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Old Man Shoots, Kills Robber
The Topeka Capital-Journal | 1/22/02

Posted on 01/22/2002 3:49:16 PM PST by Temple Owl

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There should be medals presented to senior citizens who get rid of garbage.
1 posted on 01/22/2002 3:49:17 PM PST by Temple Owl
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To: Temple Owl;bang_list
Bang! Another perp bites the dust.
2 posted on 01/22/2002 3:51:55 PM PST by LibKill
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LOL. 73 is not too old to take out the trash.
3 posted on 01/22/2002 3:52:38 PM PST by monkeyshine
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Pro-Communist, anti-gun AARP may condemn the old guy for not being a victim and revoke his membership.
4 posted on 01/22/2002 3:56:30 PM PST by CWRWinger
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I'll bet Mayor Daley read that article and thought to himself ... 'IF there were no guns in the world, there would be no armed robberies!

On a darker side, if it happened to me, I'm sure Mayor Daley's Patrol would be waiting for me upon my return to make sure they confiscated all my guns ...... To Hell With the Constitution

5 posted on 01/22/2002 4:01:24 PM PST by Dittohead_2
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"He said officers discovered Hamilton dead with a single gunshot wound..."

Good shot.

6 posted on 01/22/2002 4:07:32 PM PST by Mikey
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Thanks, Mister! You've made the nation a slightly better, safer country.
7 posted on 01/22/2002 4:07:44 PM PST by Standing Wolf
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'Tis a good thing that Mr. Davis doesn't live in England.
8 posted on 01/22/2002 4:10:15 PM PST by Redcloak
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Old age and treachery win again
9 posted on 01/22/2002 4:16:32 PM PST by alloysteel
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To: Redcloak
Second Amendment bump!!!
10 posted on 01/22/2002 4:17:47 PM PST by basil
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"Sidwell said detectives will forward reports to the district attorney's office, although no charges are expected to be filed."

A glimmer of hope radiates from my state capitol.

11 posted on 01/22/2002 4:20:02 PM PST by Dust in the Wind
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We have a family friend when I was a kid that worked at the corner convenience store. "Pops" Kindly older man. He always said he "didn't need the work, he just needed to work".

Anyway, he was robbed several times at gunpoint. He just gave them the money with a smile. He said he could "tell they didn't wanted to hurt him". But he kept a loaded 38 by the cash register. Well, one night someone came in to rob him and he said he could see that he was going to get shot. Just by looking at the mans eyes.

The robber had his gun on the counter pointed at our friend, but he didn't pay close attention when our friend opened up the big old cash register. The drawer was big enough to block the gun. "Pops" pulled his 38, the robber fired and the bullet was blocked by the register. "Pops" shot the man between the eyes.

The police showed up. And gave "Pops" new bullets.

12 posted on 01/22/2002 4:28:11 PM PST by isthisnickcool
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LOL. 73 is not too old to take out the trash

It's sure not, that's about my father-in-law's age, but he doesn't keep a small handgun....he prefers a nice stainless Colt in .45 ACP for serious social purposes. It's the one gun, of about a dozen and a half, that never sees the inside of the safe, instead spending the night at his bedside. Actually he does keep several small handguns, but those are .22 Colt Woodmans, 4 different flavors of them in fact, but of course those are not for serious social purposes, but just for fun, unless you are a squirrel, rabbit or even a sweetcorn stealing raccoon, in which case they are plenty serious. (Actually for raccoons those crazy Danes have beeen known to apply a .357, but that was somewhat of a case of inadvertent overkill, since the brother-in-law in question was thinking the "prowler" might be of the two legged variety...messy in any event)

13 posted on 01/22/2002 4:31:13 PM PST by El Gato
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The police showed up. And gave "Pops" new bullets

Now thats what I call a public servant.

14 posted on 01/22/2002 4:38:10 PM PST by Balding_Eagle
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TO posted, "There should be medals presented to senior citizens who get rid of garbage."

Yep, his social security should be tripled and his pension tripled. That would be enough incentitive to eliminate a lot of 911 calls!

Thanks for posting this thread. Just another good ending proving that Dr John Lott's Book, "More Guns, Less Crime!" is so correct.

15 posted on 01/22/2002 4:53:30 PM PST by Grampa Dave
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Great Addendum!!!
16 posted on 01/22/2002 4:55:27 PM PST by Temple Owl
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To: Temple Owl
If you need anything more than a 9 mm just to answer the door, you might consider moving to a different part of town.
-Anita
17 posted on 01/22/2002 4:57:51 PM PST by RightWhale
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Let's just hope we don't lose our gun rights here in America...

-Daniel

www.cpinews.net

18 posted on 01/22/2002 5:01:28 PM PST by CPI News
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Lt. John Sidwell identified the victim today as Anthony D. Hamilton, of Topeka.

You mean the perp, don't you?

19 posted on 01/22/2002 5:03:54 PM PST by Leaning towards Libertarian
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Fascinating story!
20 posted on 01/22/2002 5:04:07 PM PST by butter pecan fan
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