[marktwain]

The news does not tell you that verterans are more law abiding than the general population. They also are trained in the use of arms and understand the necessity of deadly force. A commenter says that the police impounded the veteran's gun. This is a good reason to have a spare, or know a friend who will lend you a defensive weapon when you need one.

[USNBandit]

Nice neighborhood where the neighbor brings over 4 guys to rob you.

[Cen-Tejas]

.......... No race mentioned so it was Amish! Damn good shot that old man!

What a contribution to lowering the crime rate in his neighborhood. He should get an award!

[BenLurkin]

“And then all of a sudden they start hitting my partner,”

He runs a business out of his home?

[Utilizer]

I'm going to have to lump this story with the one about the 60 year old woman who claims she was attacked and then shot two teens, but no one can find an original source to the story. When it appears on examnerdotcom, please do not attempt to point to that as a valid 'source', thank you.

Two things stand out from this story: first, the 69 year old age is suspiciously close to the other story one. Second, the claim is also that two shots were fired.

Oh, and his (the veteran's) name is not mentioned, which is curious because it would normally be prominently displayed -unless he was one of holder's people. Also a 'partner' is mentioned but his name is not printed either. Hmmm.

[ImNotLying]

“The other two suspects were not arrested”

WTF, they were standing there when the lady said we are robbing you!

[4Speed]

When you have a right to carry license, you always carry the cheap gun, as even in Texas if you use it in self defense it will spend the rest of its life in the Police evidence files.

SO pick a good functional hand gun, and then keep the extra nice stuff in the Gun safe. Or just get 2 of the 1911’s for home defense.

[TruthBeforeAll]

In sadder news. 79 year old woman dies in gun fight with 3 robbers. She got one of them in the gut but he survived. The other 2 got away.

[3Fingas]

No description of the two on the loose is provided. It might be helpful to police to warn the community about these two and what they look like.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

That gave me a mental image of Josey Wales and the four soldiers.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I think whoever wrote this really wanted to say that he was homosexual, which has absolutely no bearing on this situation. It’s a clue when they overuse the word “partner”, in this case, five times in a short article.

But the rest of the story is weird as well. Did he owe the neighbor woman money? Geez this story needs to be fleshed out.

[stylin19a]

Both men are hospitalized at Mount Carmel West Hospital. The two other suspects were not arrested. Police said charges are pending.

weird...plus what about the female neighbor