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80-year-old Wisconsin Man Beats Back Thief with Shoehorn (WEIRD)
Wire Services ^ | January 5, 2007 | LUKAS I. ALPERT

Posted on 01/05/2007 3:01:32 PM PST by DogByte6RER

WEIRD BUT TRUE

By LUKAS I. ALPERT, Wire Services

January 5, 2007 -- An 80-year-old Wisconsin man beat back a thief - with a shoehorn.

Police said the would-be burglar kicked in the man's door, demanded cash and threatened to shoot him. But the victim picked up a long shoehorn and began smacking the robber with it, driving him from the home.

Unfortunately, that drove the man to another home, which he robbed. He was later arrested.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: banglist; crime; selfdefense; shoehorn; weird
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Well now...it's only a matter of time before Sarah Brady and Charles "Chucky" Schumer propose a 10 day "cooling off" period for anybody purchasing a shoehorn! They might as well toss in mandatory criminal background checks and a one-shoehorn-per-month purchasing law to prevent those "straw buyers" from buying trunkloads of shoehorns and transporting them across state lines.

This is where we end up as a society due to the illogic of the liberal gun-grabbers...

1 posted on 01/05/2007 3:01:35 PM PST by DogByte6RER
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To: DogByte6RER

"Stop or I'll shoe!"


2 posted on 01/05/2007 3:02:38 PM PST by Roscoe Karns
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To: DogByte6RER

When shoehorns are outlawed, only outlasw will have shoehorns.


3 posted on 01/05/2007 3:02:40 PM PST by Fierce Allegiance (SAY NO TO RUDY!)
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Here is a photo of the offensive weapon better known as the shoehorn. Notice how this dangerous device is easily concealable by slipping the horn end in the back of the shoe and then concealing the rest of this dangerous weapon behind the lower leg! Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
4 posted on 01/05/2007 3:03:53 PM PST by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER

Don't bring a gun to a shoehorn fight.


5 posted on 01/05/2007 3:04:41 PM PST by Huntress (Proud owner of Norman/Norma, the transsexual attack cat.)
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To: DogByte6RER
That's clearly an illegal assault shoehorn - much more dangerous than your regular hand shoehorn. Surely even the NRA can agree that assault shoehorns must be banned.
6 posted on 01/05/2007 3:11:12 PM PST by Argus
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To: Fierce Allegiance

"From My Cold Dead Hands!"


7 posted on 01/05/2007 3:13:09 PM PST by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER

they have to do some "ballistic" horn printing, too.
to see what kind of marks the new horns leave on heads.


8 posted on 01/05/2007 3:13:28 PM PST by Rakkasan1 ((Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!))
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To: DogByte6RER

I think the foot is complicit. Anyway, it sure "shoed" that guy.


9 posted on 01/05/2007 3:15:58 PM PST by InvisibleChurch (Tempus Fidget - The time between the final hymn and recessional.)
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To: DogByte6RER

Some days you get the bull, some days you get the horn.


10 posted on 01/05/2007 3:16:21 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Voted Free Republic's Most Eligible Bachelor: 2006. Love them Diebold machines.)
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To: Roscoe Karns

HA!


11 posted on 01/05/2007 3:17:57 PM PST by TheKidster (you can only trust government to grow, consolidate power and infringe upon your liberties.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

The robber was tracked down and arrested by a sleuthy Gumshoe, after he tried to horn in on another home owner's property.


12 posted on 01/05/2007 3:20:31 PM PST by TheKidster (you can only trust government to grow, consolidate power and infringe upon your liberties.)
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To: DogByte6RER

Horny old man beats off intruder.


13 posted on 01/05/2007 3:22:22 PM PST by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: savedbygrace

I've embarrassed myself with that one.


14 posted on 01/05/2007 3:22:58 PM PST by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: DogByte6RER
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15 posted on 01/05/2007 3:26:10 PM PST by cripplecreek (Peace without victory is a temporary illusion.)
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To: DogByte6RER

And, as he smacked the fleeing intruder, the man yelled, "Shoe! Shoe!"


16 posted on 01/05/2007 3:26:53 PM PST by rbookward
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To: savedbygrace
I've embarrassed myself with that one.

Not at all. That took guts! :)

17 posted on 01/05/2007 3:27:00 PM PST by Roscoe Karns
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To: Huntress

bttt


18 posted on 01/05/2007 3:28:17 PM PST by ConservativeMan55
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To: DogByte6RER
The assault shoehorn reminds me of the mega ice scrapers that they sell in cold states.

They make them so they can be used as a club if need be. Some are so burly as to be impractical for scraping ice and brushing snow off your car. But they are legal and cant be classified as a weapon.
19 posted on 01/05/2007 4:02:31 PM PST by Beagle8U
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To: Diana in Wisconsin; MotleyGirl70

WI ping


20 posted on 01/05/2007 5:16:39 PM PST by lesser_satan (EKTHELTHIOR!!!)
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