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An Army Veteran Plus a 9mm Handgun Equals a Bad Day for a Robber: ‘You Came Real Close to Losing Your Life’

Jan. 25, 2013 12:32pm Jason Howerton

War Veteran Mark Sikes Uses Handgun to Scare Off Robber

Army veteran Mark Sikes (WAGA-TV)

A wheelchair-bound war veteran in Bogart, Ga. was targeted as a robbery victim. Given the fact that he is handicapped, the home burglar may have thought it would be the easiest job of his life.

Wrong.

Army veteran Mark Sikes told WAGA-TV he heard someone breaking down his front door. That’s when he pulled his 9mm handgun out of his drawer.

“Next thing I know there’s a man standing in the hallway of my house, looking in my bedroom,” he said. “I reached and got the gun out of my drawer and kind of raised it up…He took off and ran out the front door.”

The vet, who served as a military police officer in Korea, said he didn’t think twice about what action to take.

“It’s either gonna be me or him. One of us have got to go,” he said. “And this is my house, this is my home.”

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Athens-Clarke County Police are investigating the incident and looking for the suspect, who Sikes says was wearing all black and possibly had a getaway car waiting for him.

Now Sikes keeps his handgun even closer. In his interview with WAGA-TV, the veteran also told the man who tried to rob him he should be thankful he’s still alive.

“Find something else to do besides try to rob people,” he said. “Because you came real close to losing your life yesterday.”

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olderjarhead
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:34pm
I wonder if the perp looked like he could be Obama’s son?

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- 3-Blue
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:55pm
  LoL… That just never gets old!
  
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demsrtraitors
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:33pm
a 9MM in hand is better than 911 on the phone. You really have to wonder why democrats want so many Americans unarmed.

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- phoenix110
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:40pm
  Because when they rob you they want to make SURE you don’t have a 9MM to protect yourself.
  
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- brntout
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:41pm
  Is easier than dialing.
  
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- Supah_Patriot
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:53pm
  Democrats want everyone unarmed? Please point out exactly who is trying to outlaw 9mm guns. Man your slow.
  
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- term limits for congress
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:01pm
  Makes redistribution easier.
  
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- am123
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:17pm
  Because Obama and company got their marching orders from the Chinese, who want the American people unarmed. Obama is weeding out people in the military who aren’t willing to shoot Americans who won’t give up their guns. Listen to what Jim Garrow has to say regarding this:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kzT6X3_Bg9o#!
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=76h7bKc_-YI
  
  Obama is coming to get your guns America.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:25pm
  Supah-
  Feinstein’s own words…Demoncrats should all be removed from society. They are a blight on every community where they amass. There is a reason their party symbol is a jacka@$
  
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- EdtheK
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:28pm
  @ SUPAH
  Read Fienstien’s bill
  the Subheader to the bill says; “To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is NOT unlimited, and for OTHER purposes”
  that alone should give you pause, since it violates the second amendment with the “Shall NOT BE infringed”
  Later in the definitions in the bill, and amendments after it calls out virtually all semi-auto rifles, it includes:
  “(E) A semiautomatic pistol with a fixed magazine that has the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds”
  this effectively bans or at least put a crimp in most every 9mm handgun since most have higher capacity magazines, and those that have 10 round mags has the capacity to accept 11 rounds. for those like Encinom who are math challenged due to recent public school education that means 10 in the magazine and 1 in the chamber. Most every pistol manufacturer will have to retool their 9mm and smaller caliber handgun magazines to make 9 and under magazines to meet the standard. This will have the effect of chilling the handgun supply for 6-9 months to retool and re-release new mags I would estimate. It would leave most .45 caliber guns untouched and revolvers.
  Given that the Communist/ Progressives look long term, this is a first step if allowed to pass in any form, to removing handguns and all firearms from society.
  I hope this helps explain the demoncrats program to you.
  most
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:35pm
  Supah ‘s best 3 years was second grade
  
  It’s “you’re” (you are) not your
  
  Dunderhead
  
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- Wolf
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:55pm
  “…Supah_Patriot
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:53pm
  Democrats want everyone unarmed? Please point out exactly who is trying to outlaw 9mm guns. Man your slow….”
  
  Hey, Supah (rofl, the funny)- you’re even slower: try reading the new Feinstein bill. Lots of 9mms on that list. Gawd, talk about slow… I’ve met rocks that think faster than you.
  
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- rawmilker
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:56pm
  DEMSRTRAITORS. I’ll tell you why they want us disarmed. Obama wants an unlimited debt ceiling (amongst other unconstitutional demands) and to be able to borrow as much as he wants from China. In turn knowing we really cannot pay back that debt. He is making deals with them to sell them our assets, oil rigs in US territory, natural gas rights, coal, huge swaths of land to where they could come in to set up shop and bring in their people to work these businesses. The Chinese have expressed their concern over an armed citizenry or…”a rifle behind every blade of grass” as Japanese Admiral Yamamoto was quoted saying during WWII.
  
  Obama is selling us out and will be going full speed ahead with his Alinskey radical playbook & Cloward & Piven strategy….all to bankrupt the US and bring our economy to its knees or worse. The Global government is in full swing to make america its colony.
  
  THIS IS WHY THEY WANT US TO BECOME DEFENSELESS…little by little piece by piece while the sheep are clueless. The Chinese see our weapons as a deterrent to their moving in here.
  
  http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/obama-selling-gas-and-oil-resources-to-china/question-3473407/
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnxCetzkam0
  
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- DarkJello
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 3:35pm
  I appreciate all the clarification directed at Supah_Patriot, but please remember he might honestly not have known. If he persists in arguing… well that is different. Share information, but don’t assume everyone asking is an enemy. Thanks. Have a good day.
  
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- dylan
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 3:51pm
  They want us unarmed. That way they can go about their deadly culling of US citizens. So much easier to haul us off to reeducation camps. Why do you think the feds bought millions of hollow points?
  
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- chfields62
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 3:51pm
  Becuase if we keep shooting the robbers and criminals, the dems won’t have anybody left to vote for them!
  
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- Bohump
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 4:12pm
  I am a vetran, and disabled , … my 9 mm stay’s on me except at night, .. then it ‘s under my Pillow, … “WHEN YOU NEED A GUN , NOTHING ELSE WILL DO”
  
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- VetMike
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 4:48pm
  Supah. Again with the inane posts. Go read Feinstein’s proposed gun legislation. There is so much wiggle room in it that the Feds could ban and confiscate any weapon that they decided to. Plus magazine capacity limits as well as background checks for ammunition purchases. Did you see the article which outlined how two students at RIT in upstate New York chased off two home invaders and the state may prosecute the owner of the rifle as it is on the very new NY banned list. Do you know that there is a SCOTUS decision that the police are under no obligation to protect you just the public at large? You continue to spout the Liberal drivel about gun “control” with absolutely no rational thought or argument.
  
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- redfish52
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 5:08pm
  Is it me or does this guy look like an older Shep Smith? Maybe minus that he is not gay, is a gun owner and not a pansy….hmmmm…it might just be me.
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 7:28pm
  @EdtheK
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:28pm
  
  @ SUPAH
  Read Fienstien’s bill
  the Subheader to the bill says; “To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is NOT unlimited, and for OTHER purposes”
  that alone should give you pause, since it violates the second amendment with the “Shall NOT BE infringed”
  Later in the definitions in the bill, and amendments after it calls out virtually all semi-auto rifles, it includes:
  “(E) A semiautomatic pistol with a fixed magazine that has the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds”
  this effectively bans or at least put a crimp in most every 9mm handgun since most have higher capacity magazines, and those that have 10 round mags has the capacity to accept 11 rounds. for those like Encinom who are math challenged due to recent public school education that means 10 in the magazine and 1 in the chamber. Most every pistol manufacturer will have to retool their 9mm and smaller caliber handgun magazines to make 9 and under magazines to meet the standard. This will have the effect of chilling the handgun supply for 6-9 months to retool and re-release new mags I would estimate. It would leave most .45 caliber guns untouched and revolvers.
  Given that the Communist/ Progressives look long term, this is a first step if allowed to pass in any form, to removing handguns and all firearms from society.
  I hope this helps explain the demoncrats program to you.
  most
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  Wonder if there are enough 3D p
  
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fdraiden
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:32pm
I think the gubmint should furnish all of us with personal bodyguards!

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- MisterSarcastic
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:57pm
  They will as soon as they get our guns. The only problem is that their guns will be pointed at us.
  
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- Wolf
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:59pm
  I carry my own protection, don’t need a body guard, especially one someone else pays for, hoping I can trust that person to defend me is rediculous if I’m not willing to do it for myself.
  
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- gdd2010
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 6:00am
  Sure! The ones to keep you safe in your new “camp.”
  
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Tom K
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:28pm
How low can a person get trying to rob ANYONE – particularly a person in a wheelchair. Lazy No-Account Entitlement Sucking Low Life Obama Lover. With another term for Obama, it will only get worse.

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- Wolf
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 3:01pm
  They can always go for the womb- the most unsafe place for a person in America today.
  
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Timmy_NorthWest
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:27pm
I am tired of hearing about the left’s fantasy of Utopia. Da Vinci’s helicopter and Karl Marxs’ Marxism look great on paper. However in reality niether are able to fly. Not even Marx could make Marxism work.

My Ancestor Said,”Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death!”

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RANGER1965
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:27pm
Well Done!
HOOAH

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- 1HonestInjun
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:08pm
  Where are Keaton C333 and Encinom on this story? Hiding under their beds waiting for the cops to come.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:27pm
  honestinjun-
  they are probably either being robbed or robbing someone else…..or maybe just smoking their crack pipes.
  
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- Wolf
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 3:04pm
  1Honest- they’re probably cleaning the crap out of their shorts after filling them when they saw the Vet and his 9mm.
  
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perry1980
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:15pm
Get yourself a gun before they are all banned and protect yourself and your property

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spfoam1
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:11pm
So what is your point, pinko? You should change your avatar to a hammer and sickle.

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- pissantno.10
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 3:00pm
  strange how the trolls are pulling there post so people that respond to them look like fools
  
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- macpappy
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 3:39pm
  People that respond to trolls, are fools.
  
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Wanderer66
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:08pm
The “leftist” are full of themselves right now and they’re on the move to “perfect our union”. Their only reason for gun control is so they can easily quash all resistance to their social engineering plans. The ends justify the means. They don’t care about your safety or self-defense or your juvenile sense of defending freedom from tyranny. That’s old thinking. They know what’s really best for you so that you best fit in the collective. Trust them. It’ll be a much better world for all in their Utopia.

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- Tom K
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:38pm
  @ WANDERER66 : EVERY ONE of our Politicians ( Employees ) that is attempting to Violate the Second Ammendment has violated their Oath of Office and must be RECALLED. Let’s Fire Them !
  
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- pissantno.10
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:55pm
  well for the party members. it is gonna suck for the little people, but they all need to die to save the planet. our gods and goddess need lots of room
  
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Conservative2
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:08pm
When Seconds count, the Police are mins away!

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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:06pm
obama/holder/feinstein want to strip the handicapped, women and the elderly from the right to defend themselves. So- Where is this “war on the people” really coming from?

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- Cavallo
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:36pm
  Victims, — those abused and broken — are in general easier to rule. They want them hooked on government. Government to provide for them, government to protect them, government to rule them. Those of individual spirit and self sustaining means are the enemy of the State. They want as few of these type of men as absolutely possible.
  
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GdHUs
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:03pm
Aw, c’m on. He could have at least shot him in the a$$.

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- brntout
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:45pm
  Then that would have put him on a dissability of some kind. Needed to be put out of it’s misery… .
  
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Disabledvet
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:02pm
I have a gun in every room of my house, right next to where I sit or sleep, of course you have to make it past my dogs, My alarm system is AKC (my Dogs) and backed up by the NRA. Break into my house when i am gone get greeted by six dogs, you might survive if I am not to late getting home.

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- VetMike
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 4:51pm
  Rottys are very good but I prefer one mastiff. Lazy as hell but does not bark just attacks. Of course, he is backed up by several 45 ACPs. And like you say, pray that I am home or get home very soon as you will not otherwise survive the experience.
  
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- m14guy
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 5:43pm
  Jack Russell alert dog back up’d by a huge Alaskan Husky. Mossberg 590A1 cocked & locked with 00 Buck.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:01pm
It’s idiotic progs like Feinstein that would get that ole vet killed because progs are much more dangerous than law abiding citizens.

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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:33pm
  ObamaCare will finish him off, by refusing to provide medical services or him. They will label him as not useful to society and counsel him on end of life.
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:03pm
  Sadly you’re correct and they’ll kill off seniors the same way by rejecting claims by the millions. The Marxist maggot says you can keep your Dr.but left out the part about medicare not paying claims.
  
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- Shasta
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 5:29pm
  And he left out the part about my doctor (and many others) leaving their profession because of OBunglerCare.
  
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GuruMeditation
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:59pm
All smiles here.

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spfoam1
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:52pm
“Someone picked the wrong house” LOL

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steve-in-pa
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:46pm
Hay, that two stories today that ended without a tragic outcome because the homeowners used superior fire power to preserve their life and secure their homestead. A gun works way better than a putter to protect your family and treasured possessions!

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- theBru
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:01pm
  Unless you are Tiger’s wife, then a 9 iron is the best choice…
  
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- steve-in-pa
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:45pm
  Too funny THEBRU, I’m glad I took a drink of water then looked at the new comments… she’s not even a golfer and she learned; if you wield a putter correctly, you can win a lot of money.
  
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OldSurfRat
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:45pm
Awsome Totally Awsome!!

Have used this clip before but it always seems appropriate in these kind of stories.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqqGFoASs9s

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Cavallo
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:44pm
Just imagine if he didn’t have a gun and had to call 911. Why that might have done … NOTHING.. 911 is a joke if someone is assaulting you. Its for medical emergencies and fires. The cops are there to mop up what is left over.

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:11pm
  It always amazes me that people actually think they can be saved by calling 911,you can be dispatched quickly if you aren’t armed and the cops can take pictures of your corpse. People,learn how to use a firearm and have it with you at all times because if you need it you can save your life or a family members life.
  
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- USACommoner
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:52pm
  People now call 911 when they can’t get their kids out of bed for school in the mornings. If you can’t get a cop when you really need one, it’s because they’re over at so-and-so’s house again because little Johnny is sleeping in and his parents can’t perform any parenting. They expect the State to do the parenting for them.
  
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Msgt Ret
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:43pm
What a shame he did not get a shot off… it would have been one less obama voter taking what he has been led to believe is rightfully his!

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am123
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:43pm
If Obama and Feinstein and company have their way, this man will be left defenseless while they of course have their armed body guards.

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- ksmike
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 3:25pm
  They did put an exemption in there for members of the Politburo, sorry, I meant Congress. What a bunch of a$$es, er, donkeys.
  
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dwf1
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:43pm
Taking away your guns is part of BO’s “Redistribution of Wealth” plan.

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dcgirl
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:41pm
Uh Oh, there’s one of those terrorists that DHS warns the people about – you know a veteran AND a gun owner!

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Landon410
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:39pm
this didn’t happen, guns only caues evil…… this poor robber is going to need therapy now

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- 1stKENTUCKYREGULAR
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:08pm
  Is’nt therapy a good thing?
  Libs get their way he wont ever be able to have a gun.
  
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woodyee
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:39pm
Well, that ends the “wait and dial 911″ argument, don’t it…

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