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Robber Beaten With Cane
WGHP FOX 8 ^
| 7-25-06
Posted on 07/25/2006 5:55:09 AM PDT by silent_jonny
A robber tried to get money from an 84-year-old man in Greensboro Monday morning. The robber had a gun. Robert Flynn only had a cane to defend himself. Flynn and his cane won the skirmish. Police say the robber used his car to corner in Flynn, revealed a 12-gauge sawed-off shotgun and demanded money. Flynn raised his cane and beat the robber. The robber drove away with nothing.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cane; northcarolina; whackamole
To: silent_jonny
Lucky he didn't get shot. Still, a happy ending.
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posted on
07/25/2006 5:58:50 AM PDT
by
JamesP81
("Never let your schooling interfere with your education" --Mark Twain)
To: silent_jonny
Considering that the bad guy had a 12-gauge sawed-off shotgun, it turned out well.
The old man was very lucky to have survived bringing a cane to gun fight.
To: silent_jonny
The robber should stick to robbing pacifists.
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posted on
07/25/2006 6:01:43 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("He hits me, he cries, he runs to the court and sues me.")
To: silent_jonny
Robber Beaten With CaneQuai Chang Cane, perhaps?
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posted on
07/25/2006 6:03:50 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: silent_jonny
When you're a robber armed with a 12-gauge, and you're getting beaten on and chased away by eighty-somethings with metal quad-canes, it's probably time to quit and get a real, honest job.
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posted on
07/25/2006 6:05:36 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
(Stupidity is its own punishment...but some people need an enhanced sentence.)
To: JamesP81
"Lucky he didn't get shot. Still, a happy ending."
When yer old, like some of us. It don't matter. You just have to let 'em know they messed with the wrong rattler.
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posted on
07/25/2006 6:06:03 AM PDT
by
wizr
(Live life with a Passion!)
To: silent_jonny
How long before the criminal rights groups, aka democratic party, demand canes be taken out of the hands of citizens?
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posted on
07/25/2006 6:24:00 AM PDT
by
sticker
To: silent_jonny
Given the outcome, I'm going to take a couple guesses
- 'Robber' probably a 'rookie'. As a 12ga. ain't exactly the weapon of choice for stickups.
- No ammo in the shotgun. 'Robber' figured he could just scare the old guy.
- 'Robber' NOT a MENSA member
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posted on
07/25/2006 6:33:30 AM PDT
by
Condor51
(Better to fight for something than live for nothing - Gen. George S. Patton)
To: silent_jonny
I'll rap you with my cane, you pencil neck geek!!!
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posted on
07/25/2006 7:10:41 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: Condor51
Maybe the robber was using the gun to intimidate, but had the sense not to risk death row or 20-life for a few hundred dollars.
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posted on
07/26/2006 12:49:53 PM PDT
by
xxqqzz
To: Condor51
4. The old guy had Alziemers and didn't see the gun, and wouldn't have known what it was if he had seen it.
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posted on
07/26/2006 12:52:07 PM PDT
by
kjam22
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