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NH Homeowner Arrested for Firing Warning Shot During Burglary

NH Homeowner Arrested For Firing Warning Shot During Burglary

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A New Hampshire man stumbled upon the terrifying sight of a burglary in process in his home, and took decisive action with a firearm, but now he could face years in jail for foiling the robbery.NH Homeowner Arrested For Firing Warning Shot During Burglary

Foxnews.com has the details of the incident which already has 2nd Amendment advocates up in arms:

“Dennis Fleming, 61, of Farmington, was arrested for reckless conduct after the Saturday incident at his 19th century farmhouse. The single grandfather had returned home to find that his home had been burglarized and spotted Joseph Hebert, 27, climbing out of a window at a neighbor’s home. Fleming said he yelled “Freeze!” before firing his gun into the ground, then held Hebert at gunpoint until police arrived.”

Sounds like a good outcome to most, doesn’t it?  Apparently not to New Hampshire police.

Despite the fact that no one was injured in the incident– and the fact that the New Hampshire legislature is considering passage of a version of the “castle doctrine”– two arrests were made at the scene.

 

Fleming has a logical explanation for his actions, as he told Foxnews.com that  ”I didn’t think I could handle this guy physically, so I fired into the ground. He stopped. He knew I was serious. I was angry … and I was worried that this guy was going to come after me.”

NH Homeowner Arrested For Firing Warning Shot During Burglary

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For foiling the robbery of his home, and defending himself from possibly imminent harm if the burglar was armed, Fleming faces a similar prison sentence to the person who he claims was invading his home.

NH Homeowner Arrested For Firing Warning Shot During Burglary

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While state authorities consider whether Fleming acted within New Hampshire statutes for the protection of life and property, Fleming remains very worried about the possible outcome.

“I have 14 grandchildren, I don’t want to be a felon and go to jail,” he told Fox. “I’m kind of wound up about it.”

 

NH Homeowner Arrested For Firing Warning Shot During Burglary

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Fleming’s seven rifles and his .38 caliber handgun have already been seized by police.

Some New Hampshire locals are already letting it be known that charges against Fleming would be a total affront to the right to bear arms and basic common sense.

Penny Dean, a spokeswoman for the Gun Owners of New Hampshire, has claimed her organization is “absolutely outraged.”

The Blaze will follow this story and report new developments.

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  • Santa Cruz Kid
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:10pm

    S S S You figure it out.

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    • cemerius
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:13pm

      Soviet Socialist State?

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 11:54pm

      It must be against the law to shoot at a Obama voter

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    • NUTN2SAY
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 12:24am

      Has any of you ever considered? Before the laws of religion, and before the laws of politics. BOTH OF WHICH IS MAN MADE!

      The LAWS of MOTHER NATURE were SUPREME! None of which is MAN made!

      I CHOOSE TO SIDE WITH “ THE LAWS OF MOTHER NATURE” and not you!

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    • ljmack
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 12:57am

      So NUTN2SAY your saying that he should heve just killed the thief. that would have been natures law.

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    • blamelessace5
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 2:28am

      This is why u dont break the golden rule of gun ownership …if ur being burgalerized …SHOOT TO KILL.DO NOT WOUND .

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    • 000degrees
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 7:44am

      Isn’t NH “Live free or die”????? One of those states up there is…If those resident think sacrificing some of their freedom for security is worth a law that locks this man up then it is really true. They deserve neither!!!!

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    • Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 7:56am

      Actually, you shoot to stop (the attack). Except in tyrannical/authoritarian regimes around the world (and in some parts of the supposed United States of America), a person defending their own lives with a firearm by shooting their attacker is safe from the law, even if the defended against attacker dies, because the motives of the defender were not the attacker’s death, but just the attackers cessation of attacks. You shoot to stop. You do not shoot to kill. If you shoot to kill, the law generally does get a hardon for prosecuting you.

      In a few of those regimes where it is okay for a person to shoot to stop an attack on themselves, they are also legally immune for shooting to stop an attack on someone else. Some restrict this defense of others to close family members, others allow friends and acquaintances, others allow lethal force in defense of complete strangers. The legal right to defend the lives of others, regardless of familiarity should be assumed as the default, and any jurisdiction which disagrees with that is in error.

      In fewer still, a defender is legally immune from consequences for using lethal force to defend property, with a similar “your own/someone else’s” dichotomy. I think specificly of the Texas burglary after dark statutes.

      This case is a prime example of why warning shots are a bad idea. Plug the bastard, drag his bloody corpse back to the house you saw him climbing out of, and if he was unarmed, get a rusty knife from the shed and plant i

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    • Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 8:03am

      This case is a prime example of why warning shots are a bad idea. Plug the bastard, drag his bloody corpse back to the house you saw him climbing out of, and if he was unarmed, get a rusty knife from the shed and plant it on him. This makes the situation much less legally ambiguous for the mental midgets in the prosecutor’s office and the police officers on the scene. And makes there job of making the life of the defender harder than the criminal class already had.

      If the political ruling classes don’t like the scenario I just outlined above, they have only themselves to blame. Adopt a comprehensive castle doctrine and people defending themselves from or preventing criminality against themselves have less incentive to “take the law into their own hands”. If the law would do its job at dealing with criminals, then fewer regular folk would find it necessary to deal with criminals themselves.

      I’ve even personally witnessed hypothetical discussions between gun owning homeowners and area police about when it is legally permissible to fire on a home invader where the “authority” admonished that if they shoot the criminal outside of their home’s walls, to drag the skel back inside. That is the best way for the authorities to not have to arrest the homeowner, which, frankly, the good cops never want to do in the first place.

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    • lordjosh
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 8:25am

      [Art.] 2. [Natural Rights.] All men have certain natural, essential, and inherent rights – among which are, the enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting, property; and, in a word, of seeking and obtaining happiness. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by this state on account of race, creed, color, sex or national origin.

      [Art.] 2-a. [The Bearing of Arms.] All persons have the right to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves, their families, their property and the state.

      This is from the NH state constitution. The law has spoken.

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    • old white guy
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 9:03am

      take it to a jury and he will leave a free man. any judge who even agrees to hear this should be removed from the bench.

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    • Wat Tyler
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 9:50am

      Liberals suck so bad.

      It’s so time for a military solution to the culture wars.

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    • VigilantGuardShark
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 10:10am

      What, is this the first move to disarm We the People by exercising our 2nd Amendment Rights?

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    • turkey13
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 10:34am

      Here in Oklahoma we have Castle Doctrine law and this guy would be on the local news getting a citizens award. Well I will have to put NH on my no fly list. There is a book store on Amazon I buy books from that now will not get any business from me – same goes for e-bay. If all the folks across the country hit these states in the pocket book, they will pass sensible laws. You all read about the teen mother in OK City that killed a guy breaking in – she and her baby are both fine

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    • AZRACISTBIGOT
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 10:46am

      Warning shots are a bad idea, even here in Arizona
      If you draw down on someone and don’t shoot, you are guilty of brandishing a weapon.
      I don’t think that a jury will convict this guy, but who wouldn’t be finacialy devestated my having to pay for a long drawn out legal defense.

      .

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    • candcantiques
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 10:49am

      How is what this man did reckless conduct but the father that shot his daughters computer it ISN’T reckless conduct? They both shot straight at the ground right? How is one different from the other? SERIOUSLY?

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 11:02am

      Use the gun and go to jail! Thats how they control guns. Your fearful to even show the thing because there are laws for brandishing a firearm. You would do time for this in California for sure. Its a shame that criminals can run rampant and right through your home. But you can‘t chase them down after they’ve left and then fire at them or fire into the ground because thats the same. I’m not for what happened to this guy but you gotta know the local gun laws before you pull that thing out. This is one of those instances. If the criminal is in your home you have every right to stop him, but climbing out of the window of a neighboring home…eh? Call the cops! Get a good description, shadow him at a distance and stay on the phone to give details. No sense in going to jail with the guy!

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    • guns-an-bibles
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 11:06am

      NUTN2SAY

      Your screen name should tell you something. Say nutin because your logic shows your IQ.

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    • FASTCOMPANY
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 11:35am

      Shoot, Shovel and Shut-Up

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    • 1968cap
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 1:32pm

      Folks, if you live in a state that violates your right to won a pistol or other firearm you need to move to Texas. You will be welcome, if of course you are a good person. For sure and you can bet your sweet a.. on it that if the wheels fall off because of the insane politics of socialism now being put forth you will find willing compatriots who will stand beside you.

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    • bikerr
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 2:29pm

      @NUTN2SAY—Other than your comment which is kinda pointless. I see a gun as a way to throw an object at something/somebody. All I am doing is “helping” the object get there faster and with more meaning. Now that’s “natural. Oh and by the way STOP YELLING!

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    • turkey13
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 3:57pm

      The folks had to arrest the home owner – this is obama land and if you back Second Ammendment all of a sudden Federal dollars to those states dry up. Isn’t NH where Sotomanure came from? If all you folks call your friends and tell them about this case and when buying from Co’s, e-bay-Amazon start a boycotte on this state and others up there that give the 2ND Ammendment the finger and hit’em in the pocketbook they will come mto there ndsenses.

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    • Wolf
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 5:32pm

      @ Nutn2say- ‘nature’ might be YOUR mother, but it ain’t mine.
      My mother always told me to stand up for myself.

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    • Charley1
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 9:56pm

      Les, very bad idea. Planting evidence, altering evidence WILL be found, and you will end up doing time. Never change anything at a scene. LEOs and prosecutor will know, and will present the evidence to the jury, you’ll get an expense paid vacation for several years, and a criminal record. Shoot ‘em. “I was in fear of my life, I fired in self defense”.Then shut up.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:35am

      This but one in a list of long examples of Government removing the right of self defense and exercising the 2cd amendment.
      The gun owner in this story did everything right. He alerted authoritys approached the criminal shot into the ground where the projectile had no chance of falling and hitting an innocent person. Making the burgler fully aware that he meant business without shooting the burgler.
      The government problem is they don’t want people to be self suffienent they want a society helplessly dependent on them.
      The man should demand a Jury trial and I can guarantee the jury will nullify this statute and set a case law for future citizens proptection from the Government.

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    • The Jewish Avenger
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 12:48pm

      FASTCOMPANY
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 11:35am

      Shoot, Shovel and Shut-Up

      Ding ding ding! We have a winner… Even if it isn’t. They are turning law abiding citizens to consider hiding bodies to avoid prosecution because they were PROTECTING THEIR HOME. I’d say my kids came out the bedroom and reached out for them. “I had to choose, them or him, sorry”

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    • Manchurian.Candidate
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 1:36pm

      *****,
      You can’t be serious? Drag a bloody body back to your house? Plant a knife on him? Are you for real? I can‘t believe you’d even suggest such a thing.
      You be smokin too much crack or meth or something ’cause you be TRIPPIN”!!

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    • Knight Templar
      Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:51am

      And just who is this Mother Nature you are referring to?
      Might she be related to Father God?

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    • cessna152
      Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:52am

      @Manchurian,

      This is what happens when wrong becomes right and right is wrong. All humanist (Communism/Socialism) regimes follow this model. The law favors the criminals the innocent must do something to survive. Sadly, this is what happens…society crumbles.

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    • ghostsouls
      Posted on February 24, 2012 at 5:32pm

      They need the Oklahoma “Make My Day” law. This guy would be given 2 medals here. One for stopping a crime, and one for showing restraint for not killing him. Because had he killed him, he would not be arrested here. This same situation has happened here, and not one person who has killed the intruder has gone to jail. They refuse to press charges.

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  • jdog777
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:08pm

    The men who arrested this man for doing his civic duty… ALL need to be fired right now. If a prosecutor charges this man… then he needs to be hung in the public square.

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    • chips1
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:19pm

      Maybe they can get Obama‘s Admiral to inspect the swing set to see if it’s safe.

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:25pm

      We are being oppressed by a tyrannical government,simple as that.If you can’t defend your life the state is telling you your life has no value.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:35pm

      The guy showed real restrain. If it had of been me they would be pullung a 9MM out of a brain splattered wall…

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:37pm

      Come on, Jdog777! Hung in the public square? Is that kind of shrill statement useful? If the prosecutor charges the man, then the prosecutor should be voted out of office — at least District Attorneys are subject to the will of the people. The governor should pardon the man if he is convicted — a pardon, not mere “clemency”.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:44pm

      Clearly… NH is oriented to Obama and Redistribution of Wealth!

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    • tzion
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:49pm

      I wouldn’t blame the police. They showed up to find one man pointing a gun at another. The proper response, IMO, is to bring him in, ensure the gun is his and he can legally carry it, confirm that it was his house, and if everything checks out send him home. If there’s some kind of problem they can always pay him a visit later.

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    • orionreplay6607
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:57pm

      I read this earlier in the day. I thought I was reading about a joke or at least something with a punchline ending. The more I read, the more I was incensed. This man defends his home (and his neighbor’s), fires a shot in the dirt to show he means business, and now has the possibility of going to the same jail for the same amount of time as the true criminal robbing the two houses. WTF, Over?

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    • P C BE DAMNED
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:14pm

      One of these days we are going to look up these people who trample on good Americans and their Constitutional rights and after trying them in a court of law by a jury of their peers, we will hang them at the nearest busiest intersection. And just walk the hel1 away. TRASH

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    • WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges11
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:22pm

      jdog777 – “If a prosecutor charges this man… then he needs to be hung in the public square.”

      Chuck Stein – “Hung in the public square? Is that kind of shrill statement useful?”

      In a healthy Republic? Perhaps not. In the sickness of dictatorship, where tyranny reigns free? YES. Or to put it as The Founders of our nation did:

      “What country before ever existed a century & a half without a rebellion? & what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? LET THEM TAKE ARMS. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon & pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? THE TREE OF LIBERTY MUST BE REFRESHED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE BLOOD OF PATRIOTS & TYRANTS. It is it’s natural manure.” -Thomas Jefferson, 11/13/1787

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    • robert
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:22pm

      “Fleming’s seven rifles and his .38 caliber handgun have already been seized by police.”

      Yes, the Gestapo seized his guns, because he represented a vicious threat to criminals who might break into his house or try to kill him.

      Did they make him apologize to the perp who he captured?

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    • candcantiques
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:28pm

      Chuck Stein
      Jdog777 is correct. The Declaration of Independance CLEARLY states that we have the right to life. The man stated he was afraid…”I didn’t think I could handle this guy physically, so I fired into the ground….. and I was worried that this guy was going to come after me.” The man is “Dennis Fleming, 61, Joseph Hebert ( the burglar), 27. There is no SANE reason why charges should be brought. If charges are brought I agree HANG THE PROSECUTOR. We cannot continue to play with these idiots who refuse to listen to reason and feel that they know better than we do in such a situation or that they know better than the Declaration and Constitution guaranteed us. Just as I believe it is time to stop playing with murderers, rapists and child abductors/abusers we need to stop playing with these government lackies that feel their idea of law is better that our guaranteed rights. If they dont follow the Constitution and The Declaration then they are traitors to the public they are supposed to serve. They should die a traitors death.

      Not to mention the man is 61! What is this stress doing to him at his age. I have a bad heart and I am only 45! What about the stress this man is needlessly going through. Both the police and the states attorney owe this man an IMMEDIATE apology and as part of that apology they need to pass the castle doctrine NOW!

      Screw the government idiots. THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER. TAKE THE POWER BACK!

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    • jhaydeng
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:41pm

      what a joke! All he should have to do is show id! You suck New Hampshire if you don’t help this guy out!

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    • IronSights
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:10pm

      @Chuck Stein – I see your point, but it’s hard not to feel the same as @jdog777 when you read about government thuggery. Constantly the rights of citizens get trampled into the dirt and the recourse we have is limited at best. Look at Eric Holder’s actions and the actions of his team. They won’t receive any sort of punishment for fast and furious. The whole thing will just be a dog and pony show so everyone can cater to their parties of interest on both sides, then it will just fade away.

      At some point trampling on the people should result in a broken leg. After all they have set the precedent of “over-the-top” penalties upon us not being aligned with perceived crime. For the victim at his age to be arrested and stewing over serving years in jail for defending himself and property. The system is broke; financially, intellectually, and morally. At some point something will have to give. It did in 1776.

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    • Grey Eagle
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:20pm

      Yep a liberal state with wacky gun laws where the criminal is fully protected and the person trying to protect themselves winds up being treated like a criminal. Glad I don’t live there.

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    • candcantiques
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:27pm

      This is who everyone needs to contact and use these words that HE (the county attorney) wrote.
      “Victims often experience emotional distress as a result of crime, fear, anger, depression and guilt are not uncommon reactions. Witnesses also often feel fear, confusion and anxiety about what they have seen.“ ”If you are a victim of a crime, we want to be sure that you are not revictimized by the system. If you are a witness to a crime we want you to feel proud to have performed your civic duty and not feel as though you have wasted your time.” Sincerely, Tom Velardi County Attorney
      http://www.co.strafford.nh.us/amessagetovictims_attorneys.aspx
      Telephone: (603) 749-2808 * Fax: (603) 743-4997

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    • Rocky_Top
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:38pm

      Farmington NH is my home town. This is why I moved to the south. That and everyone is lawyer happy…………….And the bad part is that NH is by far the best state in new england……. it is almost a red state.

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    • InfiniteSolutions
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:47pm

      Up front I‘m not sure if there’s more to the story but as reported this man had every right to detain this suspect. Where were the cops if he didn’t call them. Would have been better off having the man cough up the stuff he stoled and told him never to come back, only to burglurize someone else and who know what else could happen if he thinks he can steal with inpunity. I don’t want to jump the gun on the cops who arrested the man, although, you would hope they could have sided with the owner of this place. If it comes down to it we need to vote the bums out of office that are preventing law abiding citizens from protecting themselves. With crime going up it’s no wonder why people are staying closer to their guns. It’s getting scarry and dangerous. Do you know how many gangs there are out there and drugs are rampant. The drug war is lost and gangs are gaining in numbers as our economy continues to tank.

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    • INOGAWD
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:51pm

      NH is in lockstep with the Obamanation……You don’t need
      an ID to VOTE there, and now you can’t Defend yourself ??
      Sounds like the whole North East is in the toilet………….

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    • hallkbrdz
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 10:48pm

      Wait… isn’t the NH motto “Live FREE or Die”?

      I guess FREEdom has now Died in NH.

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    • Mich9Bran
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 11:21pm

      I gree with you,hey need Gun laws like we have here in Arizona ,

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    • SgtB
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 11:37pm

      If by fired you mean have a 12 gauge slug fired into their chest cavity for committing crimes against humanity, then I agree with you. If you think that all they should receive is a loss of their job, they I do not agree. They took an oath to defend the RIGHTS of the citizen and if they are not upholding that oath, they should be treated like a Soldier, Sailor, Airman, or Marine who commits “friendly fire” on purpose.

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    • wzanesdad
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 11:57pm

      absolutely right mich9……our gun laws in az awe the best. These people in nh really need to stand up for their rights on this one.

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    • blamelessace5
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 2:37am

      @baddoggy

      Very few time do we agree ..however i agree i would have just shot him …and burried him out in the woods and just tel the cops …well he got away.

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    • ICanComment
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 5:57am

      A few of you guys allege that New Hampshire is a liberal state with whacky gun laws. I live here – the truth is that it’s not. Open carry requires no permit. My concealed permit is a small piece of paper. I went down to my local police station and paid $10, and they filled out the carbon copy paper, tore it off, and said, “here you go.” We’re a “shall issue” state, too. There’s virtually no limit to what you can have or carry here. No state statutes specify any limits to weapon types, capacity, etc. When you buy a firearm, you only have to fill out the federal paperwork. What’s more, you can carry just about anywhere.

      This state is traditionally very conservative (in a unique, New England way), but there’s an increasingly liberal influx from the Commonwealth to the south. Maine and Vermont are suffering the same plight. (Maine below the “Volvo Belt” that is)

      I’m trying to find the statute and quote it, but I’m pressed for time. Basically, our state law says that deadly force is justifiable when the criminal is invading your home or on the area immediately around your home attempting to enter illegally. (Very loose paraphrase. Sorry) It gets kind of dicey when you’re outside your home and the guy is coming out of your home, because then I suppose he legally poses no immediate threat. Even though I read the laws myself, my local cop explained this technicality to me when I applied for a permit.

      Could the laws be better? Yeah, sure.

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 6:58am

      WHAT A MORON !
      He SHOULD be in jail…
      FOR STUPIDITY !
      Everybody knows, SHOOT FOR CENTER OF MASS !
      (body shot) (torso shot)

      Seriously, this is what happens when you try to straddle a fence. You fall with one leg on each side of the fence, and bust your **** every time!

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    • D-Fence
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 7:39am

      @WEDONTNEEDNOSTINKIN….. You do realize that you’re now be tracked for such rebellious speak! I support your thoughts and those of our founders.

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    • Wolf
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 9:09am

      @ Tzion: the man legally had the gun, his CCW was given him July 4, 1776.

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    • tricia
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 9:30am

      Absolutely!!!!!!! The public servants (judges, prosecutors, and politicians) of this country need to be reminded that they work for the law abiding, God fearing, American citizens. Not only in this situation, but with all the tyrannical laws and regulations these people created across the United States of America.

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    • Buck Shane
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 9:40am

      EVERYBODY … Read candcantiques post above. If all the Blazers respond, this clown will relent. He would feel all powerful as long as no one knew what he was doing, but if he gets 1000 emails, and if his phone never stops ringing, he will run for cover.

      The thing these creepy bureaucrats fear is being held responsible for anything they do. If he thinks he’ll be blamed for this, he’ll slither through a loophole and this man will be free.

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    • Buck Shane
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 11:47am

      Tom Velardi hides his email address. You can use this one and send it to his attention.
      SCmailbox@co.strafford.nh.us

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    • Wolf
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 5:47pm

      @ Chuck Stein… “…Come on, Jdog777! Hung in the public square?…”
      Correct: right after they’re tarred and feathered.

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    • Rocky_Top
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 5:53pm

      @ICanComment
      I agree with you for the most part. As I said NH is almost a red state. Although, A local political radio station in TN made a statement about Romney and the north east that I beleave to be true. In TN our democrats are more conserviative and less liberal than the republicans in the north east and Romney. From down here Romney looks like a full blooded liberal democrat!!

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    • Bill Rowland
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:47am

      Thank God for making Texas.
      Guy was a burglar, burglar was shot, shooter patted on back and gun returned, to owner, end of investigation.
      Only problem is civil litigation with burglar sueing home owner, not much chance of collecting in most courts.

      OMG

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  • Hakem_burhan
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:06pm

    The police have made the people it’s Enemy and the people are standing around asking “why am I the enemy?”

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    • 2theADDLED
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:13pm

      Police would get more respect and the crime rate would go down if they did the same one halt, one warning shot, then shoot to maim.
      You just can’t outrun a bullet.

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    • ewil99
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:49pm

      The police don’t write the laws or accept charges. The state writes the laws and charges are accepted or denied by the DA. But, I wouldn’t work in law enforcement in a state with no common sense of self preservation.

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    • D-Fence
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 7:42am

      Look up “Oath Keepers” This movement is growing and helps defend against the police carrying out federal orders to make the masses submisive.

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  • RightThinking1
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:04pm

    Outrageous. This guy may well receive the treatment that Bernhard Goetz did. Of course Goetz was in NYC, but then he was actually being threatened by punks with weapons. Goetz spent 250 days in jail.
    http://www.fact-index.com/b/be/bernhard_goetz.html

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    • Bluefish49
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:13pm

      I live in South Carolina. If this had happened here the homeowner would have been fined for not shooting the thief. But we don’t condone back shots….we’re not savages….

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  • BlackCrow
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:03pm

    If you produce a firearm do so to use it. Do NOT try to intimidate, do not try to warn, If you pull a gun use it to stop the threat PERIOD! To do any thing else other than using it to stop the threat is going to get you in more trouble. The threat can take the weapon and turn it against you, they could use their own weapon on you then there are the local authorities who look down on throwing lead in the air to scare someone.

    Make sure of your local laws and especially any “Castle Doctrine” laws first, Better still get out of the Communist dominated North East. Texas is nice any time of year.

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    • oldguy49
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:07pm

      i have a carry and the only way i would pull it or any gun i own is to shoot to protect me and mine…….no warning just bang

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    • 1proudAmerican
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:09pm

      I can’t wait to get out of the northeast, specifically NY. Too many liberals here.

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    • godhatesacoward
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:52pm

      Yep.

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:02pm

    These anti gun laws are perverse and more importantly every ‘gun law’ passed since the second amendment is unconstitutional.In the second amendment you won’t see a requirement to obtain a permit from government or anyone else for that matter.

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    • mamawalker
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:34pm

      I agree 1000%! The right to bear arms…not the right to register with the government in order to bear arms!

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    • cous1933
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:15pm

      I agree. I’ve been a cop for nearly 27 years and as I support the Second Amendment completely, I believe the only gun law should be don’t harm another person with your gun unless it is in justifiable defense.

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    • hallkbrdz
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 10:55pm

      I agree. Buy a CNC lathe and make as many of your own guns as you want, in whatever caliber you want.

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  • skippy6
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:59pm

    Fascist police state!!! …

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    • Hakem_burhan
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:05pm

      This isn‘t the 1st time this has happened here but it’s gonna be the last.

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  • AJAYW
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:58pm

    The crooks have all the rights- just what holder wants– he(( he even gave crooks guns to use against us.

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  • gr8t2bfree
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:58pm

    gun sales up 98%…..and growing!

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  • mcullison
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:58pm

    NH used to be the “Live Free or Die” state until half of MA moved there to avoid the confiscatory taxes. Current guv is a Democrap.

    Talk to any lawyer who handles gun cases, though, and he’ll tell you never fire a warning shot. That’s Hollywood ****. You either shoot the guy or you don’t. In this case if he was outside the guy’s house he had to legal cause to shoot him. Castle Doctrines protect you in your home, car or business, not outside in most cases.

    Draw down on the guy and if he comes at you, plant a couple rounds center mass.

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  • eramthgin
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:56pm

    Everyone who reads the Blaze needs to be outraged. How do some of these stupid arse laws get passed in the first place. Arm yourselves the second revolution is coming.

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:20pm

      If it was in a city or town with ordinances about discharging…the wrong peckerheaded cop or coppette will write them/you up in a hearbeat. Cops are people. See where it goes and hopefully some of his own townspeeps have started a legal fund.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:55pm

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    Better to Shoot first ask questions later……

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    • oldguy49
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:20pm

      yep..better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6

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  • CATALYST
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:54pm

    When we act like robots without any “common sense”, we are prime targets to repeat history’s dark moments. Perhaps the police ARE robots….because they have been disconnected from the communities they SERVE. If the people should VERY vocal in support for this individual and make it known that they disapprove of overzealous law enforcement….after all, common sense says it’s ok to speed if you are saving lives…or should police start pulling eachother over? GET A GRIP NH!

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    • INOGAWD
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 10:27pm

      There is NO such thing as “common sense”, with Libotards and
      the Obama Administration..

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  • Outlaw_Josey_Wales
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:52pm

    I won’t waste a bullet firing a warning shot!

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    • Darla_K
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 7:39am

      It is my understanding that the robber was next door in his neighbors house. That changes everything as far as him protecting his property? Not that I am defending the criminal, but laws are laws. It is kind of like illegals coming into our Country but we have laws that say they cannot enter illegally but we let them get away with breaking the law. The key here is if you are a citizen of this country you better follow the law or else…. If you are a illegal or criminal we will protect you.

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    • Wolf
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 9:19am

      Darla- so they guy shouldn‘t have protected his neighbor’s property rights? There‘d be a helluva lot less crime if people would get involved in defending their communities instead of being blind to what’s happening.

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    • tripl-e
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 12:06pm

      @ Wolf
      You must know local and state laws before using a firearm to thwart a perceived crime. Many states/localities do not permit citizens to intervene with deadly force. For example, here in the People’s Republik of New Jersey citizens are obliged to retreat until there is no more escape available before they consider deadly force. You can‘t simply dispatch a burglar just because they’re in your house. And you damned sure can’t fire your gun (ANY discharge of a firearm is illegal in my township) just because you wanted to impress an imagined burglar exiting a neighbor’s house. I feel for this fella but he made a couple of real big mistakes here. I hope sane heads prevail but I’d be willing to bet that his firearm owning days are behind him now.

      Is any of this right? He!! no, but it is reality. Instead of tilting against windmills we need to work to change the damage the lib/progs have done over the last 60 years. Know your local laws!

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  • spirited
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:52pm

    This would be a very good time for President Obama to say,

    —> “THE POLICE ACTED STUPIDLY”

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    • robinakilt
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:59pm

      Was one of them black? If not it ain’t gonna happen. What to soon?

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    • Mahakala
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:59pm

      Funny and true, but he won’t.

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    • piper60
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:00pm

      He won’t, though. He favors the confiscation of all firearms from honest citizens.

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  • Robert-CA
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:50pm

    The homeowner should get life & send to Gitmo .
    The robber should get federal financial support for life & should get the Nobel Prize .
    So robbers & criminals in NH keep robbing & killing , the government & the police are on your side .

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  • Gypsy123
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:49pm

    The criminal is lucky he didn’t blow his brains out and that is what he should have done. Better to be tried by 12 than carried by 6

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  • Gypsy123
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:47pm

    Hog wash if you have a state that does that crap you need to move out and find a state that supports what you believe in. NH obviously is liberal. Let them get robbed and murdered decent folks find a state with decent folks and good gun laws.

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  • derekcranex
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:47pm

    Odds are that some lefty man-hating lezzie cop arrested this man. Hopefully, this arrest will spur the legislature to pass that legislation protecting a homeowner who defends his home. I wish him well.

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  • AngryRed
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:46pm

    America, how long? How long will you let the enemies of freedom steal your rights away? How bad must it get before you take action? Truly the time has come to refresh the tree of liberty with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

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    • Razorhunters
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:54pm

      pardon and pacify…

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    • robinakilt
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:58pm

      Do you hear the knocks on your door? You know you can only talk of violence if you are part of the Unions or OWS, not sure that there is really a difference but they get praise from politicians in Washington but statements like yours which are for preserving Freedom and Liberty, well that sir is just treason and terrorist talk to the current regime. So tread lightly and just prepare to protect against all enemies both foreign and domestic.

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    • mamawalker
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:06pm

      @AngryRed Great question! My fear is that the revolt will come too late. We have sat silent for so many things that attack our freedom, especially in these last three years. For the first time in my adult life, I am afraid we have seen the last of freedom in America. I, unlike our First Lady, have always been proud of my country..the trouble is, I no longer recognize it!

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  • robinakilt
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:45pm

    If I come home and find someone in it I do not know, I will be judge by 12 and the intruder will be carried by 6. NO ONE will tell me I cannot protect my home and my family…NO ONE! Make all the laws you want to make progressives.

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  • Razorhunters
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:44pm

    insane…arm yourselves america…the police state is here.

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  • JP4JOY
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:44pm

    First they came for the guns in New Hampshire…

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  • democritusoilder267
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:41pm

    I would have done the same if I was in Dennis’ shoes. There are to many people who are willing to steal from you or cause harm to you. America is quick to punish the victims and give praise the suspects. We need to stand our grounds.

    I don‘t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
    Malcolm X

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    • flipper1073
      Posted on February 22, 2012 at 12:25pm

      Hey Dennis You MISSED
      Gun Control is using both hands.

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  • garyM
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:40pm

    I have just about quit posting here but I came back to read a few stories and to see if the same BS was going on, just have to make another comment that as I looked back over all the political stories, I did not see THE BECK running any positive stories that might help his proclaimed candidate Rick Santorum, in fact I saw quite the contrary. THE TRUTH LIVES HERE RIGHT?
    Go Rick I’m with you even if Beck claims to be but really is doing all he can to lead his sheep to Romney!

     
    • Quiata
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:51pm

      That’s alright, GARYM, if you decide to quit posting here. Relevance is a factor when it comes to quality commentary anyway.

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    • Slayer
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:27pm

      The occuslobs just wrote a letter to USA Today threatening gun violence on Wall Street and the response? Nothing. Our country is broken. Our leaders have failed us. Those in power hate us and seek to destroy us. We’re on our own.

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    • candcantiques
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:59pm

      Not sure Santorum doesnt have a HUGE fight in front of him. Ron Paul was talking today about choosing Judge Andrew Napolitano for his Vice President should he be the nominee. That one thing could make me change my vote if it actually happened.

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    • circleDwagons
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 10:28pm

      hey Garym, hope you don’t wander far. i think that you are right about beck and romney

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    • Thedadde
      Posted on February 25, 2012 at 9:05pm

      Slayer, [the charismatic puppet that today rules over you and me,] Obama’s plan, along with the puppet master, George Soros, are $$$paying!!! Occupiers to cause violence in the streets because the TEA Party refuses to start it. Pelosi praises OWS violence but abhors the ‘violence’ of the TEA Party of which there was never any. See how they easily fool the dumb masses? Well, that and DWTS, ETC. Once the violence in the streets starts, as is already happening HERE and around the world, see Greece, then Obama can declare all kinds of draconian laws to keep you in your place, or perhaps, out of your place. See Agenda 21, it is already happening across Amerika. And nobody even sees it. GBTV and grow a pair. A big enough pair to open your mouth/keyboard and warn your friends, etc. Your children and grandchildren will quiz you. The timing was all wrong, they got in a hurry, but it was just too late, it got too cold for large turnouts. It will get extremely violent this summer. IF the PEOPLE have the stomach for it, or just the paid left cause the stir. Set your watch by it. We are far far more broke than Greece. Fact. LA, San Fran, New York, Detroit… I’d be moving to Texas. Ol’ George has a hugeload of money and he is 80. He will break America as he has broken countries before, including the one across the Pond. Can I get a Moo?

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