Posted on 07/17/2011 7:59:59 AM PDT by lowbridge
A home invasion at Rep. Leonard Boswell's Iowa farm ended when his 22-year-old grandson fetched a shotgun and aimed it at the intruder, according to a statement from the congressman's office. No one was seriously injured.
The incident started about 10:45 p.m. Saturday when an armed man came in through the front door, attacked Boswell's daughter, Cindy Brown, and demanded money, the statement said. Boswell, 77, heard his daughter's screams, came into the entryway and attempted to disarm the intruder.
As they struggled, Boswell's grandson, Mitchell Brown, got a shotgun from another room. When he pointed the shotgun at the intruder, the man fled into the fields around the house outside Lamoni.
Boswell's wife, Dody Boswell, 75, also was home during the attack. His spokesman Grant Woodard said the whole family is safe and unhurt, aside from some scrapes and bruises.
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A Democrat keeps guns in his house?
Hmmm... Democrat, now does he support gun rights, and will he after this?
Probably some drug deal gone bad.
He has an “A” rating from the NRA
Kind of scary stuff; will probably hear more details today about what happened.
He is a Blue Dog...or he would not be elected in flyover country.
http://ontheissues.org/House/Leonard_Boswell.htm
Voted YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse. (Apr 2003)
Voted NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1. (Jun 1999)
Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record. (Dec 2003)
National cross-state standard for concealed carry. (Jan 2009)
Teach kids Eddie Eagle GunSafe’s lifesaving message. (May 2010)
Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC. (Mar 2007)
Though he voted no on reducing handgun waiting period from 3 days to 1, he gets an "A" rating from the NRA.
I think I need one of those.
I'm gathering from the other posts that he's a RAT.
I guess we wouldn't want the idea to get out that it's perfectly acceptable for RATS to defend their domiciles with firearms. Some might cry hypocrisy.
Ah, well. Semantics. Whatta ya gonna do.
Many (most?) home invasions in the SF Bay Area are Vietnamese gangs. Fortunately for the rest of us, they mostly invade homes of other Vietnamese folks.
Of course he will. For himself.
“A Democrat keeps guns in his house?”
I sure hope Charles Schumer has a talk with this guy. No doubt Schumer would tell him to let his daughter be raped...so that there wouldn’t be any violence.
>>>He is a Blue Dog...or he would not be elected in flyover country.
He’s no Blue Dog... he “kisses NRA butt” just enough to get endorsed by them, because it helps in his district. Otherwise, he’s Lib to the core - hard core. By the way, NRA endorses incumbents just because they are in office in many instances - Bos is one of those.
“Boswell’s grandson, Mitchell Brown, got a shotgun from another room. When he pointed the shotgun at the intruder, the man fled into the fields around the house outside Lamoni.”
His grandson was the hero.(The shotgun was probably planted by a teaparty member .) ;)
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