Detroit senior kills break-in suspect: 'As long as I can fight back, I will'
Detroit— Willie White lay on his couch early Tuesday morning watching a basketball game when he heard a steady thumping at his side door. Someone was trying to break into his home.Yep, those evil assault weapons have no place in our society, right? Tell that to a 75 year old man defending his home from a much younger intruder. The SKS, while increasing in price in recent years, used to be available for well under $200. Mr. White bought his about 10 years ago, so it's possible he paid $150 or less (I have two SKSs bought around that same time frame and I paid less than $150 for each). For cheap money you get a reliable, accurate rifle firing a powerful round - and a bayonet built right in.
When the burglar kicked in White's door and stepped through the doorway at about 1:15 a.m., he found himself looking down the barrel of the 75-year-old homeowner's SKS rifle.
They can't resist the Hollywoodization of the story, though:
The point-blank blast hurled the intruder backward through the doorway and onto White's driveway. He later died from the single bullet wound.No, no it didn't. Perhaps he stumbled after being shot, but the 7.62X39mm round absolutely did not "hurl the intruder backward". It's far more likely that the
Dead Goblin Count: 271
That is all.
6 comments:
Point blank? So he shot him at 200 meters? Long living room.
And only one round in the rifle...
Only problem with rifles in home defense is overpenetration and one of the golden rules, know your target and what's behind it.
Mind you this goes for a lot of pistol rounds as well. (I read something about common pistol rounds going through more walls than .223 rifle rounds).
Good job though senior citizen.
He shot a black kid. I think he's racist.
The beauty of a SKS as a home defense weapon is that if you miss with the bullets you can stab him with the bayonet. I particularly like the spike bayonet on my Narinco.
TAK
Yeah, but the little ferrule that lets the bayonet fold out is hard to pull out when you're shooting. You really need to have it deployed before you need it.
Who knows? Confronted by an old dude with a rifle with a shiny bayonet might have given the miscreant new ideas about the value of lawful employment. Who was it that said something to the effect that shooting is just business but a bayonet, now, that's personal?
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