92-Year-Old World War II Vet Shoots and Kills Home Intruder

[OkieMoe]

http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/09/0...ld-war-ii-vet-shoots-and-kills-home-intruder/

Earl Jones, a 92-year-old World War II vet, claims he was in his room and ready for bed when he heard someone breaking into his Kentucky home. Since this was the third time he was robbed, he grabbed his gun and waited at the top of the stairs. When he spotted the man, he shot him in the chest and by the time the cops got there the intruder was gone.

Jones said, “I aimed for the center of the heart in the chest … He’s a big guy, he had a big chest.”

I bet that man is as sharp as a tack!

 

[reddog1]

Kudos to the fella!!!

 

[RKM]

I thought 22's were a bad choice for home defense.....


http://nky.cincinnati.com/article/A...obber-home?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

 

[DPI]

I thought 22's were a bad choice for home defense.....


http://nky.cincinnati.com/article/A...obber-home?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

Those old farts don't mess around! I have an uncle who is exactly the same way. I do have one question, how can someone steal 90 head of cattle?

 

[okav8tor]

I thought 22's were a bad choice for home defense.....


http://nky.cincinnati.com/article/A...obber-home?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

If you put the bullet in the right place and hit something vital a .22 can be lethal ... just may take a bit longer than a larger round as in this case since the robber made it back out and to the getaway car before dying.

 

[criticalbass]

Combination of not enough gun and good luck. The BG might have been able to return fire even though fatally wounded.

At that distance, a shotgun would have been a better idea.

 

[RKM]

If you put the bullet in the right place and hit something vital a .22 can be lethal ... just may take a bit longer than a larger round as in this case since the robber made it back out and to the getaway car before dying.

Not according to the article..........

Two men with Maxwell, Ryan Dalton, 22, and Donnie Inabnit, 20, both of Dry Ridge, were charged with second degree burglary and tampering with evidence. Police say they removed Maxwell’s body from Jones’ Violet Road home.

 

[Nimaro]

http://12160.info/page/92-year-old-...ome-intruder-as-soon-as-he?xg_source=activity

Calls it a shotgun but we all know how reporters are with their gun idfu

I love when he says "he had a change of attitude"

 

[TwoForFlinching]

Pure greatest generation awesomeness

 

[MoBoost]

Every thread (including two on OSA) has caliber envy - for some reason it makes me smile every time someone says "he should've used (insert bigger caliber)".