Posted on 12/14/2006 6:38:51 AM PST by Graybeard58
Unless you get upstate New York television stations on your satellite dish or surf TV stations' Web sites, you probably haven't heard about what happened to Raymond and Joyce Papin.
On Dec. 4, the couple had retired for the evening when they heard a noise in their house on the outskirts of Alexandria, a town of about 4,000 on the St. Lawrence River. Mr. Papin, 82, got up and found two masked men in camouflage clothing poking around his kitchen, according to WWTI-TV Channel 50. When the robbers demanded money, Mr. Papin smashed the smaller of the two in the face with a sugar bowl, and a struggle ensued.
Seconds later, Mrs. Papin, 74, entered the kitchen packing a shotgun and told the intruders to beat it. They obliged. The Papins were shaken by the incident, but uninjured. The criminals likewise were unharmed, but also went away empty-handed. The thugs figured the Papins would be easy marks because they are elderly and live on a farm a good distance from the village. What they didn't figure on was the shotgun.
Criminologists estimate at least 2 million crimes a year in America are thwarted in just this manner: armed citizens use guns to defend themselves and their property without ever firing a shot. Unfortunately, most media outlets don't consider this news, so almost all the incidents go unreported.
But think how many more crimes could be averted if anti-gun politicians weren't so obsessed with making the job of criminals easier by disarming upright citizens.
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Gun control laws are actually "workplace safety regulations for criminals". The politicians who pass them have great sympathy for the criminals because they have so much in common with them.
Be not afraid of any man no matter what his size
When danger threatens, call on me, and I will equalize
Col. Sam Colt
Or in this case, a shotgun.
"The politicians who pass them have great sympathy for the criminals because they have so much in common with them."
What a comment, so right-on.
This could be a tagline, unless you have copyrights on it!
When they take our guns and our paper money, we're done for.
WE have an old plott hound that just wants to taste anybody he don't know; and nothing passes this old boy's eye.
IMHO, a serious suggestion that that will happen may precipitate the Second American Revolution.
Got ammo?
I believe in a multi-layered system of personal defense which includes firearms and canines. Anyone who wants to peel my onion is going to be left crying....
Nah, no copyright, friend. If you so choose, please use it in good health with my compliments.
Moral of the story: Marry a young feisty one! ;-)
Good post. I need a gal like that!
Should be said more than once..
Gun control laws are actually "workplace safety regulations for criminals". The politicians who pass them have great sympathy for the criminals because they have so much in common with them.
Spot on. Well said.
Splendidly phrased.
We can only hope the militia in the citizenry will react in time.
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