Two, Two, Two Adds in One!

A whole bunch of people sent this one in, and it's a REALLY good one...

Florida senior citizen shoots, kills suspected burglar

A senior citizen in Florida shot dead a would-be burglar at his home early Thursday morning as the suspect was trying to gain entry into the Daytona Beach home, MyFoxOrlando.com reports.

The 82-year-old homeowner woke up at 6 a.m. after hearing someone at his backdoor, the report said. He armed himself with a .45 automatic and fired a single shot through the door, the report said. The suspected burglar was hit in the abdomen and likely died minutes later.

Again, it's necessary to point out that the anti-gun forces would rather this octogenarian had faced an adversary with a hammer and a ski mask with his bare hands rather than a .45. They would rather see someone's grandfather - a man who recently lost his wife - at the mercy of some goblin with a lack of respect for the law (and other people's property). They would strip us of the best tools for self defense and force the weak to rely on the good graces of folks that already break the law - never a winning combination.

The crowning jewel in the story is the quote from the Chief of Police:

“The 82-year-old resident did something that the criminal justice system couldn’t do,” said Mike Chitwood, the chief of Daytona Beach police. “And that’s put this burglar out of business this morning.”

Notice the distinct lack of "we discourage self-help" in the chief's statement...

Dead Goblin Count: 240

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And Bob sends in one from a little further north of the previous:

Lake Waccamaw store employee fatally wounds man during robbery attempt

LAKE WACCAMAW - An attempted armed robbery at Waccamaw Outdoor Supply on Wednesday ended with the alleged robber critically injured from a single gunshot, Police Chief Scott Hyatt said. The suspect died hours later.

"A masked suspect came in with a weapon - not a gun, a weapon - and there was an exchange between the employee and the suspect," Hyatt said. "There were employees and customers in the store at the time. It was not a customer who did the shooting."

It's interesting that the Chief felt the need to annotate that the weapon used by the goblin was not a firearm, but it's all good - the clerk will most likely not be charged. What folks don't often realize is that convenience store clerks are - as a group - more likely than police officers to be killed on the job. Easy cash and a desire for no witnesses means that desperate folks take desperate measures. The more crooks that catch a bullet, the more we hope fewer goblins will try the "easy" score...

Dead Goblin Count: 241

That is all.