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Gun Control & RKBA

ileus

(15,396 posts) Tue Feb 26, 2013, 11:22 AM Feb 2013

NC man 'I was fighting for my life'

http://www.wcnc.com/news/crime/Police-investigate-fatal-Hickory-shooting-192736301.html

HICKORY, N.C. – A Hickory man is grateful to be alive after he said an intruder broke down his front door, and tried to beat him and rob him Saturday morning

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Good story out of NC. Nice that he had the tools on hand to defend his life...

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NC man 'I was fighting for my life' (Original Post) ileus Feb 2013 OP

Ohle said he reached for a single-shot shotgun he keeps by the door.. frylock Feb 2013 #1

Even the cheapest AR's are 500 bucks...not everyone can afford a nice carbine. ileus Feb 2013 #2

frylock

(34,825 posts)

1. Ohle said he reached for a single-shot shotgun he keeps by the door..

Reply to ileus (Original post)

Tue Feb 26, 2013, 01:45 PM

Feb 2013

what kind of wuss-ass doesn't use a .223 carbine with jungle-taped 30 rd mags to defend his castle? i'm not buying this story.

ileus

(15,396 posts)

2. Even the cheapest AR's are 500 bucks...not everyone can afford a nice carbine.

Reply to frylock (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 26, 2013, 02:07 PM

Feb 2013

I hope he evaluates his emergency preparedness.

For most people a single 30 is enough for self defense. For my AR I keep one 30 in the lower and a second one near my 45 on the headboard.

As the old saying goes; Better to have and not need than need and not have.

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