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Very interesting article. Brings up questions..k and r. Stuart G Dec 2017 #1

No it doesn't for me. I have no issue with responsible gun owners having a gun in the home...but Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #65

A legitimate exercise of your 2nd Amendment rights unlike..... Thomas Hurt Dec 2017 #2

We had an incident like that in Memphis a couple of weeks ago, but then Luciferous Dec 2017 #21

Yeah, this is how I imagine the typical gun humper. hunter Dec 2017 #3

In your mind sarisataka Dec 2017 #6

There's a reason fools like this end up living alone. hunter Dec 2017 #8

Looks like the fools were the thugs who broke in. Calculating Dec 2017 #20

So we're celebrating paranoid old guys who live alone and sleep with loaded guns? hunter Dec 2017 #29

LOL....paranoid.... ileus Dec 2017 #33

Do you sleep with a loaded gun? hunter Dec 2017 #36

Now that you've explained it, I agree with you. The_jackalope Dec 2017 #37

Hah! Just because he is paranoid does not mean they were not after him! GulfCoast66 Dec 2017 #40

This is a sad story. hunter Dec 2017 #44

SMH, you would rather have the old man dead and the criminals alive? Alea Dec 2017 #57

Thank you. nt cwydro Dec 2017 #56

Funny that you know absolutely nothing about this man but somehow you have all this info. Tipperary Dec 2017 #68

Looks like he had good reason to be "paranoid" as you put it workinclasszero Dec 2017 #78

Do you ever consider how fearful the shooter is? If had to live like that, I would move...sad way Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #67

Yeah, he's a survivor. pintobean Dec 2017 #30

Yeah, so am I. hunter Dec 2017 #32

You an 84 year old combat vet? pintobean Dec 2017 #34

No, I'm a survivor who never has, and never will shoot anyone, so help me God. hunter Dec 2017 #38

+1 Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #51

There are horrible people out there who shouldn't own a gun and it has to stop...those who Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #66

Yes I agree that there are some sarisataka Dec 2017 #74

Disgusting for an 80 year old to defend himself from home invaders??? Calculating Dec 2017 #19

I hope they meant to be sarcastic. Luciferous Dec 2017 #23

No sarcasm at all. Every word meant as typed. GulfCoast66 Dec 2017 #41

Naturally, Sailor65x1 Dec 2017 #59

Moral: People who break into occupied houses take their chances. MineralMan Dec 2017 #4

He should be charged with murder. Joe941 Dec 2017 #5

Why? sarisataka Dec 2017 #7

In cases like this, the robber who lived is charged with his friend's murder IronLionZion Dec 2017 #9

Charge with murder? ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #12

probably manslaughter IronLionZion Dec 2017 #13

When my house was burglarized ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #16

That would depend on your state law Lurks Often Dec 2017 #17

In many states GulfCoast66 Dec 2017 #18

Check with a lawyer in your state IronLionZion Dec 2017 #22

And that's what is strange about what the cop told me ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #27

Even Blue states have Castle doctrine. It dates back centuries to English Common Law. NutmegYankee Dec 2017 #50

2nd degree in Mo. - Just happened here a few days ago. pintobean Dec 2017 #24

Felony Murder is the term Lee-Lee Dec 2017 #62

you're kidding, right? nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2017 #45

WTF? infidel621 Dec 2017 #60

How about we post a story about every handgun murder also! n.t USALiberal Dec 2017 #10

Korean combat vet - he's likely killed on our behalf before. FarCenter Dec 2017 #11

I'm very very very very very very anti-gun renate Dec 2017 #14

Seniors know they can be targets. Corgigal Dec 2017 #15

Like in the vast majority of cases of self defense, a 30 round magazine wasn't needed. Kaleva Dec 2017 #25

Cool Story, Bro . stonecutter357 Dec 2017 #26

I couldn't live like that, and I wouldn't feel safe dealing with someone who did ecstatic Dec 2017 #28

"I assume he has no grandkids" left-of-center2012 Dec 2017 #35

One for the bucket list lame54 Dec 2017 #31

Was the intruder armed? Beaverhausen Dec 2017 #39

Why would it matter? Kaleva Dec 2017 #42

Well he weighed 300 pounds and went for an 86 year old man GulfCoast66 Dec 2017 #43

I didn't know being fat was a capital crime Beaverhausen Dec 2017 #46

Doesn't matter if they were armed with a gun or not. LisaL Dec 2017 #47

Not all 300 pounders are fat. GulfCoast66 Dec 2017 #52

Disparity of force DetroitLegalBeagle Dec 2017 #53

How would the homeowner know they were not armed? Alea Dec 2017 #55

Should he wait to find out? infidel621 Dec 2017 #61

This instance doesn't change the math that owning a gun makes it far more likely mythology Dec 2017 #48

He is also a veteran so knows how to use guns. LisaL Dec 2017 #49

Won't suicidal people just kill themselves some other way though? Calculating Dec 2017 #54

They will. But it makes a great excuse to come after guns Lee-Lee Dec 2017 #63

How do you know that it doesn't change rates? Kaleva Dec 2017 #72

The suicide rate for male gun owners is much higher then for male non-gun owners Kaleva Dec 2017 #70

Your user name is appropriate to your post Lee-Lee Dec 2017 #64

Play stupid games, Sailor65x1 Dec 2017 #58

That article doesn't tell us that the intruder was a family member Orrex Dec 2017 #69

I wonder if intruder knew his LisaL Dec 2017 #71

Where I live, we have people breaking into old relative's homes for pills. Kaleva Dec 2017 #73

The aberrant feel-good gun story we're sold as a bill of goods every five or six months. LanternWaste Dec 2017 #75

Much better than "Old man killed by burglars" left-of-center2012 Dec 2017 #76

What if the gun accidentally discharges while he is sleeping ? DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2017 #77

Good shoot... ADX Dec 2017 #79