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Armed Citizen - July 12 2024
American Rifleman ^ | 12 July 2024 | NRA American Rifleman

Posted on 07/25/2024 11:23:05 AM PDT by COBOL2Java


Armed Citizen® Today

A home invader wielding a knife with a sheath inscribed "Hail Satan" was shot and wounded by a Taylor, Texas, homeowner on May 28.

Police responded to a call late that evening from a residence, with the caller informing dispatchers that a man with a knife was attempting to enter the house. Before officers arrived, the knife-armed suspect broke into the home and was shot by the homeowner. When officers arrived, the burglar had left the house and was found lying on the front porch, suffering from a gunshot wound to his hip.

The 23-year-old suspect has been charged with burglary of a habitation and is currently hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. (Taylor Press; Taylor, Texas; 5/28/24)

From the Armed Citizen® Archives – September 1975

An unidentified man had just pried the padlock from a garage door at the Mechanicsburg, Ohio, home of John Williams when he was confronted by Mrs. Williams, who was accompanied by her German shepherd and a shotgun. The man hastily fled the scene. (The Urbana Citizen, Urbana, Ohio)


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1 posted on 07/25/2024 11:23:05 AM PDT by COBOL2Java
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To: COBOL2Java
Not to be judgmental but if you break into a home carrying a knife, much less one that reads “Hail Satan”, I am going to assume you are there for no benign purpose.
2 posted on 07/25/2024 11:29:47 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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Not to be judgmental but if you break into a home carrying a knife, much less one that reads “Hail Satan”, I am going to assume you are there for no benign purpose.

He could have been there for a Democrat strategy meeting... :0)

3 posted on 07/25/2024 11:34:34 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (The country bounces along like Custer on the way to Little Big Horn, thanks to Dear Leader)
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To: COBOL2Java

Texas is not the best place for doing home invasions. Better move to New York, California, Washington, etc where the govt loves criminals.


4 posted on 07/25/2024 11:37:09 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

As was said years ago “When someone breaks into your home at 2 AM in the morning, rest assured they are not coming in to shake your hand.”


5 posted on 07/25/2024 11:46:08 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force!--G. Washington)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Maybe Satan is his favorite taxicab driver.


6 posted on 07/25/2024 11:58:06 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Seruzawa

Kansas ain’t either.


7 posted on 07/25/2024 12:11:20 PM PDT by kawhill (kawhill)
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To: COBOL2Java

In before ‘needs more range time’.


8 posted on 07/25/2024 12:38:34 PM PDT by dljordan (What would Michael Collins do?)
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To: COBOL2Java

Needs more range time.


9 posted on 07/25/2024 1:36:53 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: COBOL2Java

Glad my .357 doesn’t fire by itself like that. Look closely at the pic. The hammer is still cocked yet it’s belching out some epic flash.

Sorry. As an armorer, I get REALLY nitpicky when it comes to guns.


10 posted on 07/25/2024 2:30:10 PM PDT by This_Dude
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That’s because the 357’s recoil is so hard that it slams the hammer back. (Just kidding)


11 posted on 07/25/2024 6:58:27 PM PDT by redfreedom (Joseph Stalin: "It does not matter how anyone votes, how votes are counted is what matters.")
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To: COBOL2Java

This is a textbook case as to why guns are needed. Imagine having to engage in a knife fight with an intruder. I’d rather have a distance tool.

Also, the more magazine capacity, the better, no matter what liberals say. If one spends any time watching self-defense or police videos (like those found at Active Self Protection), they would see that sometimes it takes multiple rounds to stop the threat.

It gets even worse when there are multiple assailants.


12 posted on 07/26/2024 10:50:31 AM PDT by scott7278 (Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.)
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