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 patchgrabber
Male, 30-39, Canada
 5263 Posts
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Monday, September 10, 2012 6:44:35 AM
This is one instance where I'd actually side with MeGrendel, Ollie, and many others I usually don't. I suppose the legal equivalent of this would be "voluntary assumption of risk," meaning that if you break into a person's house (in Kentucky no less), you had better assume that if the owner catches you in his house he will probably shoot you. I don't know anything about this would-be thief, and if he's had a hard life I empathize with that to a degree, but that does not excuse breaking into a person's house. He rolled the dice and lost, simple as that. |
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 SarahofBorg
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
3526 Posts
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Sunday, September 09, 2012 9:45:18 PM
I've shot a .22 rifle. It's practically a pea-shooter. You can certainly seriously hurt some one, but to actually kill them without shooting them in the head is damn impressive. |
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 DromEd
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
905 Posts
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Sunday, September 09, 2012 2:32:45 PM
Wow Mad Gremlyn! You really showed them! |
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 OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
8722 Posts
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Sunday, September 09, 2012 10:33:41 AM
I'm off to get laid.
Don't forget this either...
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 MeGrendel
Male, 40-49, Southern US
2331 Posts
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Sunday, September 09, 2012 8:36:38 AM
Mad_Gremlyn-"I'm off to get laid."
Here, don't forget this:
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 intrigid
Male, 18-29, Canada
877 Posts
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Sunday, September 09, 2012 7:06:34 AM
Mad_Gremlyn: You really need to stop posting. |
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 Mad_Gremlyn
Male, 18-29, Western US
325 Posts
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Saturday, September 08, 2012 11:13:41 PM
Are you still reading my responses? hsti old, man, you will never get a life. I'm off to get laid. Have you ever done that? |
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Mad_Gremlyn
Male, 18-29, Western US
325 Posts
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Saturday, September 08, 2012 11:10:45 PM
@oldIdiot I accept your pathetic admission that you are without argument and remain a tired old anti-American that has been defeated. My only regret would be that I have have been beating up an old man, except that I don't regret beating up an old moron like you. |
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OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
8722 Posts
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Saturday, September 08, 2012 10:59:30 PM
Mad_Gremlyn, there is no "thesis" in your incoherent ramblings, just slander. And with that, I would like to cordially invite you to go f*** yourself. |
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 Spearman113
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
208 Posts
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Saturday, September 08, 2012 10:35:02 PM
Story My aunt's house was broken into the other day, she made the news for something similar. Massive guy with 26 prior arrests broke in, and ended up beating her with a 2x4, but she still took him down. |
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 RuralNinja
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
521 Posts
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Saturday, September 08, 2012 10:25:26 PM
I feel no sympathy for the robber. No pangs of sadness, no feelings of remorse or loss. Nothing. The criminals made the choice to rob rob an old man's home. Whose to say what they would have done to the man afterwards. I read this story about the robber getting killed, but I can just as easily find a story about robbers beating an old man in his home.
Several weeks ago, a 74 year old man was robbed in my area. Here's a quote from the news story: "But police say the suspect, Nick Marino, continued to beat Malpass for almost two hours. They say he was after the 74-year-old's prescription medication, which he finally found in Malpass' pocket. Then he beat Malpass even more." Luckily the man lived, and he was released from the hospital two weeks after he was robbed. |
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Mad_Gremlyn
Male, 18-29, Western US
325 Posts
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Saturday, September 08, 2012 9:37:29 PM
@OldIdiot, Of course you would not respond to my actual thesis, you haven't a clue as to what makes a thesis. Let me spell it out: you are a coward. Your fantasy is that an intruder comes into your home and you get shoot this person dead without ever doing the hero work involved of determining if your house is on fire and this person is first responder. You want to kill a person because that will make a tiny little boy feel like a big man! But you aren't, and you never will be. How many posts do you have on a website designed to waste time? I visit out of fun, you live here, because you're tired old hermit with nothing to live for, you are indeed more dangerous than I am. Because I have something to live for and you, you do not. Sad little man. |
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 Draculya
Male, 30-39, Asia
6298 Posts
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Saturday, September 08, 2012 9:06:18 PM
"Send them to Mexico." I wonder if the Mexicans are angry that you turned their country into a war-zone. |
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RytWing
Male, 30-39, Western US
183 Posts
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Saturday, September 08, 2012 6:47:35 PM
This is how you instill fear into criminals. Not with more laws or more cops, but with armed and responsible citizens. There is no better deterrent. |
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 OutWest
Male, 50-59, Western US
548 Posts
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Saturday, September 08, 2012 6:02:37 PM
Take away his guns.... Send them to Mexico. |
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intrigid
Male, 18-29, Canada
877 Posts
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Saturday, September 08, 2012 6:00:46 PM
Good for him. Happy, positive story all around. |
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 5Cats
Male, 40-49, Canada
16939 Posts
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Saturday, September 08, 2012 5:22:19 PM
what if, when he heard the noise downstairs, he called the cops and left the house out the front door?
@SmagBoy: Answer: Because a 92 year-old and his wife cannot outrun 3 much younger, probably armed criminals. If they went outside they'd be completely defenceless, better to try to hide in a bathroom or something, BUT much better still is defending one's self! |
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 turdburglar
Male, 30-39, Western US
1797 Posts
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Saturday, September 08, 2012 4:32:35 PM
My mind has officially been blown. It is hard to believe that some people on this thread think the homeowner should have left his own house. Even worse is having sympathy for the burglar. He was violently robbing a old man for the 5th time!
Men nowadays are becoming pussies. If you don't believe me, scroll up to the post "high school football rally". Screw having "sympathy" and "feelings" in a case like this...how about having consequences for a violent crime. |
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MeGrendel
Male, 40-49, Southern US
2331 Posts
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Saturday, September 08, 2012 2:57:13 PM
Quik2TheStab-"This person had friends, thoughts, emotions, a birthday, parents, etc... "
And that means exactly what? Now he has friend & parents that will get all emotional on his birthday and share the thought 'What a f@cking idiot he was.'
FoolsPrussia-"You know nothing about the robber's situation either."
We know all we need to know. He was breaking into someone's house in a violent manner and putting the owner in danger. There is NOTHING in his situation that would make that 'alright'. He gave up his right to life right there.
Harlekk-"This guy seems like he was just waiting for an excuse to put a bullet in someone."
Yes, waiting in his very own home....should be charged with stalking. /sarcasm
McDuff73-"have no sympathy for the fact a life was ended"
Why should anyone be sympathetic to this piece of trash? |
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 ferdyfred
Male, 40-49, Europe
5523 Posts
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Saturday, September 08, 2012 2:06:50 PM
Harlekk
Dont think the old guy asked him in.
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ferdyfred
Male, 40-49, Europe
5523 Posts
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Saturday, September 08, 2012 2:04:16 PM
LordJim
I admire your calmness sir |
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ferdyfred
Male, 40-49, Europe
5523 Posts
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Saturday, September 08, 2012 2:02:22 PM
Anyone who invades your home to burgle or otherwise should have the fear that the homeowner has the right to defend his family, property etc.
The Government in the UK are slowly coming round to this ideal, about bloody time too.
Although I guess its a double edged sword, if the burglar knows the homeowner has the law with him, the bugger will carry a bigger gun.
A discussion in itself really
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 An-egg
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
726 Posts
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Saturday, September 08, 2012 1:51:21 PM
What if he'd called the cops and walked away and one of the three burglars had killed him (a 90something year old) with a baseball bat? Or he'd slipped and broken his hip? Walking away isn't always that easy at his age. Sitting where you have the advantage is probably a far better bet. |
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EmagehtmaI
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
154 Posts
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Saturday, September 08, 2012 1:47:49 PM
The man was not only within his rights to shoot the intruder, but he was RIGHT to shoot the intruder, as well. If you disagree, well, you're welcome to your opinion. It's the wrong opinion, but you're still welcome to it.
Seriously, though. Walk out his front door and call the cops? While he was being robbed? What kind of pussy thinks that? |
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 Barnk
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
435 Posts
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Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:01:25 PM
This is how he was quoted: "Time is of the [essence]."
This is what he said: "Time is of the. . . something or other . . . [trails off into incoherent mumbling] . . . who are you? Get out of my house!" |
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