[Paleo Conservative]

Spartanburg, South Carolina, 15/3/88: Todd Knight, 11, was home alone after school when two "rough looking" men broke in. Knight loaded his .22 rifle, a Christmas gift, and opened fire, killing both intruders. The sheriff's department, calling the shootings justifiable, said both men had records.

Excellent shooting. A .22 rifle isn't very powerful.

[dighton]

Excellent shooting. A .22 rifle isn't very powerful.

It was, and it isn't.

This made my jaw drop.

[boris]

"Excellent shooting. A .22 rifle isn't very powerful."

There was this fellow name of Masters in L.A. who went for a quiet constitutional (actually looking for trouble) at 1:00 A.M. He was illegally carrying a concealed .22 pistol. On his walk, he noticed two latinos "tagging" (vandalizing) a bridge. He stopped and wrote down their license tag number.

They approached him with a sharpened screwdriver and demanded the paper which contained the tag number.

He produced the .22 and they turned and ran. He fired, striking one in the back.

The .22 round ricocheted within the victim's chest cavity, bouncing around and basically chopping the organs to haggis.

He was arrested but the only charge was illegal carrying of a concealed weapon.

Dozens of letters to the editor in both L.A. papers inquired how citizens could purchase him more ammunition.

--Boris