Colorado Man Charged With Assault After Using Nunchucks in ‘Self-Defense’
- Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:03pm by
Buck Sexton
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Most people prefer a shotgun or pistol for home defense, but at least one Colorado man claims he had to use a weapon associated with martial arts legend Bruce Lee and assorted movie ninjas: nunchucks.
Eric Glukowsky stands accused of felony assault after he claims he was forced to use his nunchucks to defend himself and his girlfriend after an intruder entered his Larimer County, Colorado apartment last week.
Police, however, stated that Glukowsky wasn’t defending himself and instead injured two people with the ancient sticks, which are classified under Colorado law as a deadly weapon. Police also said Glukowsky barricaded himself into his apartment and they had to use a foam baton to break his window to access the apartment.
At that point, Glukowsky surrendered.
For his part, Glukowsky told a very different story before his court appearance in Larimer yesterday. He claimed he was defending himself against a drunk, belligerent man. He explained the intruder forced his way into the apartment, and even claimed he was an undercover sheriff’s deputy carrying a loaded weapon, and added that after the incident, he took sleeping pills and didn’t hear police when they called for him to come outside.
“You just don‘t break yourself into somebody’s apartment, wanting to fight,” he told the local news regarding the incident. “And I had a pair of nunchucks on my TV stand, and I wacked him on the head with ‘em. And pushed him out, while he was punching me.”
Glukowsky believes he should be protected under Colorado’s “Make My Day” law, which protects citizens from prosecution if they are protecting their homes.
While the court tries to sort out whether this was a justified use of nunchucks, KUSA-TV reports initial background checks on Glukowksy show a lengthy criminal history that includes DUI, criminal trespassing and theft. In addition to that, there are reports the police have found inconsistencies in Glukowsky’s testimony.
Watch the video below for more details on the case, courtesy of KUSA:
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Comments (87)
jason1974
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 4:06pmI will wait till everything comes to light, on this one
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 4:36pmI spent a good number of years training and competing in submission fighting, brazilian Jiu Jitsu, boxing, and kick boxing (MMA). I also did high school wrestling.
I love real fighting, and the sort of training that goes along with it, but i am very cautions with the more traditional “martial arts” types. There are some real weird cats that hang out at these places. Can not say I ever met a real normal person that was serious about nunchucks.
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 4:42pm@ new………………………thats funny
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 5:01pmany weapon is a good weapon to defend yourself. Knives, chains, guns, sticks and even nunchucks. As long as he really was defending himself and not playing ninja attacking random people.
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 5:28pmThey need to teach karate in high school 4 years ! Cant hit anyone with anything it’s all a crime !
Report Post »Funkin Police State ! ! ! ! !
notsofast
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 5:36pmI actually carry a sock filled with about 10 dollars worth of quarters, tie a knox in the one end and whenever needed just pull it out and wack em on the hands, head whatever. Works damn good.
Report Post »lel2007
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:23pmIndeed, everyone should wait for the trial. This is another of those get attention headlines.
Report Post »seldomscene
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 7:26pmA lot of info on the perp. Any history on the invader? Oh, thought not. This is not a story…….yet.
Report Post »000degrees
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 8:15pmLet’s see….For defence I will usually keep one of those big straws from my slurpee handy along with a candy dish full of skittles. With a deep breath I can get 6-8 shots off…..generally look for a head shot with skittles…..then I take my sleeping medicine and wait for the law to show up…..
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:57pmHe must have killed a black guy for the cops to do this to him. Blacks have the license to steal and kill. That white man should not have interfered.
Report Post »EricGlukowsky
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 5:39pmHey, Ranger~
I have no training in nunchucks. They were a gift from my brother and I had them on my t.v. stand. I was getting punched inside of my home and had to do something. I am a former U.S. Marine and have the exact kind of training that you do. The guy who broke into my home said he had a gun. What else was I supposed to do? Thank you for you service and Happy Veteran’s Day! OORAHH!
Report Post »garyM
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 4:01pmI had a telemarketer call me once and told me that I had won a new security system. I told him I already three and didn’t need one. Oh said oh yea, what brand do you have? I said, a Colt, a Remington and a Charpa. He was still laughing when I hung up!
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 5:07pmHilarious GaryM! I almost want to remove my number from the do not call list just to try that!
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:23pmI agree. I shut down my electronic system because it only works after someone breaks in. My dogs warn an intruder and if he continues in…… he’s lunch. The dogs like it that way. If I am home and they alarm me, I resort to one of a variety of gun manufacturer’s products depending on my fancy and his numbers. When I lived in a major metro area and had a break-in, the cops said I was lucky it happened when I was not home because I could have got hurt. I explained nope, I would have shot the sucker. One mealy mouthed cope said I couldn’t’ live with myself if I shot someone. I replied…….. the first one didn’t affect me at all. The only thing I felt was recoil…………..
Report Post »affinnity
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:59pmThis is exactly why you should never only hurt a person that breaks into your home. I don’t know about Colorado but in most states you can have weapons in your home and protect yourself from attacks.
Questions: 1) Who called the police? 2) Were the people who entered illegally charged with a crime? 3) Why would the police enter through a window and not the front door? (we’re talking about an apartment).
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 5:53pmI was talking to a guy today that used to live in Denver, CO. He moved out in the late 80′s. He told me that nutjobs from California are flocking there by the thousands. Bikers, drug addicts, homeless bums etc. are everywhere. So, I am not suprised that self defense is under attack there. Self defense is practically illegal in CA now, as it is in many Eastern states like NJ, NY and MA. Progs screw up their states then move elsewhere and screw them up too. They must be driven into the ocean. That is the only way to be rid of them.
Report Post »Carter John
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 5:06pm@ Mil
Report Post »Not in FL, here your allowed to use lethal force if you believe your life is in danger.
garyM
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:56pmHe may be good with those nunchucks but he don’t want to make the mistake of bringing nunchucks to a gun fight. He poosibly was not allowed to have a gun because of his record.
Report Post »garyM
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:53pmIf his story holds true he shouldn’t be prosecuted however according to his rap sheet, it sounds like it was a fight with thug against thug!
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 4:00pmProduct Idea: Glukowsky action Figure. With swinging nunchuck action and kung-fu grip!
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:42pmThose nunchucks were probably made out of wood. People cannot walk around city streets and feel safe as long as dangerous nunchuck-making trees are still legal. Government should ban the growing of trees immediately or at least implement a ‘common sense’ regulatory program restricting the production of dangerous timber precursors. Dianne Feinstein should spearhead a campaign to ban all trees with ‘high-capacity‘ leaves or ’assault’ branches.
Of course those idiot conservatives will start their usual ignorant rhetoric of “Trees don’t kill people; people kill people. Thankfully, Hillary Clinton is already bypassing Congress to address this issue with the Tiny Topiary Treaty she is pushing through the United Nations.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 4:13pmban life. life creates death.
Report Post »MisterB
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 5:02pmYou just used the term ‘spearhead’!!
What violent rhetoric! You should be sanctioned.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:41pmBeat the bassturd to death with a phone book…who cares? You have a right to defend yourself, especially in your own home.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:37pmThe headline is not accurate. It’s not clear at all that this man was in fact defending himself. Why is the headline written as if the writer knows it’s self defense? It’s just a pathetic attempt to gin up controversy over something before the facts are even known.
Report Post »OneofMany
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:54pmI agree with you @ROWGUE they are just trying to stir up trouble with that headline. Poor Journalism.
Report Post »Gripes
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 4:12pmThe headline is perfectly accurate. Note that “in self defense” is in quotes. That means that somebody was claiming self defense but the truth of it is dubious. The whole scene smells fishy and the way the headline states it makes that clear.
Rowgue
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 5:47pmThe quotes were added.
Report Post »JohnHW
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:13amChange the headline to “Man finds man in house, graps attached wooden sticks to stop the attack.” Nobody would get to the story.
In my house, I have two model 1911s with a full magazines and spares. The hitting force is such that I need to wait until they are at least 5 feet inside the house or they would be knocked back outside.
Report Post »drago
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:37pmHe should have tied two .45′s together, and called them, wait for it……….gunchucks……..
Report Post »romadave
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:37pmhow much nun
could a nun chuck chuck
if a nun chunk could chunk nuns?
Anybody but me want to see Bill O’Reiley chuck a nun?
Report Post »gingerbread
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:34pmWell suppose the man was telling the truth, that the other man invaded his home, and he used nun-chucks to drive the man out. Would you say, if all of this was true, it was better than using a gun. But the PC crowd. after hearing this will probably demand that nun-chucks users should be licensed, only after taking a course in the use of nun-chucks, of course.
Report Post »DeVain
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:34pmIn my hands everything is a weapon, just sayin’……
Report Post »dblaess
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:34pmjzs
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:20pm
Probably not a good idea to make a hero out of this guy until the other side of the story comes out. This guy’s story is pretty fishy. The police obviously think this guy was not defending himself from an unknown intruder. Probably a drug deal gone wrong.
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This is the first time I have ever read anything from you that makes sense. I hope you can keep on doing whatever.
drago
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 4:07pm@Dblaess
Report Post »I was going to say the same about him, but didnt want the credit to go to waste, as im sure he will be back to his old self soon enough……
countrysideflair
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:32pmYup, once a criminal always a criminal, in the minds of the government. Any felony, and you are no longer able to get a good job or defend your family for the rest of your life.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 7:09pmObama must have missed that MEMO.
Report Post »GHill7.62
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:26pmnun chuck crimes on the rise.
Report Post »time for more nun chuck control..
only nun chuck control can bring down nun chuck violence.
whatthecrazy
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:23pmWhat if i poke somebodys eyes out with my fingers hmmmm?
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:22pmTHAT made 1min. 20 sec. worth of news? Post comments below. Thanks
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:20pmOf course history repeats itself because men become glamorized by their own image. Jesus said that you will hear many people say, “there is Jesus, and over there is Jesus, but do not believe them.” As a matter of history, when Jesus came, all the doubters called him the devil, and that he came in the power of Satan. Moreover, when your Father finally comes, the churches which are the synagogues of Satan, those churches will call Jesus “Satan” because Jesus will interfere with their hold on power. They will say, “He is off his meds, and that he escaped from the asylum.” Moreover, almost in the exact say way the powers currently in charge are trying to make the doers of society appear like zombies.
Report Post »If you actually hear what I just wrote, then you will see how everyone works for God for the larger picture, and even bad people even the devil.
See how I compared the way they are comparing zombies to the GOP, and that I took what they were saying and used it to show you how they attack Jesus?
That’s me using their own sword against them. When you divide yourself from the events of the day, and realize that everyone works for God whether they know it or not, then you can easily conquer and use their language against them for good.
jzs
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:20pmProbably not a good idea to make a hero out of this guy until the other side of the story comes out. This guy’s story is pretty fishy. The police obviously think this guy was not defending himself from an unknown intruder. Probably a drug deal gone wrong.
cemerius
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:23pmI agree….
netmail
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:19pmInjured “two people”? Who else got hurt, the girlfriend? What does she say? Who called the cops? Not enough info to make a call on this story, so why run it??
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:26pmYep, if an intruder broke inot my house and whatever I used to subdue him I’d be waiting expectantly for the police to arrive to file my complaint!!! This guy beats someone (or two) in self defense and then takes a sleeping pill? I call B/S on this one!
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:19pmShould have used a hand gun,
Report Post »tap tap,
call carpet cleaner,
call police,
done,
now take sleeping pills…
nobull14
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:18pmYou try to support your police ? Then they do something this stupid !!!!! it make you think?
Report Post »mikedy
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:14pmGuess what will be next on the progressives agenda? Nunchucks!! Got to get rid of them. If too many people use them to protect themselves then they won’t need us. Oh Oh, better get going on making those illegal also.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:34pmThey are already outright illegal to own in many states, have been for decades.
Report Post »AnAppealToGod
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:14pmHe’s got skills….
Report Post »PAPPY72
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:48pm….Nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills :) I love Napoleon Dynamite.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:12pmUse anything you have at hand to defend your home.
Report Post »Danang1972
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 7:10pmShooting Advice:
Cops carry guns to protect themselves, not to protect you.
Never let someone or thing that threatens you get inside arm’s length and never say “I’ve got a gun”. If you feel you need to use deadly force for heaven’s sake let the first sound they hear be the safety clicking off, and they shouldn’t have time to hear anything after that if you are doing your job.
The average response time of a 911 call is over 23 minutes… the response time of a .44 magnum is 1400 feet per second.
The most important rule in a gunfight is: Always win – and cheat if necessary.
Don’t forget, incoming fire has the right of way.
Make your attacker advance through a wall of bullets. You may get killed with your own gun, but he’ll have to beat you to death with it, cause it’s going to be empty.
If you‘re not shooting’, you should be loading’. If you‘re not loading’, you should be moving’, if you‘re not moving’, someone’s going to cut your head off and put it on a stick.
Do something. It may be wrong, but do something.
Shoot what’s available, as long as it’s available, until something else becomes available.
If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That’s ridiculous. If you have a gun, what in the hell do you have to be paranoid for?
Don’t shoot fast, unless you also shoot good.
You have the rest of your life to solve your problems. How long you live depends on how well you do it.
You cannot save the planet,
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 7:47pmDanang72… I like it! If I may add my two favorites…
When the enemy is in range, SO ARE YOU !
Report Post »and
The only visible target should be your enemy…
V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:51amGood advice.
Words to stay living by.
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