Thursday, May 27, 2010

80 y/o vet saves family

Did you read about the 80-year-old veteran with a handgun in Chicago who saved his wife, his 12-year-old great-grandson and himself, when a 29-year-old armed burglar broke into his home at 5:20AM on Wednesday?

Read the article here: http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/05/would-be-burglar-shot-to-death-by-west-side-resident.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ChicagoBreakingNews+%28Chicago+Breaking+News%29

The dead burglar, Anthony Nelson, 29, had a 13-page rap sheet and was wearing stockings over his hands to avoid leaving fingerprints.

The article did not name to veteran but indicated he lived in the 600 block of North Sawyer Avenue, Chicago.

What did Hizzoner have to say? A Chicago tribune article today said that "Mayor Richard Daley refused to say today whether an 80-year-old Army veteran who shot and killed an intruder will be charged under the city's handgun ban."

“Daley acknowledged people's frustration over the issue of gun control but insisted ‘I don't think the answer is guns.’”

It's pretty easy to say that when you have armed bodyguards 24/7. Let him give up the gun that he purportedly carries, give up his armed chauffeur and the bodyguards and the armed guards at his residence, and then see what he says. Let him get car-jacked or attacked in his home. Will he change his tune?

I have the same advice for him that Maricopa County sheriff's deputies have for the Phoenix mayor. SHUT UP. Just SHUT UP.

I stand ready to contribute to the homeowner's legal defense fund, if the Chicago Police charge him with any crime.

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