Posted on 10/02/2009 1:21:40 PM PDT by mikelets456
ublished: August 24, 2009
TABOR CITY, N.C. — A sheriff says a North Carolina state senator shot one of two intruders at his home and hospital officials say the man is in fair condition.
Multiple media outlets reported that Columbus County Sheriff Chris Batten said that 74-year-old Sen. R.C. Soles of Tabor City shot Kyle Blackburn late Sunday afternoon.
A spokeswoman at Loris Community Hospital in South Carolina said Monday that Blackburn was in fair condition.
Batten says the shooting occurred when two men went to the senator’s house and tried to kick in his front door. No charges have been filed.
The sheriff’s office said the State Bureau of Investigation was handling the case. A call to an agency spokeswoman was not immediately returned. There was no answer at a number listed for Soles’ home.
The Democrat has been in the Senate 32 years.
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It’s a truly scary thing - various governments over the last say, 250 years, with guns, have killed more people, than anything else. It’s a curious dichotomy when someone says “only the government should have guns.” Didn’t say I liked it, but c’mon!
Rules for thee, but not for me.
dollars to donuts the shooter senator knows the door kickers - there’s bound to be more to the story
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