victim selection process."

From the Knoxville News Sentinel of November 20, 2006

Lumpy showdown, Walgreen’s slaying linked

A Knox County teenager who was disarmed in a Nov. 11 confrontation with County Commissioner Greg "Lumpy" Lambert is a suspect in the earlier slaying of a truck driver, Knox County Sheriff Tim Hutchison said today.

Hutchison made the announcement during a County Commission meeting as commissioners pondered a resolution to honor Lambert's actions.

The suspect -- 19-year-old Kane Stackhouse -- allegedly went to Lambert's car dealership on Clinton Highway in the early afternoon of Nov. 11 and told the commissioner he had $12,000 in cash and wanted to buy a car.

Lambert said he believed Stackhouse's behavior was suspicious, and when Stackhouse pulled a gun on him Lambert drew his .380-caliber pistol. Lambert said he disarmed Stackhouse and then let the teen run away.

Deputies later tracked down Stackhouse and charged him with attempted aggravated robbery.

But Hutchison told commissioners that a grand jury is expected to hear evidence Tuesday linking the man to the slaying of David Lindsey, 53, of Knoxville.

Lindsey was found lying in the parking lot of Walgreen's, 5320 Clinton Highway, just after 3 a.m. Nov. 11 by a fellow truck driver, according to the Sheriff's Office. He had been shot in the head and leg, and he died later at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.

"We're charging this person with murder -- a murder he committed 10 hours earlier (than his encounter with Lambert)," Hutchison said while praising Lambert's actions.

"What (Lambert) did, probably saved his life."