Posted on 02/02/2024 4:42:44 PM PST by CFW
A 75-year-old Vermont homeowner opened fire with a muzzleloader allegedly after three armed men tried to breaking into his residence late Tuesday night.
What are the details? Gordon Richard Sr. told investigators the trio tried breaking into his home on Sandy Hill Road in the town of Georgia through a locked interior door from a separate section of the residence where his son lives, WCAX-TV reported, citing state police.
Richard added to police that he shot one of the men with a muzzleloader, shut the door, and called 911, the station said.
The incident occurred around 11:30 p.m., WCAX said. The town of Georgia is about a half-hour north of Burlington.
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WCAX's Facebook post about the incident has attracted nearly 400 comments, many of them supportive of the elderly homeowner's actions:
"It’s about time," one commenter wrote. "Good for the older gent protecting himself and his belongings."
"Them old guys have one good fight left in them," another user observed. "Best to leave 'em alone." "This elderly man better not receive any charges," another commenter declared.
"This is what it’s come to here in VT," another user concluded. "People need to protect themselves if the court system won’t, by letting out repeat offenders and being soft on crime."
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Was it a flintlock? Blunderbuss?
Ouch. That’ll leave a mark.
More gun violence caused by Weapons Of War in civilian hands... (sobbing)
I remember the 1960s when Vermont had NO murders. Then came the Democrats..
I’m elderly?
Not releasing identities means a black guy was breaking in and got shot.
Own a musket for home defense, since that’s what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. “What the devil?” As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he’s dead on the spot. Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it’s smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot, “Tally ho lads” the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He Bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the founding fathers intended.....
The DOJ will be on him for possessing a ghost gun.
I suppose that will make the progs change up the old “2Amendment is about muzzle loaders” propaganda.
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Turns out the old muzzle loaders will blow tunnels through an azzhole breaking into a home.
Can’t be having normal American Citizens armed with something that actually works.
Those muzzle loaders need to be banned and confiscated.
Replacement rape whistles will be provided for a small fee.
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Blacks are “Disproportionately represented” in the number shot while committing robbery
My first thought was, I hope it was a blunderbuss.
Leave ‘em with some lifelong souvenirs.
All 3 black guys in Vermont were down in Burlington at the time.
You DO NOT want to get hit by a big chunk of muzzleloader lead!
Large and tend to deform to transmit all the KE to the target.
Large and tend to deform to transmit all the KE to the target.
My .62 caliber smoothbore flintlock with 110 grains of black powder behind a 342 grain lead ball would do a lot of damage!
Wow. That hadda’ be some bang.
I LOLed!
:)
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