criminals have to KNOW that honest people can and will protect themselves with deadly force
Go Mr. Lovell !!! On Feb 24, 2:37 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > [ too bad the one lived.] > > From: *Travis* > Date: Tue, Feb 24, 2009 > Subject: Marine opens fire on two robbers > > Well done! > > B > > “Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral > doctrine that violence never solves anything I would advise to conjure up > the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them > debate it. The ghost of Hitler would referee. Violence, naked force, has > settled more issues in history than has any other factor; and the contrary > opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic > truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms.” --Robert > A. Heinlein > > #$% holes... > Semper Fi..... > > Good News for the day! > > *Plantation, FL=2 0-- Last week police were called to investigate an > attempted armed > robbery: > > The 71-year-old retired Marine who opened fire on two robbers at a > Plantation, FL, Subway shop late Wednesday, killing one and critically > wounding the other, is described as John Lovell, a former helicopter > pilot for two presidents. He doesn't drink, he doesn't smoke, and he > works out everyday. Mr. Lovell was a man of action Wednesday night. > > According to Plantation police, two masked gunmen came into the > Subway at 1949 N. Pine Rd. Just after 11 p.m. There was a lone diner, Mr. > Lovell, who was finishing his meal.. After robbing the cashier, the two > men attempted to shove Mr. Lovell into a bathroom and rob him as well. > They got his money, but then Mr. Lovell pulled his handgun and opened > fire. He shot one of the thieves in the head and chest and the other in > the head. > > When police arrived, they found one of the men in the shop, K-9 > units found the other in the bushes of a nearby business.. They also > found cash strewn around the front of the sandwich shop according to > Detective Robert Rettig of the Plantation Police Department. > > Both men were taken to the Broward General Medical Center , where > one, Donicio Arrindell, 22, of North Lauderdale died. The other, > 21-year-old Frederick Gadson of Fort20Lauderdale is in critical but stable > condition > > A longtime friend of Lovell was not surprised to hear what > happened. The friend said, ''He'd give you the shirt off his back, but > he'd be mad as hell if someone tried to take the shirt off your back.'' > Mr. Lovell was a pilot in the Marine Corps, flying former Presidents John > F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. **He later worked as a pilot for Pan Am > and Delta. ** > > He is not expected to be charged authorities said. ''He was in > fear for his life,'' Detective Rettig said, "These criminals ought to > realize that most men in their 70's have military backgrounds and aren't > intimidated by idiots." > > Something tells me this old Marine wasn't 'in fear for his life', > even though his life was definitely at risk. The only thing he could be > charged with is participating in an unfair fight. One 71 - year young > Marine against two punks. Two head shots and one center body mass shot - > outstanding shooting! 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