Firearm maintenance fail.
“samurai sword . . . pitchfork”
What century are we living in?
Don’t carry or even think of possessing if you aren’t willing to get edguminkated ( memories of my DI back in the day)
“Homeowner uses samurai sword to stab suspected burglar armed with a pitchfork”
Sounds like a really bad kung-fu movie.
Probably had the mag loaded with some $3 per round super-deluxe hollow points, that were too expensive to test fire. (But, hey, all the reviews said they were the best! ;^)
We have all the armaments from past times available.
Edge weapons are great to have for close quarters and when you run out of boomstick cartridges.
What are the odds:
That a burglar will burgle while brandishing a pitchfork,
and that a 71 homeowner will be a battle-ready, combat experienced man armed with samurai, that was not for display purposes only, and he was ready /willing to fight to the death in order to defend hearth and home?
‘Wait for the arrival for police so that we can… shoot your dog and accuse you of defending yourself’
I don't know what it is, but 50 and 60 year old suspects are becoming much more common around Seattle. Murder and burglary stories abound in the local media, and geezers seem to be taking up new occupations.
I get that a gun will sometimes jam. That’s why I prefer a revolver over a semi-auto.
Anyway, who would pick a samurai sword as a backup weapon? It’s way better than nothing, of course. But I could think of better options.
On second thought, this happened in Seattle. So I guess that any citizen’s defensive maneuver is worthy of praise. End of story.
So the burglar Used a pitchfork to attack the homeowner. I wonder what his record was, was he a three tine loser?
There was funky Billy Chin and little Sammy Chung
He said, “Here comes the big boss (huh-ha!), let’s get it on”
We took a bow and made a stand, started swaying with the hand
A sudden motion made me skip, now we’re into a brand-new trip
… Everybody was kung fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact, it was a little bit frightening
But they fought with expert timing
Probably a stupid revolver. Not a fan.
That's like the difference between a semi auto and a revolver.
As long as the pitchfork toting burglar is not black or the sword wielding home owner is not white, No Problemo.
Clean your firearm regularly and make sure the correct ammo for the gun is in the magazine.
As a side note, many potential victims are saved because the thugs don’t know the difference between a 9mm and .38 cartridge. They think it looks about the same size and one bullet is as good as another. The difference may seem like nothing to the eye, but it can make a large difference as to whether or not a firearm will effectively and repeatedly fire that ammo.
But, given the victim’s age, I suspect that gun had been in the bedroom nightstand with no recent maintenance and that was the cause of the gun fail.
However, in such a situation, I guess one uses the weapons available (and working) and a samurai sword is better than nothing.
Sword vs. pitchfork. Doesn’t get much better than that.
This happened in Wokeisstan. The key question will be whether it was an assault pitchfork.