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911 tells 80-year-old woman to put gun down during home invasion
EAG News ^ | Aug 7, 2014 | Michael Dorstewitz

Posted on 08/07/2014 7:29:52 AM PDT by Innovative

HOLMES BEACH, Fla. – An 80-year-old Florida woman grabbed her gun and called 911 during a home invasion. While the burglars were breaking a window to her residence, the police dispatcher told her to “put the gun down.” Huh?

Logan was all alone — her husband was playing bridge at a friend’s house. That’s when she took matters into her own hands. She grabbed her gun and dialed the police emergency number as she headed downstairs.

“When I called 911 she kept saying put the gun down, put the gun down, and I said I’ll put the gun down when I see the police,” Logan told the station.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; homeinvasion; selfdefense
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To: ElkGroveDan
My first reaction was, “That lady is 80?"

Well preserved, indeed... Probably good looking at 40, and stunning at 20...

41 posted on 08/07/2014 9:11:30 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias... "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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To: cloudmountain
“911 operator: minimum wage, minority, could care less about some old w**** woman??

My, I sound cynical.”

Nope - you are quite accurate. Another white woman called the FloriDUH Game Commission to report a bear had chased her dog andwas so close to the dog she had to shut the door on her pet because there was no way the door could be shut fast enough to let the dog in and still keep the bear out.

She had to listen to her dog being killed on the other side of the door. She couldn't shoot the bear because FloriDUH Libtards and AgencyPersons gave the bears(common black bear) “special protection”.

When she got a younger, black female on the line she was told “Get a higher fence, the bear was there first”.

I hope I am wrong, but every day it seems some AgencyPerson, or Urban Feral, or illegal alien is doing their best to fray the fabric of America until Civil War II finally results.

42 posted on 08/07/2014 9:11:50 AM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and for what Muslims do.)
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To: Oberon

The 911 operator was covering her own butt. If she didn’t tell the caller to put down her gun and the “innocent” perp was shot, the case could mean trouble for the operator. On the other hand, if the caller was killed by the perp while holding her gun, it is just more evidence that owning a gun can get you killed. Chalk it up to yet another case of the police getting there too late. Too bad. Meanwhile the 911 operator can say that she was just doing her job.......


43 posted on 08/07/2014 9:12:17 AM PDT by Nevadan
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To: duffee

“I’ll dial 357”

Sounds like you have an old fashioned “rotary” aid device.


44 posted on 08/07/2014 9:18:21 AM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and for what Muslims do.)
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To: Oberon

“What did this 911 operator think putting the gun down was going to accomplish?”

She is simply a parrot for the cops. Above all else, they “need to feel safe.” The safety of the homeowner is clearly secondary. People should have a town hall meeting, make it clear to the cops about guns in the home and that they will have to deal with an armed homeowner in responding to this kind of “call for service.”


45 posted on 08/07/2014 9:18:23 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: Innovative

“Would the idiot 911 operator be willing to take responsibility if the old lady had been killed by the burglar?!”

No. In fact I wouldn’t doubt that the 911 operator was
intentionally doing that for that particular outcome. You
should see the people they hire for that job and most
government jobs. The unemployable, people who just got out
of prison or mental institutions. I wouldn’t doubt it if it’s
farmed out to minimum security prison inmates. Never ever
trust a government employee unless you know for sure who
they are and even then be wary.


46 posted on 08/07/2014 9:21:35 AM PDT by Slambat
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To: Nevadan

“The 911 operator was covering her own butt. If she didn’t tell the caller to put down her gun and the “innocent” perp was shot, the case could mean trouble for the operator. On the other hand, if the caller was killed by the perp while holding her gun, it is just more evidence that owning a gun can get you killed. Chalk it up to yet another case of the police getting there too late. Too bad. Meanwhile the 911 operator can say that she was just doing her job.......”

You are giving far too much credence to the “intellect” of the 911 operator. They probably consider a morning pee and tying their shoes as major events in their daily living experience.


47 posted on 08/07/2014 9:22:27 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: ElkGroveDan

Send that Florida lady a case of champagne!

Women who are 80 and over out here are small business owners, well armed-they know how to use those guns and do not mind taking out an intruder-in this isolated area, help from the sheriff is 30-60 minutes away...


48 posted on 08/07/2014 9:25:00 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Innovative

I think that this is the 911 operator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FgcrT0enCA

Obama Hat-Wearing Anti-Gun Protestor Says She’d Rather be Murdered than Use a Gun in Self Defense .

“Self defense is not an option, it just is not an option.”

What if someone was trying to kill you?

“Then I would just be dead.”


49 posted on 08/07/2014 9:26:14 AM PDT by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
. If you are being mugged or robbed, don’t resist, give the thug what he wants, then call the police later.

As long as criminals announce their intentions to the victim before they start, that should work out just fine.

: )

50 posted on 08/07/2014 9:32:43 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Fido969
When did that turn around?

Back in the 60's when the communists/socialists decided to use the hippie movement to invade the US from the inside.

51 posted on 08/07/2014 9:35:27 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Oberon
What did this 911 operator think putting the gun down was going to accomplish?

A bonus on her paycheck.

52 posted on 08/07/2014 9:36:19 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: tanknetter
Iirc one of the things that came out during the Zimmerman trial is that 911 aren’t allowed to give directions like this.

Incorrect. What came out of the incident/trial is that one does not have to obey the 911 operator because they are not the police.

53 posted on 08/07/2014 9:41:17 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: cloudmountain

“My, I sound cynical.”

Maybe so, but I’d bet the farm that you nailed it!


54 posted on 08/07/2014 9:42:16 AM PDT by panaxanax
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To: UCANSEE2

I could swear that one of the things the Zimmerman 911 operator said, on the stand, was that nothing he said should be construed as direction, because they aren’t allowed to give any and are even trained not to.


55 posted on 08/07/2014 10:00:11 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: duffee
Your money, possessions, your body, if they take your life someone will have to make the call for you. You’re right I’m not a sheep I’ll dial 357.

GMTA => http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3188577/posts?page=30#30

56 posted on 08/07/2014 10:07:40 AM PDT by Ken H
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To: ElkGroveDan

No kidding, right? She doesn’t look a day over 62.


57 posted on 08/07/2014 10:39:34 AM PDT by Mathews (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
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To: Mathews

I have a friend like that. She never ages.

She has never had a tan.


58 posted on 08/07/2014 10:46:39 AM PDT by buffaloguy
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To: Pride in the USA

That made my day. She looks great, too!


59 posted on 08/07/2014 11:10:27 AM PDT by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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To: tanknetter
That was about following: "You don't have to do that"...

They prosecutor and Tray's partners in crime (the media) were trying to say Zimmerman did not follow the 911 operators instructions. You are quite right...They're there to assist and notify proper authorities and no more.

60 posted on 08/07/2014 12:03:04 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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