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Texas Game of Thrones fan staves off an intruder with a MEDIEVAL SWORD...
Mail Online ^ | 9/20/2014 | Mail Online

Posted on 09/20/2014 3:36:14 PM PDT by Ramius

A homeowner sporting a Game of Thrones T-Shirt and brandished with a medieval sword says that he could have taken the life of an intruder who entered his home but that he is a Christian and doesn't believe in killing.

Thomas McGowan, 25, broke into the Wichita Falls, Texas home of Jimmy Morgan Jr. at midnight on Tuesday but retreated with terror leaving splatters of blood on the wall after Morgan Jr. whipped out a medieval sword and told him to get lost.

McGowan broke into Morgan Jr.'s home to hide from police after crashing his car during a police chase.

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Morgan Jr. had the intruder cornered the other night and easily could have killed him but he says he is a religious and moral man who doesn't believe in taking someone's life.

'I am a Christian man and I don't want to take life, however I want to make sure that he understands that his life was mine to take. I let him have it.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2763175/Texas-Game-Thrones-fan-staves-intruder-MEDIEVAL-SWORD-instead-gun-christian-doesn-t-believe-killing.html#ixzz3DtkIcBUR

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Texas
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To: Ramius

After his battle, did he engage in incest?


21 posted on 09/20/2014 4:53:56 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Ramius

My oldest son is doppleganger for Jon Snow minus the stubble


22 posted on 09/20/2014 4:57:37 PM PDT by wardaddy (Ferguson MO...but i thought blacks went north to escape the racism of mean ol southerners)
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To: Ramius

My oldest son is doppleganger for Jon Snow minus the stubble


23 posted on 09/20/2014 4:59:48 PM PDT by wardaddy (Ferguson MO...but i thought blacks went north to escape the racism of mean ol southerners)
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To: Sherman Logan
...but I suspect a kukri or similar weapon would be more effective.

The navy cutlass was designed for tight spaces aboard ship. Just big enough, heavy in the blade but nimble enough for hallways and other indoor places. Like noted above a very good advantage of a blade over a gun indoors is that there's no danger of over penetration into other rooms. Except for the mess.

24 posted on 09/20/2014 5:01:17 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
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To: Ramius
and brandished a medieval sword...

There can only be one.......

25 posted on 09/20/2014 5:04:33 PM PDT by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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To: Ramius

Er

The plot was FOILed....great

My boys often ask the best sword

Having roomed with a fencer at Ole Miss

Id say ...in great hands....sorry Rob Roy and Mr Wallace or Kurosawa

A rapier with a nice offensive buckler or small sword


26 posted on 09/20/2014 5:07:38 PM PDT by wardaddy (Ferguson MO...but i thought blacks went north to escape the racism of mean ol southerners)
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To: Ramius

According to some friends on Facebook, he is a pretty well respected SCA member who is a ranked heavy fighter in sword, shield and heavy armor. The guy who broke in is lucky to be alive


27 posted on 09/20/2014 5:12:18 PM PDT by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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To: wardaddy
Since we all Scottish today ..what with the vote and all......how about a Dudh Sigan ....


28 posted on 09/20/2014 5:15:56 PM PDT by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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To: Ramius

You bet. Though many preferred a pike or boarding axe in the melee.

You may note that very few boarders probably chose a longsword.


29 posted on 09/20/2014 5:23:50 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins most of the battles. Reality wins ALL the wars.)
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To: freedumb2003
How is “Game of Thrones." The commercials look cool...

It's fantastic. Give it a try and it will hook you.

30 posted on 09/20/2014 5:28:50 PM PDT by greenishness
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To: Ramius
" In a small darkened space that sight of a long glint of sharp steel reaches deep into a very primal place in the human psyche. Instant fear."

The sound of a 12 Ga. pump shotgun being racked has a very chilling effect as well.

31 posted on 09/20/2014 5:43:00 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Barak Hussein Obama- the first step into a thousand years of darkness.)
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To: Ramius

someone better explain to him you can be christian and kill someone in self-defense. not that you WANT to or take pleasure in killing, but that if it happens in self-defense, it’s a result of their attack, not an end goal of yours.


32 posted on 09/20/2014 6:00:52 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Ramius

Luke 22: 36

36: And He said to them, “But now, whoever has a money belt is to take it along, likewise also a bag, and whoever has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one.


33 posted on 09/20/2014 6:01:40 PM PDT by Redcitizen (Hmph. Adventure. Heh. Excitement. Heh. A Jedi craves not these things.)
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To: Ramius

Bible says you can’t “murder.” No where does it say you can’t kill in your own defense.


34 posted on 09/20/2014 6:04:27 PM PDT by Noamie
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To: Ramius; All
Thanks, for the ping!
D@MN!..One day, too late for International-Speak-Like-A-Pirate-Medieval-Day.

35 posted on 09/20/2014 6:16:41 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics in always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8^)
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To: Telepathic Intruder; Ramius; All
...and think, of all that Bloody paperwork
We practice with (Bokken) Swords in our class.

36 posted on 09/20/2014 6:20:23 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics in always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8^)
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To: taxcontrol

I was thinking the same thing, especially in a small space. A shotgun is my personal choice for home protection but it should have a short barrel for use in a hallway or tight space.


37 posted on 09/20/2014 6:25:21 PM PDT by neefer (Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run.)
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To: wardaddy
I second, you. I would say the Rapier and Buckler make a perfect combination, even over a Katana.
38 posted on 09/20/2014 7:20:01 PM PDT by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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To: Sherman Logan
A Gurkha with a kukri commands a lot of respect even when he is smiling and showing it to you.

I think I would rather carry a kukri than any other bladed weapon when facing an intruder. They are wicked looking things. It will make the other guy think at least three times before closing with you.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

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LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

39 posted on 09/20/2014 7:51:03 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: neefer

I have trained martial arts, US Army close quarters combat, Infantry weapons and even Mount operations. I have taught SWAT teams for the US Military Prison (USDB at Ft Leavenworth.

In my opinion, the two best weapons for a narrow hallway are a short barreled shotgun (#8 or #9 bird shot) backed up with either a hatchet or a Kukri (Gurkha knife)


40 posted on 09/20/2014 8:14:12 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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