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Your Feel-Good Story of the Day: Homeowner Plugs Two Thugs Robbing Him
Truth Revolt ^
| 1/16/16
| Caleb Howe
Posted on 01/16/2016 10:03:22 AM PST by absentee
"If I hadn't had the gun, this news story would be about me and my mother being dead."
A man in Dekalb County, Georgia is thankful today for the presence of a gun in his home, crediting that fact with saving his own life and his mother's after two men forced their way into his home and began beating them and demanding money.
From ABC: "When I opened the door, these two guys stormed in with guns and started pistol-whipping me and took me to the ground," said Hernandez.
One of the intruders went after his mother, who was trying to escape.
"He started pistol whipping and kicking her in the side," he said.
The son's attacker demanded money and forced him through the house at gunpoint. He took him to a guest bedroom and threw him to the ground.
"He put a gun to my head,â Hernandez said, âand I just started fighting back."
Hernandez said it just so happened that his father's old hunting rifle was stashed away in that guest room. Hernandez had been thinking about refinishing it. During the scuffle, Hernandez managed to grab the rifle, and he started firing.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: guns; robbery; secondamendment; selfdefense
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Good riddance. This is exactly what Obama and Hillary want to put an end to: people who can rely on themselves.
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posted on
01/16/2016 10:03:22 AM PST
by
absentee
To: absentee
and it just happened to be loaded...
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posted on
01/16/2016 10:05:52 AM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: absentee
Hernandez said it just so happened that his father's old hunting rifle was stashed away in that guest room. A loaded old hunting rifle in a guest room. Well, that's interesting.
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posted on
01/16/2016 10:06:59 AM PST
by
Leaning Right
(Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
To: Leaning Right
I’ve got a new loaded AK-47 in the bedroom.Doesn’t everybody?
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posted on
01/16/2016 10:11:31 AM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: Leaning Right
In this case, an “uninvited” guest room...had to say it.
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posted on
01/16/2016 10:13:49 AM PST
by
john drake
(Lucius Accius-Roman,170 BC - "oderint dum metuant" translated "Let them hate so long as they fear")
To: Leaning Right
Didn’t think of that. Just assumed when he got away to that room he loaded it. Maybe he’s fudging the story because he’s afraid of consequences for shooting them thanks to the anti-gun atmosphere?
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posted on
01/16/2016 10:14:50 AM PST
by
absentee
To: absentee
The whole story sounds odd. One attacker took the man to the guest room, and started beating him. But the man was able to break free, and grab the old rifle. It's hard to envision that, unless the rifle happened to be already loaded, and just leaning in a corner.
But who would leave a loaded rifle standing in a guest room? Perhaps I'm just being too suspicious. Eight years of Obama will do that to a person.
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posted on
01/16/2016 10:22:32 AM PST
by
Leaning Right
(Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
To: absentee
Successfully fighting back against a pressed pistol with a rummaged up long gun sounds like an amazing maneuver. This is a “grace of God” story not just a “Second amendment” story. And we should always let our stories be “grace of God” stories.
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posted on
01/16/2016 10:25:06 AM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: Chode
All my weapons are always loaded.
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posted on
01/16/2016 10:31:21 AM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
To: absentee
From ABC: "When I opened the door, these two guys stormed in with guns and started pistol-whipping me and took me to the ground," said Hernandez. Exactly why you never open the door to a stranger without a gun in your hand hidden behind your back.....especially on Halloween (if you give out candy)
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posted on
01/16/2016 10:33:45 AM PST
by
Las Vegas Ron
("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of Socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
To: Leaning Right
The only unloaded weapon in my house is an old .22 rifle, zipped into it’s case......of course, we have no kids to worry about.
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posted on
01/16/2016 10:36:38 AM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
To: absentee
The media is trying to figure out if Hernandez is a white-hispanic or just an hispanic...
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posted on
01/16/2016 10:44:14 AM PST
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: absentee
Always assume that that empty gun lying in the corner awaiting a re-finishing job is loaded.
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posted on
01/16/2016 10:55:29 AM PST
by
PAR35
To: absentee
Missing from this story.
1) the surviving robber has been charged with the murder of his buddy.
2) the mother suffered a heart attack.
And, of course, the race of the perps. Which leads to only one conclusion.
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posted on
01/16/2016 10:59:35 AM PST
by
PAR35
To: Farmer Dean
To: Red_Devil 232
i have loaded weapons in the bedroom and near every door in the house, but not ALL i own are loaded...
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posted on
01/16/2016 11:07:05 AM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: Farmer Dean
No, mine is a loaded short 12 gauge double gun.
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posted on
01/16/2016 11:11:38 AM PST
by
exnavy
(good gun control: two hands, one shot, one kill.)
To: PAR35
Our friends and neighbors in 1960s rural Indiana had plenty of hunting guns leaning in a convenient corner,ready to shoot any predator ,be it feral canine,hawk, or other. There were no home iinvasions. Today too many wish to protect all kinds of predators.
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posted on
01/16/2016 11:11:50 AM PST
by
hoosierham
(Freedom isn't free)
To: absentee
The losers here are also the local PD homicide division and the DA, who were no doubt chagrined at not having work. In one sense, the war on legal guns is a hoped-for jobs program for those two groups.
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posted on
01/16/2016 11:18:01 AM PST
by
DPMD
To: Farmer Dean
I don’t have anything new, but I have old and they are loaded.
An unloaded firearm is like a hammer without a handle, fairly useless.
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posted on
01/16/2016 11:21:27 AM PST
by
oldvirginian
(American by birth, Southern by the grace of God and Virginian because Jesus loves me. CRUZ 2016!)
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