Guns used for lawful self-defense Pt. 5

[Collector1337]

Woman: "I think everyone's going to tell them 'good job.'"

[Jason]

After the gang rape, but before the mass murder.

[Seth]

Oh data....how I love my data....

Crime
Shotgun-Packing Elderly Couple Ruins Dangerous Fugitive’s Escape Plans with Deadly Shot
Aug. 21, 2013 12:48am Jason Howerton

An escaped inmate was shot and killed Monday by an elderly couple he had been holding at gunpoint for around four hours.

Rodney Eugene Long, a dangerous prison escapee suspected of shooting and injuring a Taylor County deputy, broke into a couple’s home in Bedford, Iowa, at around 10:15 p.m. Monday night and held them for four hours, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Special Agent Mitch Mortvedt said during a news conference.
Escaped Inmate Shot, Killed by Elderly Couple in Beford, Iowa

(WCCI-TV)

Jerome and Carolyn Mauderly said Long was armed with a semi-automatic handgun. Long, 38, also disabled the phones in the Maulderlys’ home as he apparently gathered supplies to aid his escape.

At around 2 a.m. Tuesday morning, Jerome, 71, was somehow able to retrieve his shotgun and shoot the fugitive dead. The couple immediately called 911 and police responded to their home.

“As the situation wore on, a decision was made by the Mauderlys that they were going to defend themselves,” Mortvedt said.

More from KCCI-TV:

The trooper found Long dead face down on the kitchen floor of the couple’s home.

“As the trooper made entry into the residence they found Rodney Long lying face down on the kitchen floor. He secured the situation and obviously checked on the wellbeing of Mr. and Mrs. Mauderly,” said Mortvedt.

Authorities said they searched 16 square miles of the surrounding area in the past several days, including conducting three searches of the couple’s property.

“From the appearance of the scene, it appeared that maybe Mr. Long was gathering supplies to further enhance his escape,” said Mortvedt.

The couple will not face charges in the shooting. Further, the deputy that Long shot during his escape was listed in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries on Tuesday.

Residents were thankful that the manhunt for Long was over:

[Seth]

(crickets chirping.....)

[Warren Dew]

A Houston-area man is being hailed as a hero after he stopped an armed robbery with a gun of his own.

The incident occurred Saturday at K&S Seafood when two armed men barged into the store near closing time....

http://dailycaller.com/2015/01/14/armed ... ry-permit/

[Tero]

But the use of guns is mostly like
1 your hero
2 hey Bill, let me show you my gun...oops!

Its in a 1 to 100 ratio of those type of events

[Seth]

But the use of guns is mostly like
1 your hero
2 hey Bill, let me show you my gun...oops!

Its in a 1 to 100 ratio of those type of events

Really? Your evidence of this alleged fact is....??

[Tero]

Facts. Google it.

[Seth]

Facts. Google it.

Not facts. Specious nonsense at its worst. Not everything you read on the Interwebs happens to be true. Gun accidents are exceeding rare in the US these days. You read about them in the paper precisely because they are so rare. And because the left-wing anti-gun press likes to make a big deal about such incidents, while studiously ignoring DGUs, because they are part of the Progressive political machine and have no objectivity or journalistic integrity.

[Tero]

And gun heroics are one in a million. Most gun use is shooting at stuff. Beer cans, varmints.

[JimC]

Eat hot lead, varmint!

[Seth]

And gun heroics are one in a million. Most gun use is shooting at stuff. Beer cans, varmints.

Yes, about that. 340 million people in the US and perhaps 2.5 million DGUs per year, so yeah, one in a million is ballpark. And that's 2.5 million people who were NOT victimized by a criminal.

And yes, the vast majority of bullets go through paper, beer cans and wild game.

So what's the problem?

[JimC]

I did love hunting bunnies of the farm - the farm dogs loved the hearts and livers I gave them after cleaning the carcasses, too. Such a sweet little .22, the Ruger...

[AvtomatKalashnikova]

I did love hunting bunnies of the farm - the farm dogs loved the hearts and livers I gave them after cleaning the carcasses, too. Such a sweet little .22, the Ruger...

Ruger is nice .22, Avtomat is prefer for Marlin Model 60, but is only personal preference.

[piscator]

10/22s are great little rifles. The standard carbines are as accurate as finest custom rifles of the 1950s and 60s. A decent scope and an aftermarket trigger, and they'll light matches at 50 yards.

Modern process control is...