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  • Get a handgun, save a life

    09/23/2009 8:24:31 PM PDT · by Saije · 3 replies · 696+ views
    Washington Examiner ^ | 9/24/2009 | Gregory Kane
    With one swift slash from a samurai sword, John Pontolillo made a convincing case for ... private ownership of handguns? Oh, you betcha. Pontolillo is an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University. Before Sept. 15, that's all he was... But nine days ago, Pontolillo went from being a simple college guy to being in the center of the maelstrom that developed after he slashed a burglar in the backyard of a house he shared with fellow JHU students. Pontolillo used a samurai sword to defend himself after the burglar lunged at him. With one swish he nearly severed the burglar's left...
  • Police doubt Hopkins student intended to use samurai sword to kill.

    09/18/2009 11:23:50 AM PDT · by Ravi · 27 replies · 1,141+ views
    Baltimore Sun ^ | 9/18/09 | Fenton
    Baltimore homicide detectives don't believe a Johns Hopkins University student had "the intent to kill" when he used a samurai sword to confront an intruder outside his home, a police spokesman said Thursday