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June 12th, 2008, 01:34 AM #1
Marine does it
Dont know how true this is but I got this as an email today.....
71 Year Old Marine in Unfair Fight Last week. Police were called to investigate an attempted armed robbery:
The 71-year-old retired Marine who opened fire on two robbers at a Plantation, FL, Sub shop late Wednesday, killing one and critically wounding the other, is described as John Lovell, a former helicopter pilot for two presidents. He doesn't drink, he doesn't smoke, he works out everyday.
Mr. Lovell was a man of action Wednesday night.
According to Plantation police, two masked gunmen came into the Subway at 1949 N. Pine Rd. Just after 11 p. m. There was a lone diner, Mr.
Lovell, who was finishing his meal. After robbing the cashier, the two men attempted to shove Mr. Lovell into a bathroom and rob him as well.
They got his money, but then Mr. Lovel l pulled his handgun, opened fire.
He shot one of the thieves in the head and chest and the other in the head.
When police arrived, they found one of the men in the shop. K-9 units found the other in the bushes of a nearby business. They also found cash strewn around the front of the sandwich shop according to Detective Robert Rettig of the Plantation Police Department.
Both men were taken to Broward General Medical Center, where one, Donicio Arrindell, 22, of North Lauderdale died. The other, 21-year-old Frederick Gadson of Fort Lauderdale is in critical but stable condition.
A longtime friend of Lovell, was not surprised to hear what happened The friend said, ''He'd give you the shirt off his back, but he'd be mad as hell if someone tried to take the shirt off your back''.
Mr. Lovell was a pilot in the Marine Corp s, flying former Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He later worked as a pilot for Pan Am and Delta.
He is not expected to be charged, authorities said ''He was in fear for his life,'' Detective Rettig said, 'These criminals ought to realize that most men in their 70's have military backgrounds and aren't intimidated by idiots'.
Something tells me this old Marine wasn't 'in fear for his life', even though his life was definitely at risk. The only thing he could be charged with is participating in an unfair fig ht. One 71 - year young Marine against two punks.
Two head shots and one center - body- mass shot - outstanding shooting!
That'll teach them not to get between a Marine and his meal.
Don't you just love a story with a happy ending?
( Florida law allows law abiding citizens to carry a concealed weapon.)
SMART STATE!!! and GOOD for him........
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June 12th, 2008, 01:49 AM #2
Re: Marine does it
This went around last year too.
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty
than to those attending too small a degree of it."~Thomas Jefferson, 1791
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June 12th, 2008, 06:12 AM #3
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Oh OK... there was no date on the article I got and I thought it was new... SORRY
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June 12th, 2008, 09:08 AM #4
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New, Old, it doesn't matter...I can read articles like this all day long!
Semper Fi"Stupidity needs to be painful..."
"There's not a problem in the world that can't be fixed with a serious ass whoopin'!" - Me
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Re: Marine does it
First time I read the article and loved it! It is always great to hear stories of gun owners using their weapon to defend themselves and others.
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June 12th, 2008, 12:21 PM #6
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Semper Fi!
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June 12th, 2008, 12:52 PM #7
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Semper Fi. Damn Jarheads just don't know when to lay down or how to give up. You got to love em.
The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control....
The day they want my guns, they'll have to bring theirs!!!Proud to be One of the 3%
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June 12th, 2008, 12:57 PM #8
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God Bless that old salty bastard! He gave as good as he got, and then some.
"Political Correctness is just tyranny with manners"
-Charlton Heston
"[The Constitution preserves] the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation...(where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."
-James Madison, Federalist Papers, No. 46.
"America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy." [sic]
-John Quincy Adams
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."
-Thomas Jefferson
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June 12th, 2008, 01:06 PM #9
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I knew older people could always pack a punch. =P
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June 12th, 2008, 02:35 PM #10
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First I've read it, thanks for posting. Good for him. Punks decided on a bad day to do a robbery.
"Unus ut caput capitis"
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