Sleepy Armed Senior Citizen Stops Burglar In His Tracks

By Cam Edwards

When retired attorney Daniel McGown returned to his home in Akron, Ohio on Monday after a weekend visiting family, he discovered that his home had been broken into while he was gone. The front door of his home had been pried open with a shovel, and inside, the 73-year old discovered that thieves had stolen several firearms, ammunition, and other items from the home.

McGown notified police, but he was concerned that the intruders might return, so Monday evening when he went to bed, he decided to sleep with a pistol under his pillow. Early Tuesday morning, he’d be forced to use it.

Just after 5 a.m. Tuesday, he heard someone ringing his doorbell. He didn’t answer.

Then he heard someone enter the home. Gun drawn, McGown came downstairs and found a male suspect standing in his living room. He told the man not to move and ordered him to lie down on the floor and put his hands where McGown could see them.

The burglar cooperated with the armed septuagenarian, even walking upstairs in front of McGown while the retired attorney had the gun trained on him so McGown could retrieve his cell phone and call police. Once officers arrived, …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms