88-Year-Old Makes Wise Decision; Replaces Stolen Pistol Just Before Being Robbed And Beaten In His Home

By James England

HAMILTON, OHIO — An elderly man was brutally beaten and robbed but was able to retrieve his handgun and shoot one of the robbers in the leg, forcing both to flee. This apparently happened only a little after he had been burglarized and had his gun stolen. Thankfully, he bought a replacement .38 special that likely saved his life.

According to the Hamilton Journal-News, the 88-year-old man encountered the couple of thieves in his driveway. It was a man and a woman, and they taunted him before hitting him in the face several times. The man took his wallet and the woman pushed past him to get his television. The homeowner got his .38 special out from a drawer in his coffee table and shot the man on his front porch.

“I guess he was counting my money,” he said. “I aimed for his leg and I got him.”

This changed the tone for the female robber. She apparently plead with the man to not shoot her.

“It told her, ‘You get your ass out of here and I won’t shoot you,’ ” the homeowner said.

They ran off with his wallet, cell phone, and strangely his home phone. The Hamilton Journal-News reported …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation