77-Year-Old Congressman Grapples With Gunman During Home Invasion at Iowa Farmhouse (Update With Video)
- Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:28pm by
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Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa) and his grandson fought off an armed man Saturday night.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Rep. Leonard Boswell and his grandson fought off an intruder during a home invasion on the congressman’s farm in Iowa.
A statement from the congressman’s office says the home invasion happened about 10:45 p.m. Saturday. An armed man came in through the front door and attacked Boswell’s daughter, Cindy Brown. He demanded money.
The 77-year-old congressman heard his daughter’s screams, came into the entryway and attempted to disarm the intruder. As they struggled, Boswell’s 22-year-old grandson, Mitchell Brown, got a shotgun from another room. When Mitchell Brown pointed the shotgun at the intruder, the man fled into the fields around the house outside of Lamoni.
Boswell’s spokesman Grant Woodard says other than some scrapes and bruises, the family is fine.
The local sheriff, FBI and other agencies are investigating.
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Comments (302)
Jack2011
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:57pmI bet Nancy Pelosi will want a “taxpayer paid” 24 hour security guard for each member of Congress now. What a status symbol that would be.
Hey, she has to do something . When she lost the Speaker of the House position, she lost her taxpayer paid huge jet that took her back and forth to San Francisco every weekend and on every one of her many vacations around the world with her family/friends under the guise of it being a working vacation.
Report Post »normbal
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 1:02pmOur county executive “aka, “mayor”) here in Montgomery county MD, Ike Leggett, has a full-time squad of six body guards and drivers due to alleged “death threats.” Sure. I’ve heard estimates of upwards of a million dollars a year for the guards. Hearkening back to an old Pigmeat Martin joke, and a real-life case involving Mr. Leggett, “When you’s impotent, you gotsta look impotent.”
Report Post »Tear Em Up
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 1:16pmWell, if you’re a democrat, you have constituents everywhere. So, Nancy was playing to her audience…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/mikeleeandterrymartin/Number_73_July_16th_2011.mp3
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 1:21pmDoesn’t that make Boswell a hypocrite? One of BHO’s liberal lemmings actually owns a gun and it was used to defend his family and home from an intruder! All of this at the same time BHO, et al, are in a frenzy in their attempts to gut our Second Amendment Rights!
What Say You, NOW, Boswell?
Contact Boswell and BHO, America! Call out the SocioPath-Potus and his Blindly-Following-Peeps RE: Their Unconscionable Trampling On America’s Constitution!
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 1:24pm@ Jack2011:
Guess what – if FORMER House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had not gone to the hospital in ITALY – for what she (alleged) was food poisoning – RECENTLY,
Report Post »we the people would not have known of another one of her lavish vacations with friends, family and associates – on the backs of the US taxpayers.
Jack2011
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 1:29pmnormbal
Our county executive “aka, “mayor”) here in Montgomery county MD, Ike Leggett, has a full-time squad of six body guards
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Pathetic. If he needs full time guards, let him pay for it himself. Maybe one or two for while but not 6 full time.
Vote him out of office. And, hope that you don’t get a visit from one of his taxpayer paid SS thugs for trying to do so.
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 1:48pmDoes the grandson vote Republican?
Report Post »striker_58201
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 1:53pmThe real amazing thing is that a democrat had a gun in the house!!! WOW!
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 2:12pmDon‘t be mistaken into thinking Dem progs don’t have guns people. Those goons have them and they are to be used for 2 things-defending themselves and subjugating anybody that does not drink the communist KoolAid. But don‘t think for a second they don’t have guns. They do. Just not as many as conservatives. So, don’t get cocky and get your butt shot off screwing with a commie that you BELIEVE is unarmed.
Report Post »uzi4u2
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 2:37pmGee…..I wonder if he’s pro-gun (now)?
Report Post »Zorro6821
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 2:42pmWelcome to the real world Congressman. This unfortunately is the New America that us common folks have to endure. We do not have the luxury of Congressional Security protection funded by the taxpayers. Crime is out of control but the Both the Dems and Repubs insist on importing more poverty
Report Post »for cheap labor and cheap votes.
Angry_Bird
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 2:43pmWas it Obama ? He would have gotten away with it if he could have taken that shotgun away first.
Report Post »Fedup
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 3:57pmMILITARY JET… just to clarify… MILITARY JET.
Report Post »joe3
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 4:00pmshould have pulled the trigger
Report Post »Av8tor056
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 4:04pmJack2011
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:57pm
I bet Nancy Pelosi will want a “taxpayer paid” 24 hour security guard for each member of Congress now. What a status symbol that would be.
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She’ll only want security for democrats only. Republicans will have to fend for themselves.
Report Post »Chances are the dictatorship will use this for more gun control measures.
Morris
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 4:06pmThis is great,“WE THE PEOPLE”,stand to loose our 2-nd Amendment by the Obama Admin.!
Dictator Obama,Hillary Clinton,Nancy Pelosie and Harry Reid are going all out to take “WE THE PEOPLES”,Our 2-nd Amendment away from Us.
This is one reason why “WE THE PEOPLE” must not let this Administration take away our Guns,
Just think what could have happened if they did not have a gun in the Farm House??
They could all be dead Now!
America, “WE THE PEOPLE” Must stop Dictator Obama and his Corrupt Admin. from taking away our
2-nd Amendment rights,Don’t let them take away our GUNS,NOW OR EVER!!!!
America,Lets all stand up for our Constitution of the United States Of America,Let no Dictator
or CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION,TAKE AWAY OUR CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
Dictator Obama,Hillary Clinton,Nancy Pelosie and Harry Reid,Take your,“DREAM ACT”,
“GUN CONTROL” and your “UN-AGENDA-21,and shove them all,“WE THE PEOPLE” have had it
with you and your Administration!
New LEADERSHIP IN ON THE WAY,MR. ALLEN WEST,Americas new President,It would be great
to have a REAL MAN,A REAL AMERICAN IN THE WHITEHOUSE,A PERSON THAT LOVES AND FIGHTS FOR HIS COUNTRY,A PERSON WITH REAL LEADERSHIP AND A LOVE OF COUNTRY!
MR. ALLEN WEST SIR,“GET WITH IT”,HELP US SAVE OUR AMERICA,FROM THIS CORRUPT
Report Post »ADMINISTRATION,“WE THE PEOPLE” NEED YOU NOW!!!!
GOD BLESS AMERICA.
TomFerrari
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 4:07pmGod created man, but Samuel Colt made them equal.
2nd Amendment ROCKS!!
Without the gun in the house, the intruder would have had the upper hand.
Armed citizens are EQUAL in power. Equal power is biggest deterrent to violence.
Criminals, by and large, are cowards, preying on the weak and unsuspecting.
Arm yourselves. Be responsible.
Secure your own life, liberty, and freedom.
God KNOWS, The United States Government does not, and police simply CANNOT.
There is a billboard just south of San Francisco, it is paid by police unions.
The picture is a young, sad, pathetic little boy.
The caption is, “who will protect me?”
The subtext is ‘stop funding cuts’
The ENTIRE PREMISE IS FALSE!!
Police CANNOT protect us.
Report Post »They CANNOT be everywhere.
They are there to investigate AFTER a crime occurs.
It is pure happenstance when a police officer comes upon a crime in progress, unless it is a very slow crime.
hauschild
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 4:11pmAnother left winger saved by the almighty firearm.
Idiots.
Report Post »AKITAMOMMY
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 4:51pmThink it will change his stand on RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS? I wonder if he had shot and killed him the jury would have done to him what they did to the pharmacist in Florida?
Report Post »Tipdog
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 6:53pmWhat your not understanding about Democrats and their Anti-gun stance, is that they believe nobody but themselves should have a gun. I’m serious. Many of the Anti-gun liberals have concealed weapons permits from what I’ve heard. I even think Mrs. P has one.
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 7:54pmimagine that, a gun owner used a gun to thwart a home invader, good for them. Now imagine the liberal progressive world where we, meaning law abiding citizens, are not allowed to own guns. Criminals by definition don’t care about the law and will get guns in any illegal way they can. Now what would have happened with that home invasion with the criminal having a gun and the law abiding citizen not having one. I can imagine it, and I will have a gun to protect my home no matter what.
Report Post »Sound The Trumpet In Zion
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 8:54pmWhat, another lying rep? If the demoncrats are allowed to defend their families and homes then why are people arrested and charged for defending their homes and/or put in prison even? Yet a demoncrat does it and he’s praised for it. If he was a true demoncrat he would have let the intruder have all of his belongings and his family to do with what they want to do with them, after all that is what they expect and try and demand that we do.
Report Post »nptden
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 9:52pmHe’s a Democrat. Wonder what he thinks about more control on citizens owning guns?
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 11:04pma democrat with a shotgun? *gasp* .. why didn’t he call the police and wait? ;)
Report Post »quarter horseman
Posted on July 18, 2011 at 6:58amThe first thing I did was look up his voting record, he is not anti gun. He voted pro gun on the few votes I looked up.
Report Post »Caniac Steve
Posted on July 18, 2011 at 8:22amso Mr. president…you satill want to “regulate” my right to have and keep firearms of all types and the ammo to use them ?
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on July 18, 2011 at 9:15amWelcome to the real world, Rep. Boswell…
Thanks to fifty years of Third World immigration; wide-open borders, mass illegal immigration and its ever-spreading wave of crime and corruption; and horrible domestic policies that serve only the interests of our wealthy elites on Capitol Hill, our country is becoming more dangerous by the day.
How does it feel to have what we must endure so close to home, Rep. Boswell?
Report Post »ryetoons
Posted on July 18, 2011 at 6:17pmShocking yet good for him actually having a gun in their home and most likely people in the family knew how to use it! Now we have to stay on this man and watch how he votes regarding our right to bear arms. If he even thinks of voting to take away our guns he will be in big trouble as he is a hypocrite!!!
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:57pmRep. Leonard Boswell has a Naral rating of 100. Being of Iowa, on a farm, there would be little doubt he and his family enjoy hunting. With his perfect 100 Naral rating, it shows clearly he likes killing things beyond white tails, turkeys and and ducks.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 1:02pmTed;
A sobering observation.
Report Post »Skippy Toes
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 1:14pmI‘m from Iowa and I can tell you we’re ready for ol’ Bos to take a hike. His “duty” consists of showing up for every town’s Fourth of July parade every year. Can’t figure out how this clown gets elected over and over. Oh, wait a minute… could it be that Iowa has more government workers than other state?
Report Post »Gee…..
ecurbyy
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 1:34pmI liked the part where the 22 year old grandson ran and got a shotgun which is what ultimately ended the situation, causing the intruder to run for HIS life. Gotta love it. More guns to the RIGHT people.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 4:45pmYup – he’s a serious loser, but he won last nite.
Hypocritical pile of horse dung.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 7:27pmRemember a new conservative is a liberal that just got mugged
Report Post »derekcranex
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 8:23pmRep. Boswell has an “A” rating from the NRA. At least he isn’t a hypocrite regarding guns.
Report Post »semihardrock
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:55pmIt’s a GOOD THING there is no current legislation in the works to BAN types of shotguns…….Oh wait….there is… and soon to be more within weeks from DOJ!
THIS IS A FIRST- I have never seen a Democrat “Cling to his Guns” and the next thing he will be claiming “For the grace of G-d” nobody was hurt in the incident!
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 2:35pmyou gotta give it to the old guy, he fought back. and his grandson was ready to take care of business. i hope the gun was loaded.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 5:29pmWeren‘t they lucky we’re still able to own guns. In a few more months that shotgun may not be there if Obama has his way.
Report Post »drago
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:55pmAs Troy Landry on Swamp people says, “choot em, choot em”………..
Report Post »seeker9
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 1:09pmIt’s not Landry, more like Landrieu. (I lived in south La for a number of years).
Report Post »RabidPatriot
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 2:37pmchoot em choot em lizbeth
Report Post »alces1
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 8:37pmDrago you are correct it is Troy Landry.Seeker 9 is talking about Mary Landrieu who is one our US senators from Louisiana.By the way, I am a Landry and by brother-in-law shot an intruder twice in the head and three times in the chest.Needless to say, he broke the intruder from that habit.He won’t be breaking into homes in the Baton Rouge area.That genetic line has been severed.
Report Post »True2The_Word
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:54pmIt is a sad day when it takes a near-death experiance to drive home what our foun ding fathers knew;
Bad people will try to TAKE what they want, and GOOD people will be forced to defend what they have earned.
Hence all good people shall have the right to own, carry, and use “arms” in self-defence and recreation.
I hope the congressman shares his experiance with his fellow party members. It is hard to argue with the truth.
Report Post »PleaseStartBrainb4engagingmouth
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:56pmAmen
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 3:43pmI hope he shares it as well. But, you have to remember, in order to get elected in his district, he has to suck up to his constituency somehow, or he would never be elected. His type believe that only GOVT OFFICIALS and REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVT have the right to defend themselves. Citezens with firearms are to be viewed with suspicion, and with the belief that they are “Anti-Govt”
Report Post »g4r4e0g
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 5:48pmBoswell was given an A by the NRA, he has a strong record of supporting the second amendment.
Report Post »loadingmyclips
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 8:24pmunfortunately the times have come where we have to defend our wealth from bureaucrats and elected officials!
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 11:32pm@loadingmyclips
Report Post »Posted on July 17, 2011 at 8:24pm
unfortunately the times have come where we have to defend our wealth from bureaucrats and elected officials!
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But, taking a firearm to a Townhall is STILL a NO-NO!
Let’s strike up the band and get out AND VOTE ANTI-DEM, PROG-FROG, OR RHINO!
abbe673
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:53pmAnd they want to disarm citizens???
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 2:59pmand the grandson said, say hello to my little friend.
Report Post »southerngal
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 3:35pmI have 2 friends to help me in a situation like that…… Smith and Wesson
Report Post »Conservative_Fed
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 3:51pmYes, because once you disarm all the citizens, the criminals will stop getting guns. Genius right?
Report Post »saranda
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 6:20pm@ABBE – No they want to get guns out of the hands of the wrong people. This story shows that exactly. The attacker had a handgun (unnecessary except for police work) and the kid grabbed a shotgun (legitimate for use on a farm or for hunting). No one is trying to take your hunting guns, it is the stupid guns that need to go.
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 6:36pmThere is no such thing as a ‘stupid gun’. Guns are inanimate objects. The type of gun a homeowner uses to defend their family, themselves and their property is his or her choice. Not everyone is able to equally handle all types of guns. And it’s very hard to carry a shotgun in a purse. The Second Amendment wasn’t about hunting or even self-defense per se. The Founders felt these things were God-given, especially self-defense. The Second Amendment was expressly for the purpose of off-setting a standing army and an arbitrary government. They obviously had Bill Klinton and B. Obummer in mind.
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 6:52pmConservative_Fed:
“Yes, because once you disarm all the citizens, the criminals will stop getting guns. Genius right?”
Good point Fed, it worked so well in Australia didn’t it.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 7:41pmI seem to remember that Feinstein got caught carrying when she was mayor of San Francisco. Her reasoning was she needed to carry concealed but that the average citizen didn’t need to own a gun.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 11:42pm@saranda
Report Post »Posted on July 17, 2011 at 6:20pm
@ABBE – No they want to get guns out of the hands of the wrong people. This story shows that exactly. The attacker had a handgun (unnecessary except for police work) and the kid grabbed a shotgun (legitimate for use on a farm or for hunting). No one is trying to take your hunting guns, it is the stupid guns that need to go
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So we give ALL GUNS an IQ TEST, whichever ones fail have to go! “KOOOOOOL! CAN WE DO THAT FOR CONGRESSMEN/WOMEN , TEACHERS, POLITICAL HACKS, AND POLITICAL ADVISORS?”
Who gets to decide who‘s the right people and who’s the wrong people? “Can a JURY of Blaze commentors sit on that board? PUUUUUUHLEEEEEEZE ???”
Jack2011
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:53pm2 stories now of home invasions where the occupants fought back with a gun.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/iraq-war-veteran-holds-burglary-suspect-at-gunpoint-until-police-arrive/
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 2:49pmAnd both being Democrats at that…does anyone wonder if these are just coincidental (likely) or more like a union attempting some intimidation factor?
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 3:49pm@Snow
Report Post »That is a real possibility. Show how the people are coming after the Reps so you can’t paint them as terrorists and come and arrest them. Brilliant!!!
Viet Vet
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 6:43pmComprehensive study has found that law-abiding American gunowners defend themselves against criminal attack 2.5 million time a year. Most instances are just like this one, where just producing the firearm is enough to stop the attack. Every issue of the NRA’s American Rifleman have several examples (The Armed Citizen) (gleaned from America’s newspapers) of citizens defending themselves successfully with their private firearms.
Report Post »Lamarr01
Posted on July 18, 2011 at 12:48amCitizens should not be allowed to protect themselves. That is the job of profession law enforcement professionals. The police or the sheriff will eventually show up to fill out the paperwork.
All the robber wanted was money. Is it worth possible injury to protect a little cash. Suppose the robber was injured or killed. The congressman and his family could be held liable for any injury or convicted of manslaughter. The only persons that will come out ahead are the lawyers.
Don’t even think of shooting an intruder. Defending yourself in court will cost more than giving the intruder the cash, your shotgun and the keys to your car.
Report Post »TAKE_NO_PRISONERS
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:51pmGun-toting democRAT is an oxymoron. He must be a closet Republican.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:58pmSorry, nope…he’s a supporter of the baby killers.
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 6:50pmAnd like most democraps, they will fall in line on gun control too, or face the rath of the democrap leadership.
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 7:29pmUm..wrath even.
Report Post »Mtroom
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:50pmso no police spokesperson to say” his actions, though heroic, could have ended worse” where’s that statement here?…oh right the perp got away
Report Post »Bum thrower
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:48pmA DEM with a firearm!!?? I thot he was for gun control….sorry, forgot; only applies to YOU the lowly, unwashed; you have to be at the mercy of thugs; the ‘political class’ has “priviledges”….
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:53pmThe stupid a$$ congressmen went after an armed intruder. Sounds like the grandson has the smarts of the family
Report Post »atrain
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:48pmWell done Congressman!
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 3:56pmReally? The guy spends his whole life trying to take away people’s right to have a gun and when he uses one to defend his family he is now cool? He is a typical communist. “Only the upper class of politicians have the right to bear arms.”
Report Post »NEMATIC
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:46pmHe’s a Democrat, this shotgun business can’t be good for
Report Post »his re-election. I strongly believe Dems should not bear weapons.
But I guess our laws give them the right as well. Hopefully one day
a weapon will require a “High IQ” to fire, which would surely
eliminate most if not all Liberals.
UlyssesP
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:47pmGet over it. Good for them.
Report Post »Mary Just
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 2:00pmYou arre corrrect, a gun that required an average IQ or higher to be fired would be inoperable to Liberal Demonrats. It is a known fact people with Iow IQs are registered Demonrats. I have vever seen a beautiful woman who was a registered Demonrat. The Demonrat Political Party is a cancer on our nation slowing killing it.
Report Post »BrotherWill
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:45pmTo be fair, he has always been pro-2nd amendment.
“Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record: Strongly Favors topic 10
National cross-state standard for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10
Teach kids Eddie Eagle GunSafe’s lifesaving message: Favors topic 10
Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC: Strongly Favors topic 10
NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1: Strongly Opposes topic 10
YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse: Strongly Favors topic 10″
http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Leonard_Boswell.htm
He’s actually more a moderate Demotard.
Report Post »PleaseStartBrainb4engagingmouth
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 1:00pmJust think if we could forget about politcal parties and pick our leaders based on character … not how much money and support they get from a politcal party…
Report Post »SuttonShimai
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 2:32pmAccording to Gun Owners of America he has a D-.
Report Post »http://gunowners.org/112hrat.htm
onebigassmistakeamerica
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:42pmAnother small victory for the 2nd Amendment.
These things happen everyday around our country. It is a shame they are not all reported by the mainstream media.
Report Post »olddog
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:50pmThe majority of americans have Finally realized they will not get ANY real news from the lame stream.
Report Post »They are there only to promote the lefts agenda..
Siempre fiel
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:41pmBoswell the demoKKKrat , Its ok for him to bear arms, Not us however……………….. Good thing he did not need to bust out his wooden spoon ……………. I despise demoKKKrats, Every last iota of a DemoKKKrat
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:49pmHow do you know that he’s against the 2nd amendment? The NRA supports Harry Reid because for all his faults he is a steadfast supporter of gun rights.
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 6:57pmI came very close to dropping my NRA membership because they endorsed 57 democraps in the last election. If those democraps had won their races, Pelosi would still be Speaker of the House and we gun owners and the Second Amendment would be in big trouble. The NRA better stop that crap.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 11:50pm@scuba13
Report Post »Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:49pm
How do you know that he’s against the 2nd amendment? The NRA supports Harry Reid because for all his faults he is a steadfast supporter of gun rights
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At least at all political functions, that is. If he truly supported them, No, anti-gun legislation would ever have passed the Senate as long as he’s been a Political Thug there.
looseyloo
Posted on July 18, 2011 at 11:14amIt is the people of Nevada– not Harry Reid– who strongly support the 2nd amendment. Harry knows he couldn’t get elected if he was anti-gun, so he represents the people on that issue, as he should.
Ever hear Harry try to explain his position on some of the liberal nonsense he supports? It is all gobbledygook from that mushmouth nitwit. He can’t explain or defend the indefensible. But the people of Nevada have kept it real simple for Harry– support the 2nd amendment or find a new job. Even Harry can understand that.
That is how it is supposed to work. The citizens tell the representative– not the other way around. When America gets that straightened out, we will get our country straightened out..
Report Post »Archstone
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:40pmGee, it was a democrat with a gun protecting his family.
Report Post »tarkus
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:38pmA gun was used to fix the situation. And guess what, no shots had to be fired. Victory for those who support the right to bear arms.
Report Post »Siempre fiel
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:42pmwell said ………….. surprised to see a demoKKKrat with a gun …………. ( do as I say , Not as I do )
Report Post »looseyloo
Posted on July 18, 2011 at 11:26amIt appears that shots should have been fired. The armed criminal is on the loose.
Oh, wait….It says police are investigating, so everybody is safe, except that criminal’s next victim.
Report Post »rienheart
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:35pmHis arse should have been filled with 00 buckshot.
Report Post »patriotic grandmom
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:35pmAlso, as a thought between this story and the story about the woman shooting her husband while trying to shoot a puppy, my guess is the gun used in the other story was unregistered. The story doesn’t say, but based on the other facts, it will be interesting to find out.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:43pmRegistered guns Granny? What state do you live in that registers any gun?
Report Post »olddog
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:46pmDoes it really matter to you which one you are shot with?
Report Post »Lesterp
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:49pmAll states if you buy from a dealer!
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:52pmWhat matters is that the congressman was not a victim . He protected his family .
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:55pmOld dog , I guess you would prefer to be a victim .
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:58pmLesterp Gun sale records are not kept permently. Learn the federal gun laws please.
Report Post »Lost Shaker Assault
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:34pmProtect your home with a firearm. Here is one congressman that will not vote against the second ammendment.
Report Post »Tommyk1
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:34pmThank God for our 2nd amendment rights.
Report Post »An AmericanMom
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:34pmThank God for the 2nd Amendment ……..more bad things are headed our way as this chaos continues in our country!
Locked and Loaded
Report Post »chouchourose
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:33pmGood for you, Mitchell Brown! Keep that shotgun handy and don‘t let the ********’ outrage prevent you from keeping your family safe.
Report Post »patriotic grandmom
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:33pmGun regulation? Which person in the story will be unarmed by new laws?
Report Post »An AmericanMom
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:39pmBingo sister!
Report Post »If every household was made to have a gun……bad guys (who are naturally cowards) wouldn’t take a chance on getting shot….hence nobody would get robbed.
Viet Vet
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 6:24pmThat’s right. If anti-gunners are serious they should put signs in their yards and near the doors that advertise: This house is gun free.
Report Post »Eraty Bab
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 7:03pmExactly! Check out the crime stats for Cobb County, GA., especially the city of Kennesaw. Every homeowner is required to own a gun in Kennesaw. Virtually crime free area.
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 7:37pmEraty Bab, I well remember the events of Morton Grove, Illinois and Kenesaw, Georgia. At the same time, Morton Grove outlawed either handguns or all guns, and Kenesaw required (unless it went against the beliefs of the homeowner) the head of household to own a firearm. Morton Grove‘s crime rate went up and Kenesaw’s went down.
Report Post »zeezil
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:31pmGet the dirtbag…otherwise he‘ll be back at either the Congressman’s home or another’s.
Report Post »debkk9
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:39pmwhy didn’t he shoot him? you don’t have to kill him, just shoot him
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:49pm@debkk9,
Report Post »That’s not right. You will get your ass handed to you in a lawsuit after you cripple the thieving bastard.
Cold War Vet
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 2:18pm@ ULYSSESP
I‘d recommend the ol’ double tap, just to be sure.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 3:08pmCOLDWARVET:
Report Post »Double tap isn’t taught anymore by advanced law enforcement. 8 or 9 shots, then another magazine quickly so your always fully loaded.
thecrow
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 7:36pmhttp://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/background-check/
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