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Posted on 07/09/2005 5:44:51 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Homeowners Says Men Kicked In His Back Door At 5 A.M.
DRY RIDGE, Ky. -- A 79-year-old man armed with a .357 magnum revolver shot two men after they broke into his home overnight, News 5's Bina Roy reported.
Police answering a call about a break-in and burglary found two men shot outside a home on Ellen Kay Drive in Grant County.
The homeowner told police the two men kicked in his back door just before 5 a.m. Saturday. They tried to flee after being shot.
Police said they found one wounded man in the driveway and followed a trail of blood to the other man nearby.
Nearby residents were stunned but supported their neighbor's actions.
"At that time in the morning, if I was in that situation, I might try to do the same thing," Everett Musgrave told News 5. "I am glad he was able to protect himself. That's the big thing. At least he's not hurt."
"He's old school," Lisa Garner said of her neighbor. "My grandfather would have done the same thing.
"It bothers me because we have children. It bothers me that anybody would intrude into your home," Garner said.
Musgrave had a message for anybody thinking about breaking into somebody's home.
"Yeah, don't pick the wrong door," Musgrave said.
AirCare helicopters flew the men to Grant County Hospital. Their names and conditions have not been released.
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The 79-year-old guy handles the recoil of a .357. Wonder if the perps handled the exit wounds as well?
I don't wanna hear anything here about more range time.
He's 79.
He done good.
He is 79 years young!
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Yep, good advice. Even better, get a job and stop trying to take someone elses property.
I hear ya. The folks who usually chime in with that comment rarely take adrenaline and moving targets into consideration.
Ahh, an old man and his 357. I've always been a sucker for feel-good stories with a happy ending.
Another happy ending! Things don't work out much better than this!
I would only suggest one thing. Hollow points. If he had used hollow point bullets, I don't think the two would have fared as well. When I was in the USAF in Montana in the 70's, my buddy fired his 357 magnum with a regular load and a hollow point into a tree. BIG difference.
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I just hope they don't arrest him, like they did that guy in Illinois near Chicago.
In Kentucky he gets the Cool Old Man Award. No one will arrest him.
(79)+(.357)=(-2)
I like this math.
Well, nothing in the news account tells us what type of round was employed, just the type of weapon.
It could have very well been hollow points, just not placed in the 10-ring. Hell, they could have been .38 Special SWC's, for that matter.
We'll never know because the media really doesn't like to, no, hates to report in full, stories where the good guy was in the right and the bad guys got theirs.
Why should he be arrested? The LEO in Kentucky have no reason to even consider his arrest.
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