73 year old man, vs. two robbers and a gun to his head, draws his own gun, kills both robbers...

[2aguy]

Please....name any other martial art where a 73 year old man could face two men, armed with guns, and kill both of them....please.......tell me which magical martial art would allow that.....

This is the miracle of a firearm...it allows a 73 year old man, who has a gun pointed at his head, to defeat and kill the two men with guns robbing him.......

of course...the attackers should have been in jail...and they had illegal guns ....

73-Year-Old Homeowner Kills Two Armed Robbers: Defensive Gun Use of the Day - The Truth About Guns

An [unnamed] active 73-year-old retiree was well liked in his South St. Louis neighborhood. He helped people out. He spent much of his time in his garage working on his truck. The retiree had been a victim of robbery attempts before. The armed homeowner was in his garage, working on his truck, when two men entered with guns drawn. From fox2now.com:

A 73-year-old man told police that he shot the suspects after they attempted to rob him. Investigators say that the man was inside of his garage when the suspects entered the door and displayed their guns. Police say that one of the suspects held a gun to the victim’s head and demanded the victim back up.

The victim said he got out his gun and, fearing for his safety, shot at the men. Police say that the victim’s gun and the guns used by the suspects were recovered from the scene. The gun recovered from Jonathan Warren was reported stolen on Sunday by the Florissant Police Department.

The homeowner’s marksmanship didn’t let him down. The two dead robbers, Jonathan Warren, 18, and Lonnie Middlebrook, 20, had significant criminal histories. No surprise there. From stltoday comments:

Case.net shows these two were certainly not on the path to stellar citizenship. Middlebrook already had charges pending on unlawful possession of a firearm over the summer. The other guy had charges for elder abuse and property damage with intent to steal. Plus it looks like they both had several run-ins with MetroLink.

 

[emilynghiem]

Thanks 2aguy
The right to bear arms should be taught and enforced in context with the rest of the Bill of Rights and Constitution.
It is for law abiding citizens to defend the law, not to violate it.
At 18 and 20, I doubt these two offenders had equal education of the laws
that other people do who respect the meaning of our Constitutional laws and the authority it gives us
to exercise and defend our own liberties. They would not resort to robbing others of property
if they had more faith and experience managing and defending their own in lawful ways.

We are sorely lacking in the area of equal education , experience and empowerment
based on Constitutional laws and principles. And how our country and economy is built on free enterprise
and wise investment in sustainable growth for the future.

I'd rather see advocates on left and right
unite in teaching the proper perspective on gun rights
in relation to respect for due process of laws
and not depriving any person of life liberty and property,
so both gun rights can be enforced as well as gun violence reduced or eliminated.

perhaps we need laws on citizenship requiring civic training and pledge to defend and not violate laws,
or else accept financial responsibility for all costs of any conviction of a premeditated crime
involving either abuse of firearms (or legal judicial or govt abuse of authority and defense).

it is bad enough to commit crimes against others, but to violate
the rights of others by abusing gun rights and authorities of law that are supposed to be used to defend rights,
that should count as double or triple the violation.

I could see laws allowing citizenship to be revoked,
restitution and labor to pay back debts and damages to be required,
or even something as simple as gun insurance the way cars
have insurance requirements per state.

If each state or city had to be responsible for the costs of policing
their own to the point where citizens were charged back the costs
of their own violations, maybe that would act as a deterrent.
But as long as law abiding taxpayers pay the punishment
and costs of these crimes, where is the motivation to prevent them?
The politicians making money off the crime, prisons, and fear of
crime keep benefiting off the conflicts. so it's up to the people to break this pattern
and invest in real solutions, quit charging taxpayers the costs, and quit paying
politicians who benefit off not solving the real issues.

 

[Intolerant]

I love happy endings. The old man gets to live out his life.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

2 dead scumbags. No loss to the human race

 

[JustAnotherNut]

Please....name any other martial art where a 73 year old man could face two men, armed with guns, and kill both of them....please.......tell me which magical martial art would allow that.....

This is the miracle of a firearm...it allows a 73 year old man, who has a gun pointed at his head, to defeat and kill the two men with guns robbing him.......

of course...the attackers should have been in jail...and they had illegal guns ....

73-Year-Old Homeowner Kills Two Armed Robbers: Defensive Gun Use of the Day - The Truth About Guns

An [unnamed] active 73-year-old retiree was well liked in his South St. Louis neighborhood. He helped people out. He spent much of his time in his garage working on his truck. The retiree had been a victim of robbery attempts before. The armed homeowner was in his garage, working on his truck, when two men entered with guns drawn. From fox2now.com:

A 73-year-old man told police that he shot the suspects after they attempted to rob him. Investigators say that the man was inside of his garage when the suspects entered the door and displayed their guns. Police say that one of the suspects held a gun to the victim’s head and demanded the victim back up.

The victim said he got out his gun and, fearing for his safety, shot at the men. Police say that the victim’s gun and the guns used by the suspects were recovered from the scene. The gun recovered from Jonathan Warren was reported stolen on Sunday by the Florissant Police Department.

The homeowner’s marksmanship didn’t let him down. The two dead robbers, Jonathan Warren, 18, and Lonnie Middlebrook, 20, had significant criminal histories. No surprise there. From stltoday comments:

Case.net shows these two were certainly not on the path to stellar citizenship. Middlebrook already had charges pending on unlawful possession of a firearm over the summer. The other guy had charges for elder abuse and property damage with intent to steal. Plus it looks like they both had several run-ins with MetroLink.

David Carradine's Kung Fu......grasshoppa

 

[jon_berzerk]

Please....name any other martial art where a 73 year old man could face two men, armed with guns, and kill both of them....please.......tell me which magical martial art would allow that.....

This is the miracle of a firearm...it allows a 73 year old man, who has a gun pointed at his head, to defeat and kill the two men with guns robbing him.......

of course...the attackers should have been in jail...and they had illegal guns ....

73-Year-Old Homeowner Kills Two Armed Robbers: Defensive Gun Use of the Day - The Truth About Guns

An [unnamed] active 73-year-old retiree was well liked in his South St. Louis neighborhood. He helped people out. He spent much of his time in his garage working on his truck. The retiree had been a victim of robbery attempts before. The armed homeowner was in his garage, working on his truck, when two men entered with guns drawn. From fox2now.com:

A 73-year-old man told police that he shot the suspects after they attempted to rob him. Investigators say that the man was inside of his garage when the suspects entered the door and displayed their guns. Police say that one of the suspects held a gun to the victim’s head and demanded the victim back up.

The victim said he got out his gun and, fearing for his safety, shot at the men. Police say that the victim’s gun and the guns used by the suspects were recovered from the scene. The gun recovered from Jonathan Warren was reported stolen on Sunday by the Florissant Police Department.

The homeowner’s marksmanship didn’t let him down. The two dead robbers, Jonathan Warren, 18, and Lonnie Middlebrook, 20, had significant criminal histories. No surprise there. From stltoday comments:

Case.net shows these two were certainly not on the path to stellar citizenship. Middlebrook already had charges pending on unlawful possession of a firearm over the summer. The other guy had charges for elder abuse and property damage with intent to steal. Plus it looks like they both had several run-ins with MetroLink.

good guy with a gun delivers a double tax payer relief shots

 

[M14 Shooter]

Two fewer thugs in the world

 

[Skull Pilot]

That can't be because we all know that weak people never defend themselves with guns

 

[emilynghiem]

2 dead scumbags. No loss to the human race

Yes it's still a loss. Grampa Murked U
This man should not have to live with the memory of killing to defend himself. Some ppl are fully at peace after having to do their duty, but most feel repercussions because we are human with a conscience
I know a man who had to shoot someone to death in his house, and he had to move to put that behind him.
It's still a loss and we could do better to teach parents to teach their kids so this stops happening.

Adolescents don't fully develop an adult brain until 21-25.

18 and 20 especially require mentorship and supervision.
This man could have died, and many do when criminals get a hold of guns without first learning and agreeing to enforce laws instead of violating them.

Letting citizens run free without teaching them laws is like letting anyone on the roads without teaching them the traffic rules. People die that way.

This is cruel and needs to stop.
You remind me of the father of one of the two girls raped mutilated and strangled to death by young men in a gang initiation ritual. Even that dad who supported the death penalty for the gang members had compassion for the single mom whose son did this with the gang. He asked where was the help for the mothers trying to raise their kids on their own, how could this be prevented. Yes he supported the death penalty for what they did to two young girls in the wrong place at the wrong time. But he recognized a mother without help to raise her son losing him to gangs and crime, which caused him to lose his daughter. That's a loss too

 

[grbb]

You know what. This is a happy ending. If I can do something to make more stories like this happen, I would. Let me know.

Two vermin die. Money saved.

Thanks God