Jack O'Conner
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My brother-in-law's sister had this frightening experiance during the Detroit race riots over 30 years ago:
A large crowd had gathered in front of her home. Recently widowed, she was worried about being one of the few caucasian families in the neighborhood although no real problems had ocurred before the riots began.
She gathered both toddler boys into her bedroom and loaded her 22 Marlin. When she heard the door breaking in downstairs she called the Police. She locked the hall door. When her bedroom door was kicked in she fired her rifle at the head of the first guy and then another quick shot into the chest of the next guy. Rest of the bad guys ran out of the house.
One bad guy collapsed on the front sidewalk and died. The little bullet had clipped a main artery in his chest. The other bad guy made his way to the nearest Hospital. He had lost a couple teeth and big portion of his tongue. The bullet had bounced around in his mouth before exiting his cheek where it permanently damaged nerves which control facial muscles. He was arrested and sent back to Prison for parole violation.
While in Prison this bad guy was the brunt of much jokes. His face was paralyzed on one side and he could not talk right, the result of that 22 bullet. Eventually this bad guy got into a fight and was stabbed to death. So it goes.
REST OF THE STORY: The woman and her children were rescued by the Detroit Police. But the crowd burned her house to the ground shortly after the Police left. She rec'd insurance money and re-located to Chadron, Nebraska. She re-married and lives there to this day. She still has that 22 Marlin.
My point is that a 22 semi-auto rifle kept this woman and her children from harm.
Jack
A large crowd had gathered in front of her home. Recently widowed, she was worried about being one of the few caucasian families in the neighborhood although no real problems had ocurred before the riots began.
She gathered both toddler boys into her bedroom and loaded her 22 Marlin. When she heard the door breaking in downstairs she called the Police. She locked the hall door. When her bedroom door was kicked in she fired her rifle at the head of the first guy and then another quick shot into the chest of the next guy. Rest of the bad guys ran out of the house.
One bad guy collapsed on the front sidewalk and died. The little bullet had clipped a main artery in his chest. The other bad guy made his way to the nearest Hospital. He had lost a couple teeth and big portion of his tongue. The bullet had bounced around in his mouth before exiting his cheek where it permanently damaged nerves which control facial muscles. He was arrested and sent back to Prison for parole violation.
While in Prison this bad guy was the brunt of much jokes. His face was paralyzed on one side and he could not talk right, the result of that 22 bullet. Eventually this bad guy got into a fight and was stabbed to death. So it goes.
REST OF THE STORY: The woman and her children were rescued by the Detroit Police. But the crowd burned her house to the ground shortly after the Police left. She rec'd insurance money and re-located to Chadron, Nebraska. She re-married and lives there to this day. She still has that 22 Marlin.
My point is that a 22 semi-auto rifle kept this woman and her children from harm.
Jack
