82-year-old Korean War veteran shoots, wounds two burglars

**ErSwnn** · September 14th, 2011, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by LilEMT

I'm having trouble seeing this as a justified shooting. He was not in fear of his life. They were not in his home... He shouldn't have discharged a weapon.... That simple.

I would feel totally different if they were inside the home. But as it stands, with the facts we have now. He will most likely hang for it, as he should.

*Flame suit on*

I understand where your coming from, but I can see where the man is coming from too. He served his country, has watched as it has gone down the toilet, is too old to but up much fight once the idiots gained entrance and well......he's had enough. "Eff it, I've had enough of this bullshit." So far as he's concerned, the revolution is on. Someone is going to fire the first shot, maybe it was him.

**steelerfan** · September 15th, 2011, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by ErSwnn

I understand where your coming from, but I can see where the man is coming from too. He served his country, has watched as it has gone down the toilet, is too old to but up much fight once the idiots gained entrance and well......he's had enough. "Eff it, I've had enough of this bullshit." So far as he's concerned, the revolution is on. Someone is going to fire the first shot, maybe it was him.

I'm with on this one ErSwnn !!!

**Valorius** · September 15th, 2011, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by LilEMT

I'm having trouble seeing this as a justified shooting. He was not in fear of his life. They were not in his home... He shouldn't have discharged a weapon.... That simple.

I would feel totally different if they were inside the home. But as it stands, with the facts we have now. He will most likely hang for it, as he should.

*Flame suit on*

So he should have let them climb in first?

Then all is honky dory?

**ErSwnn** · September 15th, 2011, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by Valorius

So he should have let them climb in first?

Then all is honky dory?

Going strickly by legal definition it seems the old guy wasn't quite yet in the position of needing to take the shot. I think LilEMT has a valid point, even if I do support the old vet who probably just had his fill of assholes. If you don't want old men shooting at you, don't mess with them. This is just one of those things, he shouldn't have done it, but most of have wanted to at some point or another.

I still say just let the guy go.

**LilEMT** · September 15th, 2011, 08:47 PM

Honestly in this situation I believe that both sides of the coin have merrit. I'm just curious if others would feel his actions were justified if he would have inadvertanly shot someone else while trying to shoot them.

**bigandy1966** · September 15th, 2011, 09:12 PM

Yet another case for Jury Nullification. If you were in a similar set of circumstances would you do the exact same thing? If you can convince the jury to see the situation through the eyes of an 82 year old vet then I would say he walks.