http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/26/ye ... e-invader/

Are they going to lock him up?? He clearly broke chicago's hangun laws ??

 

An 80-year-old Chicago man shot and killed an armed assailant who broke into his two-story house in a predawn home invasion Wednesday on the city's West Side.

 

 

An 80-year-old Chicago man shot and killed an armed man who broke into his two-story house in a pre-dawn home invasion Wednesday on the city's West Side.

 

At about 5:20 a.m., the homeowner and his wife, also in her 80s, discovered the intruder entering their home through a back door. The homeowner, who had a gun, confronted and killed the burglar on the doorstep, police said. Cops said the intruder also fired his gun during the struggle.

 

"It's a good thing they had a gun, or they might be dead," said Curtis Thompson, who lives next door to the couple, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

 

Neighbors described the elderly couple, who both walk with canes, as pillars of the community in Garfield Park, where home invasions have been all too frequent.

 

Their neighbor, Shaquite Johnson, told MyFoxChicago that the two are "heroes" for fighting off the attacker

As bad as it sounds I almost hope he IS prosecuted. Locking him up is exactly the kind of story that would outrage even anti gunners (and certainly neutrals) and if made big enough could bring alot of attention to how stupid some of these gun laws are.

Maybe mayor clown ass could shove a rifle up his but so he can see what it does....

If Fox is reporting the story accurately then this really puts the anti gun lobby in a dilemma.

 

If they do prosecute they are faced with the absurdity of making it illegal for an otherwise helpless man to defend himself against an armed aggressor. On the other hand if they don't prosecute this clear violation of the law, then it's an admission that the law is unjust.

 

At the risk of sounding opportunistic, this seems like the best test case a gun rights supporter could ask for. The Brady Bunch won't be able to play the cowboy redneck angle with an 80 year old veteran and nurse whose home was invaded by an armed intruder.

Right on the money lorenzo

Anyone else picturing Eastwood in Gran Torino?

Anyone else picturing Eastwood in Gran Torino?

 

GET OFF MY LAWN!

Anyone else picturing Eastwood in Gran Torino?

 

 

:text-yeahthat:

 

I am betting the gun he used to defend himself was a 1911 too.

Is Chicago in NJ or did we lend them some of our over intelligent politicians???

 

Frigged up laws there too? :shifty:

Good for the old man...

 

 

I'm curious where this will head now

+1 for the good guy's -1 for the perp's...

 

could it have been his side arm from when ne served ?

Right on the money lorenzo

 

 

X2 i think that hits it right on the head...

 

i always wondered what would happen in a state like NJ.. if say you were illegally carrying.. and happen to intervene in a situation where you stopped something REALLY bad from happening.. has that ever happened? (I obviously do not advocate illegal carry.. purely hypothetical).. but the situation I am referring to would be something like... "man illegally carrying gun he legally owns stops child abductor" I wonder what happens after a situation like that?

 

could it have been his side arm from when ne served ?

 

AND if it is? does that make any difference in reference to a hand gun ban? or is it a flat out NO exceptions handgun ban?

Right on the money lorenzo

 

 

X2 i think that hits it right on the head...

 

i always wondered what would happen in a state like NJ.. if say you were illegally carrying.. and happen to intervene in a situation where you stopped something REALLY bad from happening.. has that ever happened? (I obviously do not advocate illegal carry.. purely hypothetical).. but the situation I am referring to would be something like... "man illegally carrying gun he legally owns stops child abductor" I wonder what happens after a situation like that?

 

I think you would still be screwed here in NJ. They would have to prosecute you and make an example out of you to discourage what they see as "vigilantes".