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Posted on 08/26/2007 4:47:18 PM PDT by DaveLoneRanger
Orange County deputies responding to a report of a burglary found a man with a gunshot wound to his right arm just after midnight Saturday morning.
Their investigation discovered that the shooting victim had been burglarizing a home on West Pine Street and had been shot by the homeowner, a 65 year old man.
Fire rescue transported Harvey Lee Williams to Orlando Regional Medical Center,
The wound to Williams was considered non life threatening.
He was charged with burglary, and later booked into the Orange County Jail.
The elderly homeowner was not charged.
Dayam, almost missed him!
Elderly is determined by age and ability. He isn’t elderly.
If the Brady Bunch and Democrats had their way the elderly homeowner would be the victim here.
Another burglar off the streets.
Another one bites the dust.
I read the other day that elderly starts at sixty-five.
It’s enough for senior discounts and recruitment letters from AARP, but no, I don’t consider it “elderly.”
I started getting aarp junk as soon as I turned fifty.
According to the dictionary, middle age is 45 to 65. Beyond that is elderly. I am an experienced 65 y.o. Now that I’ve learned I’m elderly, I must reevaluate my life.
I started getting it at about 45, and I’m NEVER going to join as long as they are anti-Second Amendment. All men are created equal. Colonel Sam Colt made ‘em that way!
That’s been modified. :’)
That’s been modified. :’)
I reach ‘elderly’ next month. Not caring what they call it, I’m just happy to be on this side of the dirt.
It just seems to question if they are capable of owning weapons sometimes, IMOOC.
Did a teenager write this? 65 is not old.
I remember Dave Barry complaining about AARP letters when he turned 50. “Of course, AARP is the last sound you make before you die. AARP!”
Haha :)
I think they are recruiting earlier now. My son is in the Navy. He just turned 34. He’s going to be thrilled when I hand him his first AARP letter, when he gets back.
It might actually be a positive thing. *Really* elderly people might read that headline and think, “If he could do that, so can I,” and go out and get a gun.
Elderly my a$$.
I hope so.
Ah, to be young again! Ah, to be seventy!
Speaking of which, I'm heading out to the range one day this week to break in my new (slightly used) Marlin 30-30. I was needing a decent medium-range rifle for deer hunting and one of the local gun shops had a heck of a deal on the rifle and a beautiful scope.
Your first AARP junk mail starts at 49.
65 ain’t elderly, it’s merely experienced.
Waaaa, waaaa. Another MSM lib crying about the plight of gun controllers.
“Do you want to be standing in line for gas, popcorn or a gallon of milk and find yourself next to someone who’s packing heat?”
Yes, I do as a matter of fact Ms Washington as long is it is a fellow law-abiding citizen.
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
Gun lovers disarm control advocates
August 27, 2007
LAURA WASHINGTON novakevans@aol.com
It looks like the petulant, gun-toting NRA stalwarts have won the first round.
Last time, I used this space to ask where you stand on the issue of gun control. A torrent of e-mails later, it’s clear: Gun-control advocates were outgunned, four to one.
The gun lovers were legion, robust and vitriolic. Many of you told me to go places where the sun doesn’t shine and the temperature is way too hot. Yet, if you believe public opinion polls, that reaction is an anomaly. For instance, last April, ABC News polled adults nationwide, and asked: “Do you favor or oppose stricter gun control laws in this country?” Sixty-one percent favored them, 36 percent were opposed, and 3 percent were “unsure.”
CBS News asked, “In general, do you feel the laws covering the sale of handguns should be made more strict, less strict, or kept as they are now?” Two-thirds of respondents nationwide opted for “more strict.”
What is the problem with the advocates of gun control? Why are their voices not being heard? They are consistently cowed and overmatched. Gun violence is out of control, yet the gun lovers are ascendant.
You think we’ve got problems now? Just listen to Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential aspirant. At a recent Conservative Political Action Conference, he bragged, “I’m not a newcomer to the NRA,” the New York Times reported on its political blog. “I was the first governor to have a conceal-carry permit, so don’t mess with me.”
Huckabee, mind you, recently made a flashy second-place showing in the Iowa presidential straw poll.
Do you want to be standing in line for gas, popcorn or a gallon of milk and find yourself next to someone who’s packing heat? If he takes the White House, we can all go shopping for embossed leather holsters and pearl-handled pistols. I’ll be looking to accessorize that with rhinestone-studded boots.
Luckily, Huckabee is a long shot.
Still, despite the polls, it seems the gun control advocates have been outmatched. Abigail Spangler acknowledges as much. Spangler is the founder of ProtestEasyGuns.com, a Virginia-based group that has been spearheading a slew of anti-gun protests around the nation.
Gun control activists, she wrote me, “are TRYING HARD but they are seriously affected in state after state by lack of funding and contributions.” She recently met, she says, with the leader of Virginia’s only gun control group. “He says they may not even be able to afford any lobbyist at all soon in Virginia!”
This comes just four months after the Virginia Tech shooting massacre, which took 32 lives.
Our elected officials have either been bought off or are missing in action. The odds are against the majority of Americans who are terrified and sickened by the gun menace.
For Spangler, it comes down to one urgent hope. “Who knows whether our protests against lax gun laws will make a difference?” she asks. “It’s basically my ‘Hail Mary’ pass — a pass of desperation to the American people — that I hope they will catch.”
If I had my way, the gun lobby would be looking at three yards and a cloud of dust. Let’s get organized and shove tougher gun policies right down their throats.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/529247,CST-EDT-laura27.article
Snort. Not just the gun-lovers, eh, Ms. Washington?
Right and I would call 65 elderly anyway.
Kinda like calling a 17 year old a child.
sorry typo.....would *NOT* call 65 elderly
Actually, arithmetically and assuming a 75 year normal lifespan, middle age is 25-50.
“Our elected officials have either been bought off or are missing in action.”
I guess the writer of this article thinks that the congressman bought off by gun control nazis is voting their conscience...
Wing-shot, ok for ducks, but for burglar not so good. this is why 12ga pump with 00 buck works better on bad guys.
also why its great choice for night shooting at coydogs and such.
What do you mean by medium range? 50 - 125 yards? If so I would have gone with a 44 magnum lever gun. Cheaper ammo and very effective at those ranges (lso carry a 44 for a side arm and use one ammo).
How good was the deal on that Marlin? I just missed a chance at a Marlin Guide for 200.00.
I'd looked at an 1894 Cowboy in .44 Magnum, but I already have a 1911A1 that I take out with me, so I went with the 30-30. But then again, that would have given me an excuse to get a new revolver. Hmm, maybe next year.
I know the folks who own the gunshop and so they cut me a pretty good deal on the 30-30. I got it, the scope, a box of ammo, a trigger lock, and a soft carrying case for $175.00, including tax.
Can't beat that with a stick!
And as you say....NEXT YEAR! :)
Too bad, but at least he'll be off the street for a while. Hope they don't give him credit for "time served" in the hospital.
He's the victim. Imagine the mess in his house. But he's also the one still standing, which might not have been the case had the Gun Grabbers had their way. Not likely in what they called the "Gunshine State".
Where I live in Texas, the movie theater gives "Senior discounts" to those over 55.
You can start by duct taping your turn signal to indicate a left turn.
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