Just a month or so Obama banned a bunch of m1's from being shipped into the US and sold to Korean war vets.

 

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Veteran shoots intruder with gun carried during Korean War

Published May 09, 2012

Associated Press

 

Fred Ricciutti said he could see someone coming into the room. He pulled a gun out of a drawer, yelled a warning and then fired once, hitting the suspect in the neck. (WPXI.com)

ELIZABETH, Pa. –  An 84-year-old western Pennsylvania man and Korean War vet shot and wounded a home invasion suspect, and then forgave the man's family when they came to apologize.

Police said Raymond Hiles, 25, was captured Tuesday not long after trying to break into Fred Ricciutti's Elizabeth Township home, about 15 miles south of Pittsburgh.

"My wife and I were asleep. We were staying downstairs because my wife is ill," Ricciutti told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Ricciutti said he heard a noise at about 4:30 a.m. and could see someone coming into the room. He pulled a gun out of a drawer, yelled a warning at Hiles and then fired once, hitting him in the neck.

Ricciutti, who was born in Italy, said he came to the U.S. in 1937, and later served in a tank battalion during the Korean War.

"In the war I experienced a lot of bad things, but I had never experienced that in my own house," he said of the invasion.

Ricciutti said the suspect lives across the street, and he's never faced any hostility in the town.

"I know the family. They're good people," he said, adding that they came over in tears to apologize for what Hiles allegedly did.

"I forgave them," he said, adding that he couldn't hold them responsible for Hiles' actions.

WPXI-TV first reported that investigators said Hiles was arrested a few blocks away, carrying a screwdriver and a stun gun. He's being held on $100,000 bail on charges including criminal trespass and burglary.

Online court records don't list an attorney for Hiles.

Authorities said they don't expect to bring any charges against Ricciutti.

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Good job by the vet.

+1 another + story..

And the moral of the story: Don't come to a gun fight with a screwdriver and a taser....

What does Obama have to do with this?

Obama banned a bunch of Korean war m1 rifles from being shipped into the united states that were be be made available for Korean war vets. Even though the m1 is perfectly legal.

Obama banned a bunch of Korean war m1 rifles from being shipped into the united states that were be be made available for Korean war vets. Even though the m1 is perfectly legal.

 

Wasn't part of the issue though that the US Gov't maintained they were leased rifles and therefore property of the US Gov't, and South Korea said they were given to them and were going to sell them?