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2012-09-04 -Lurid Crime Tales-
92-Year-Old WWII Vet Shoots and Kills Home Intruder: 'As Soon as He Got Inside, It was All Over''
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Posted by Beavis 2012-09-04 09:10|| || Front Page|| [11123 views ]  Top

#1 Nice shooting, sir!
Posted by DarthVader 2012-09-04 11:41||   2012-09-04 11:41|| Front Page Top

#2 From the comments -

"I wonder if he has a Gran Torino in the garage?"
Posted by Procopius2k 2012-09-04 12:00||   2012-09-04 12:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Too bad for Ryan and Donnie if they have a murder felony rule in KY.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2012-09-04 12:03||   2012-09-04 12:03|| Front Page Top

#4 My 82 year old father, WWII vet, who lived out in the country, was approached by a stranger as he sat on the front porch of his home. Someone had been trying to break in to buildings and even though his vision was bad he sensed the guy coming up to his front porch ignoring his warnings to leave the property was a bad guy.

When the stranger set his foot on the front porch my father reached just inside the front door and retrieved an AR15 with a 30 round banana clip.

He then informed the unwanted stranger that even though he was almost blind, he bet he could hit him with at least one of the 30 rounds in the banana clip.

The stranger exited quickly and attempted break ins ceased.
Posted by Crineger Phutle5998 2012-09-04 13:03||   2012-09-04 13:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Gee I wonder how many gunners will lament his choice of fire arms?

a 12ga. would have save the police some time searching for the body.

Let this be a lesson...use the right tool for the job BUT when the job's got to be done use the tool at hand.
Posted by AlanC 2012-09-04 13:03||   2012-09-04 13:03|| Front Page Top

#6 ..a 12ga. would have save the police some time searching for the body.

Yes, but the cleanup from the walls and floor was avoided. Not to mention all the stuff trampled in by the meat wagon emergency crew, homicide team, and probably coroner.
Posted by Procopius2k 2012-09-04 13:23||   2012-09-04 13:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Yeah, a .22 might only piss someone off and not actually do any damage. Good shooting, sir.
Posted by crosspatch 2012-09-04 13:25||   2012-09-04 13:25|| Front Page Top

#8 A .22 cal in a nice choice for someone that is 92 years old. Consider the kick of a 12 gauge shotgun as some have stated. The gun might be enough to instantly incapacitate an intruder, but it could also have incapacitated the user as well.
Posted by Javilet Spawn of the Lutherans7819 2012-09-04 14:37||   2012-09-04 14:37|| Front Page Top

#9 A .22 cal in a nice choice for someone that is 92 years old. Consider the kick of a 12 gauge shotgun as some have stated. The gun might be enough to instantly incapacitate an intruder, but it could also have incapacitated the user as well.

Sure enough, that's why I got my 77 year old Mom a .410. Plenty of ammo choices, and she gets a hoot out of taking it to the range.
Posted by Secret Asian Man 2012-09-04 14:53||   2012-09-04 14:53|| Front Page Top

#10 Yeah, a .22 might only piss someone off and not actually do any damage. Good shooting, sir.

.22 long?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-09-04 14:58||   2012-09-04 14:58|| Front Page Top

#11 One shot, one kill.
Posted by Besoeker 2012-09-04 15:04||   2012-09-04 15:04|| Front Page Top

#12 Besoeker, I prefer one shot PER kill.
Posted by AlanC 2012-09-04 15:20||   2012-09-04 15:20|| Front Page Top

#13 In the UK, they would have arrested the home owner for murder.
Posted by Shinter Javirong9154 2012-09-04 15:20||   2012-09-04 15:20|| Front Page Top

#14 
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-09-04 15:27||   2012-09-04 15:27|| Front Page Top

#15 I believe .22LR fired from a rifle is a lot more powerful than most folks realize.
Posted by Scooter McGruder 2012-09-04 16:45||   2012-09-04 16:45|| Front Page Top

#16 That, plus we seem to be breeding genetically inferior miscreants these days.
Posted by SteveS 2012-09-04 17:09||   2012-09-04 17:09|| Front Page Top

#17 ...I blame government assistance. /sarc sort of off
Posted by Procopius2k 2012-09-04 17:33||   2012-09-04 17:33|| Front Page Top

#18 #13 since you raise the point.
Posted by Procopius2k 2012-09-04 18:04||   2012-09-04 18:04|| Front Page Top

#19 Which is why I thank God I live in the U.S. I have some friends who voted for The One last election. They aren't this time, and it started with them buying guns for home protection after a rash of crime from newly-arrived Chicagoans.

I find the irony delicious.
Posted by Charles 2012-09-04 19:33||   2012-09-04 19:33|| Front Page Top

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