Posted on 12/08/2017 6:08:13 PM PST by mdittmar
Edited on 12/08/2017 6:40:36 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]
ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. (AP)
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My exact thoughts too.
Glad he’s ok.
Also glad he killed one of the scumbags.
As the saying goes, don’t pick a fight with an old man, he’ll just shoot you.
if the perp was close enough to be a direct threat, and it appears he was, then good for Grandpa!
“Don’t Pick a fight with an old man. If he’s too old to fight he’ll just kill you.”
“Lutz said the dead intruder appeared to be 35 to 45 years old, was white, and weighed close to 300 pounds.”
Killed a white whale!
If I were to tuck a pistol under my pillow, I would never be able to locate it, the way I toss and turn all night.
In a holster that is tacked to the back of the headboard.
I read about some dude who kept a pistol next to the phone on a bedside table. Very late at night, the phone roused him from a deep sleep whereupon he picked up his gun and shot himself in the head. The lesson to be learned is to never answer the phone at night.
“if the perp was close enough to be a direct threat, and it appears he was, then good for Grandpa!”
Any intruder who is inside in your home is close enough to be a direct threat, regardless of the distance. They’re fair game.
Instant Justice!
Mine is close.
Sounds like heroin addicts looking for an easy score didn’t get what they bargained for.
Don’t-do-home-invasions-in-red-America ping.
Looking for smack but finding a smack-down.
Mine is right behind me.
Just not liable to be tossed on the floor with one of my pillows.
;-)
Sounds like heroin addicts looking for an easy score didnt get what they bargained for.
Lutz said the dead intruder appeared to be 35 to 45 years old, was white, and weighed close to 300 pounds.
Doesn’t sound like a junky/herion addict, to me.
I got this secondhand from an old friend but I am sure it is correct.
Another old friend was asleep in his house with all the lights out. He awoke and could just barely make out shadowy forms in the room. He lives alone and was recovering from cancer.
He grabbed a .357 magnum and fired six shots basically wildly. It was 3 Black men. It turned out he hit one and he was caught later at a hospital. The other two were identified by that one so they were all caught.
The old friend who recounted the story said he and his Brother both are now shopping for a pistol to keep in their bedrooms. Their wives are OK with it.
Keeping a pistol under you pillow is generally a bad idea but it sure worked out in this case.
Yes, it did!
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