Korean War vet, 84, shoots home invader with Korean War gun

[QuietDan]

Get off my lawn!!

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/09/veteran-shoots-intruder-with-gun-carried-during-korean-war/?test=latestnews

Get out of my house!!

Would have liked more detail. Choices might be .45 Colt 1911, M1 Carbine, M1 Garand. Any of these three would be fine with me.

[Garufa]

Excellent! I enjoy stories like this.

He used a Luger and based on the shell in this video it was .30 Luger caliber. Obviously, not an issue weapon. He must have taken over himself or picked it up on the way.

http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/man-84-shoots-home-invasion-suspect-korean-war-gun/nNy8Z/

Edited May 9, 2012 by Garufa

[mikegideon]

Suspect fled. It wasn't a Garand

[Guest 6.8 AR]

Eventually we will all deal with crime like him, and crime will drop. Love it!

[peejman]

Excellent! I enjoy stories like this.

He used a Luger and based on the shell in this video it was .30 Luger caliber. Obviously, not an issue weapon. He must have taken over himself or picked it up on the way.

http://www.wpxi.com/...-war-gun/nNy8Z/

Good for him. Think if his big brother picked up that Luger from a German officer who didn't need it anymore and gave it to him...

[Jonnin]

Now, that is a hate crime. Attacking the elderly, one of them ill, both probably a bit feeble, and knowing it going in (he was their neighbor!!). That is as hate filled and low down as it gets. Using this guy as a test dummy for ballistics would be too good for him.

[Caster]

Suspect fled. It wasn't a Garand

That was my thought.

[Grand Torino]

Congratulations to the fine American. It's just too darn bad he didn't drop the SOB.

[DaveS]

Thank goodness the elderly couple wasn't harmed by this punk. However, I've watched the video several times, and I'm still trying to figure out how the casing got out in the "front yard", when punk boy was shot in the house. Am I missing something here?

[monkeylizard]

Am I missing something here?

shhhhhhhhhhhh

[R_Bert]

Besides major support from the USA and Great Britain, United Nations forces in the Korean War included (per Wiki) "Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand and Turkey. The Union of South Africa provided air units which fought along side the air forces of other member nations. Denmark, India, Norway, and Sweden provided medical units. Italy provided a hospital, even though it was not a UN member. "

I am guessing he could have even been issued a Lugar by UN command, depending on which units he was attached to (for example a medic).

[Garufa]

Besides major support from the USA and Great Britain, United Nations forces in the Korean War included (per Wiki) "Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand and Turkey. The Union of South Africa provided air units which fought along side the air forces of other member nations. Denmark, India, Norway, and Sweden provided medical units. Italy provided a hospital, even though it was not a UN member. "

I am guessing he could have even been issued a Lugar by UN command, depending on which units he was attached to (for example a medic).

I seriously doubt it. US troops were not issued weapons by UN command, Lugers where well retired by the 50's and American soldiers have quite a history of taking personal arms into combat.

Again, it was a .30 Luger. Not a common thing even back then.

[mikegideon]

shhhhhhhhhhhh

[R_Bert]

I seriously doubt it. US troops were not issued weapons by UN command, Lugers where well retired by the 50's and American soldiers have quite a history of taking personal arms into combat.

Again, it was a .30 Luger. Not a common thing even back then.

conceded. probably right.

certainly not on this list of Korean War weapons - http://en.wikipedia....ean_War_weapons

Interestingly, - Browning Hi-Power (on the list) was manufactured in .30 Lugar (7.65x21 Parabellum).

Edited May 13, 2012 by R_Bert

[Dolomite_supafly]

The casing was probably tossed out in the yard after the incident or after police gathered what tey needed.

No need to read into any more than that. I would trust that old man's word of what happened over most others. He grew up in a time when your word meant everything and lying was almost as bad as killing a man. So sad how times have changed in the last 75 years.

Dolomite

[DaveTN]

They took his gun, and then the reporter made sure everyone knew it.

[DaveS]

Didn't somewhere in the video he say (or at least somewhere it was said) the luger came from his brother who took it from a German Officer.? I may have my videos and reading mixed up, so please correct me if I'm wrong.

Dave

Edited May 13, 2012 by wd-40