Posted on 06/13/2011 4:27:27 PM PDT by Mountain Bike Vomit Carnage
A Troy man is accused of firing a gunshot at a man he found in bed with his wife early Wednesday, after the woman met the stranger on a late-night bike ride, police said.
Troy police say the 30-year-old mother of five children, ages 1-14, went for a bike ride at 4 a.m. Wednesday. She met a 30-year-old man walking down the street and invited the man back to her house for sex, reports said.
The man agreed, and they fell asleep afterward, police said. The husband returned at 5 a.m. and discovered the stranger in his bed, according to reports.
A confrontation ensued, and the husband retrieved his .45-caliber handgun, reports said. The stranger ran from the home in his underwear, leaving his cell phone, wallet and identification behind.
The husband chased him as he ran, firing one shot in the process, police said. The bullet struck the kitchen wall and ended up in a cupboard.
The other man escaped, but police later located and shot in the process, police said. The bullet struck the kitchen wall and ended up in a cupboard.
The other man escaped, but police later located and questioned him, reports said. The investigation is continuing.
That woman sounds bored.
I’d rather walk the streets of Detroit in a blackout than walk the streets of Chicago under the lights these days.
Detroit has been pretty quiet in comparison. Don’t know if it has anything to do with an armed population in Detroit but it sure doesn’t hurt.
I didn't know that was against the law. Is it a Troy thing or nationwide? Got to keep up.
I can’t believe someone could actually hit someone 8 times with a .25.
LOL, 5 Kids ?????????? He better get some DNA work done.
I like your description.
Twice I have seen guys shot with .25s, in neither case were they killed outright or even put unconscious, but it put both of them on the ground and in a very passive mood. They are, or at least used to be, a very common bar pistol.
Not guilty. Of anything except poor aim that is.
At really close range, where accuracy is not a factor, the best bet is a single shot pistol that takes a shotgun shell.
I assisted in a homicide investigation where the so called victim was shot twice with a .25. Once in the finger and once in the chest. He was deader than a door nail.
Did you hear the one about a man who found his wife in bed with a midget?
I can’t figure out why he was shooting at the dude?
Wouldn’t you just shoot your wife and be done with it?
There’s a reason a very old Baby Browning .25 ACP lives in my boot on a regular basis. No, it doesn’t do well at any sort of standoff range - but then, that’s not what John Browning designed it for. It’s designed for up close and very personal work - say, while you’re rolling around on the ground with an assailant. Draw .25, shove under the assailant’s chin/stick it up his nose/socket it into the guy’s ear/jam it into his eye and pull the trigger. He will NOT be getting up from that because, like the .22, that .25 will bounce around in the skull like a berzerk pinball. Failing that, just jam it up against the skull at any point and fire. The .25 *will* penetrate the cranial vault at contact range and while you won’t get the pinball effect, the guy *will* still go TILT. And it’s a centerfire cartridge, so it’s reliable (which a lot of people forget). Failing that, jam it into his ribs and start pulling the trigger as fast as you can. Either way, the assailant will not be very interested in continuing the engagement.
Is it a good primary carry caliber? No. You should have something better because beyond about 3-7 yards it’s a problematic stopper at best.
Is it better than nothing? Yes. In fact, I would even go so far as to state that it’s probably better than a knife for contact-range defensive use, as it’s more difficult for an assailant to get the little .25 away from you than it would be a knife and it doesn’t require significant strength to use.
Is it proven effective within it’s intended use as a contact-range weapon? Very. Generations of nurses have carried them and they have prevented many, many late-night rapes over the decades. In fact, I once showed an older friend who is a retired nurse the little Browning and she immediately lit up as if seeing an old friend again. She’d carried one in a garter belt for years when she worked the night shift in a hospital as did many of her co-workers; several had had to use theirs to prevent imminent rape (or worse) over the years, way back when.
At contact range, the .25 auto is hell on wheels for an unsuspecting assailant.
I like my 3" barreled .45 Derringer loaded w/ 2½" .410 #12 shot. Truly a "belly" gun!
Regards,
GtG
Yep. A .25 works fine if you have a clue.
A close-up shot through the eye or in the throat will normally stop anybody.
You reminded me of one of my college roommate’s favorite quips. Whenever he say a young lass on campus riding her bicycle, he was sure to say “That’s against the law.”
I would naively ask “What is?”
And he’d answer “Pedalin’ p_ _ _ _ y”
Same guy who had a smart retort whenever anybody asked “Has the Postman come yet?” But I’ll save that for another day.
I see tiny caliber pistols as the same way, a form of knife, to be used as an injection system of sorts while grappling, or close (a bar gun), but I got rid of my .25.
For 1.3 ounces extra in weight, 1.5 inches additional in length, and 1.2 inches additional in height, you can carry a 9mm.
Care to give us a hint as to where (i.e., the state) this occurred?
exactly! she went out at four... met a guy... brought him home... had sex in her bed... fell asleep... at five, her husband comes in... wow!
The 9mm’s recoil and muzzle flash from a vest-pocket sized pistol can make it problematic to practice with.
Also, that 1.5x1.2x whatever width increase is not something that can be comfortably tucked in a boot or, in the case of my nurse friend, carried on a garter strap. The tiny Rohrbach R9 (which is what I think you’re referring to costs $1149. Out of the range of many people.
I think you forget just how small something like the Baby Browning is. A Baby Browning weighs a mere 9.7 ounces, is only 4.1 inches long and is just 2.8 inches tall.
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