Posted on 04/24/2013 12:43:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Mormon bishop who used a samurai sword to defend a neighbor lady being attacked by a stalker is just an irresistible story. So many contemporary memes collide.
First the facts, from Fox News:
Kent Hendrix woke up Tuesday to his teenage son pounding on his bedroom door and telling him somebody was being mugged in front of their house. The 47-year-old father of six rushed out the door and grabbed the weapon closest to him -- a 29-inch high carbon steel Samurai sword.
Hendrix, a bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said it was the first time in 30 years of practicing martial arts that he's used the sword. He didn't swing it at the man, only showing him he had it.
He came upon what he describes as a melee between a woman and a man. His son stayed inside to call 911 while he approached the man along with other neighbors who came to help. The martial arts instructor didn't hesitate in drawing the sword and yelling at him to get on the ground.
'He was staring down 29 inches of razor'
"His eyes got as big as saucers and he kind of gasped and jumped back," Hendrix said by phone Tuesday afternoon. "As he was coming through the fence, this is where I drew down on him and told him to get down on the ground," Hendrix told Fox13Now.com. He continued, "he was staring down 29 inches of razor."
Unfortunately, the attacker escaped.
Liberals currently obsess about guns, fetishizing them into objects with inherent malevolence of their own ("assault weapons") so it is refreshing to remember that razors, knives, and even swords can be equally fearsome and lethal. Particularly so, the samurai sword, a marvel of preindustrial technology
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It’s not just you; I made the same observation on a different thread.
Good for him.
It probably would have been easier to use a gun, but a Samurai sword sure has a great visual.
I wonder if it was a “Cold Steel” samurai sword.
Now that’s some serious blood atonement!
That sword is far more lethal than a gun at close range.
Shhh don’t tell Joe Biden. He won’t let us have shotguns any more.
I don’t know why Joe Biden even let’s this guy have a sword. “No one needs a katana to kill a deer.”
What the hell did “Mormon Bishop” have to do with the story?
Are mormons the new Ninja?
If he’d been busted for a DUI, and plenty are, it might have been relevant. (Rolls eyes)
Cool pic tho. Eeee- Yah!
“Are mormons the new Ninja”
Magical, mystic underoos = undercover ninja outfit
Bill talks to Budd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMI1uQBHUpA
Most likely, it was carbon steel, not hardened steel. The real McCoy samurai sword in hardened steel is worth tens of thousands of dollars if you are lucky enough to find one.
The carbon steel replicas look nice but cost about $80 for a tsurugi and katana set. They wouldn't feel very nice on the back of your neck, but they won't behead with a single stroke either.
And, yeah, he does look a lot like Glen Beck.
Based on the headline,the mugger had the sword.
Are there any writers who use words correctly?
My kind of Mormon!
Don’t mess with Mormon Bishops!
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