Ah. its stories like these, with accompanying video (very much worth watching), that warms my heart and makes me smile. There is nothing more rewarding than watching a senior citizen justifiably getting all “Gran Torino” on a couple kids who think civilization doesn’t apply to them.
It’s always been a dangerous world out there, and it’s even more dangerous today. Why wouldn’t you take precautions?
Pertinence towards preparedness? This guy was ready, bided his time ’till the bad guy’s back was turned, and once he started the bullet-party he didn’t stop. Two-hand stance needs work, but got the job done. He was prepared and he was thinking….two main ingredients to a successful outcome of any endeavour.
ETA: Read this for the robbers point-of-view.
“I was down, and I’m not going to continue to shoot you,” he said.
I love how the one kid says that they weren’t going to hurt anyone because their gun was empty and rusty. Like it was just good clean fun. They’re lucky the old man was only carrying a.380 and not as accurate as he could have been.
If the Sheriff and DA let him off he is a lucky man indeed. Prediction: Considering the Zimmerman case, he will probably have the NAACP outside his house for weeks. There will be death threats against him–and since these punks survived, most likely a lawsuit hanging over his head.
I suspect that the fact that it’s all on video (and the old man made no public statements) will have an effect in keeping this from turning into Circus Zimmermanus.
Also the fact that the would-be robbers were white. That’s not me trying to get all racial on this, but just saying that when both sides of a conflict are of the same race it tends to eliminate a major complicating factor and potential media talking point.
I retract my previous statement. It appears that the would-be robbers were, in fact, black.
If they’re not dead or crippled, there’s no traction for the race baiters.