Posted on 11/17/2009 12:44:35 AM PST by chuck_the_tv_out
An elderly Las Vegas, NV homeowner used his gun to fend off multiple home invaders early Thursday morning.
Police say that an unknown number of intruders kicked in the door of a home near Rancho and Vegas Drive at 5:30AM. The intruders are said to have attacked the elderly homeowner, prompting him to grab his gun and fire in self defense. One of the attackers was fatally wounded, and the other criminals fled, according to police. The homewoner was unharmed.
It is a sad fact that criminals prey on senior citizens, seeing them as easy targets. Unarmed senior citizens can often be overpowered by even a single young criminal who is stronger and faster. When, as here, there are multiple younger criminals attacking at once, the situation is even worse for the elderly victim, who may suffer greatly in their own home.
But when senior citizens are armed for self defense, they are in the best position possible to defend themselves. This armed 85 year old woman held a home invader at gunpoint, and made him call the police on himself. This armed 93 year old man shot a home invader in self defense after the home invader began to attack him. This armed 70 year old woman held an intruder at gunpoint until the police arrived to arrest him. This armed 91 year old man used his handgun to fend off two home invader who had broken in and threatened his wheelchair-bound wife with their guns. This armed 84 year old man used his handgun to stop a criminal who repeatedly tried to enter his home through the front door, back door, and a window. I could go on with more examples, but the point should be clear: armed self defense is a senior citizen’s best chance
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Senior citizens shoot straight (too tired to mess around with a bunch of rounds).
Homeowner rolls boxcars.
Goblin rolls snake-eyes.
get em pops
The homeowner would have been 18 years old in 1943. The thugs make a mistake. They should go after young liberals who shriek when they see a gun and say “I already called the police, and they’ll be here in twenty minutes so please don’t hurt me”.
Yeap, If criminals were smart they would follow the bumper stickers home.
I keep watching that home security advertisement where the monitor calls the lady and asks if her house has been broken into.
He says help is on the way. Yeah and by the time they get there you will have been raped and allowed to get up and fix the rapist his breakfast.
Yup. The police are very experienced at drawing a chalk line around your body after it has assumed room temperature.
I saw a great picture that showed a sign in a guy’s yard with a big red arrow pointing at his neighbor’s house. The sign also stated that the neighbor was unarmed, didn’t believe in firearms, and that the sign owner, in deference to his neighbor’s beliefs, would not come to his aid.
If libs were true believers they would post signs in their windows decrying the use of firearms.
“The homeowner would have been 18 years old in 1943. The thugs make a mistake. They should go after young liberals who shriek when they see a gun and say “I already called the police, and they’ll be here in twenty minutes so please don’t hurt me”.”
Excellent point, this homeowner has probably seen violence that the thug could only dream of...this was child’s play for him.
This is when you want to own two guns. The police will confiscate the firearm used to kill the perp to complete their investigation. While it’s under their control, you need a second gun to defend yourself against the perp’s relatives, who are probably “turning their lives around”.
bang!
Excellent point - thanks. The police do have to do their work, and I’d hate to not have a gun at the time.
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