History for November 22

History for November 22 - On-This-Day.com
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) 1819, Charles de Gaulle (France) 1890, Rodney Dangerfield 1921 


Robert Vaughn 1932, Billie Jean King 1943, Jamie Lee Curtis 1958 - Actress 


Mariel Hemingway 1961, Boris Becker 1967, Scarlett Johansson 1984 - Actress (The Island) 


1718 - English pirate Edward Teach (a.k.a. "Blackbeard") was killed during a battle off the coast of North Carolina. British soldiers cornered him aboard his ship and killed him. He was shot and stabbed more than 25 times. 



1906 - The International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin adopted the SOS distress signal. 


1910 - Arthur F. Knight patented a steel shaft to replace wood shafts in golf clubs. 


1935 - The first trans-Pacific airmail flight began in Alameda, CA, when the flying boat known as the China Clipper left for Manila. The craft was carrying over 110,000 pieces of mail. 


1942 - During World War II, the Battle of Stalingrad began. 


1963 - U.S. President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, TX. Texas Governor John B. Connally was also seriously wounded. Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson was inaugurated as the 36th U.S. President. 


1977 - Regular passenger service on the Concorde began between New York and Europe. 


2005 - Angela Merkel was elected as Germany's first female chancellor. 

Obama releases Gitmo detainees, setting up fight with GOP | WashingtonExaminer.com

Obama releases Gitmo detainees, setting up fight with GOP | WashingtonExaminer.com:

"President Obama has opened a new front in his hard line against the incoming Republican Congress by releasing more detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, against lawmakers' objections.

The Pentagon announced Thursday that four al Qaeda fighters from Yemen, including a senior figure who facilitated travel to Afghanistan for Arab extremists, and a Tunisian extremist would be transferred to Slovakia and Georgia."

Thousands of ‘Lost’ Lois Lerner Emails Suddenly Found by IRS Watchdog | TheBlaze.com

Thousands of ‘Lost’ Lois Lerner Emails Suddenly Found by IRS Watchdog | TheBlaze.com:

"As many as 30,000 emails from former IRS official Lois Lerner have reportedly been found, which could give House Republicans another chance to examine Lerner’s precise role in the IRS targeting scandal.
The Washington Examiner reported Friday that as many as 30,000 emails from Lerner have been recovered by Treasury’s Inspector General for Tax Administration."

‘Now, That’s What I Call a Friday News Dump’: Final Report Released After Two-Year Investigation Into Benghazi | TheBlaze.com

‘Now, That’s What I Call a Friday News Dump’: Final Report Released After Two-Year Investigation Into Benghazi | TheBlaze.com:

“We conducted detailed interviews with senior intelligence officials from Benghazi and Tripoli as well as eight security personnel on the ground in Benghazi that night. Based on the testimony and the documents we reviewed, we concluded that all the CIA officers in Benghazi were heroes. Their actions saved lives,” they said."


Amazing isn't it? Only one day after his coronation.

Sheriff’s Tough Message to the President Goes Viral Ahead of Obama’s Big Immigration Speech: ‘Only You Are Singularly Responsible’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Sheriff’s Tough Message to the President Goes Viral Ahead of Obama’s Big Immigration Speech: ‘Only You Are Singularly Responsible’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Ahead of President Barack Obama’s highly anticipated immigration speech in primetime, Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones recorded a blistering message to the president urging him not to continue “deferring the crisis.”

In the video message, Jones begins by highlighting the tragic murders of Sacramento Sheriff Deputy Danny Oliver and Placer County Sheriff Detective Michael Davis Jr. by an illegal immigrant suspect who had been removed from the U.S. and returned repeatedly without “consequences.”

Obama Vs. Himself on the Constitutionality of Executive Orders

Ex-CBS Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Shares New Revealing Emails From Gov’t Official: ‘She’s Out of Control’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Ex-CBS Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Shares New Revealing Emails From Gov’t Official: ‘She’s Out of Control’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Former CBS investigative reporter and author of “Stonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama’s Washington” Sharyl Attkisson shared new government documents that she says prove the Obama administration is “spinning” taxpayers with their own money.

“Among some of the documents that are being forced to be released now are documents that discuss … my news stories, my Freedom of Information Act requests,” Attkisson explained on The Glenn Beck Program Thursday.“Why did the president of the United States have to step in and keep these things secret, and declare executive privilege?”

Report: Obamacare Enrollment Numbers Were Rigged

Report: Obamacare Enrollment Numbers Were Rigged | Washington Free Beacon:
"A new report shows that the Obama administration mixed dental plan enrollments with other health plan enrollments without notifying the public.
The numbers the administration touted included several hundred thousand of these dental plans in their total number of enrollees, Bloomberg reports.
The Obama administration included as many as 400,000 dental plans in a number it reported for enrollments under the Affordable Care Act, an unpublicized detail that helped surpass a goal for 7 million sign-ups."

MSNBC Reporter: Gruber Comments Confirm ‘All The Worst Suspicions Republicans Had’ About Obamacare [VIDEO | The Daily Caller

MSNBC Reporter: Gruber Comments Confirm ‘All The Worst Suspicions Republicans Had’ About Obamacare [VIDEO | The Daily Caller:

"The panel of MSNBC’s “The Cycle” agreed that the recent flurries of insulting and impolitic videos of Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber was horrible press for the law, with MSNBC reporter Alex Seitz-Wald saying it confirmed “all the worst suspicions that Republicans had” about Obamacare."

Rioters To Target Whites: "You Will Never Be Safe... Not You, Not Your Children"

Rioters To Target Whites: "You Will Never Be Safe... Not You, Not Your Children"
We are likely just 24 hours away from a Grand Jury decision in the officer involved shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO.

Scores of Department of Homeland Security vehicles have been spotted 25 minutes outside of town and the Governor of Missouri has already declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the fallout should officer Darren Wilson be exonerated.
National Guard units have been called up and one law enforcement official has advised residents to be armed because the police department will not be able to protect the town’s citizens should violence erupt.

And violence is exactly what we should expect - more specifically, violence against Caucasians and their children. 
Two recently recorded videos have surfaced from the Ferguson area showing activists and protesters who are developing a strategy for how they will engage in civil disobedience and who they will target.

As Brian Hayes of Top Right News notes, “they are making plans to focus on White areas — and are threatening to target police officers, and even their families.”

In fact, the protesters in Ferguson have as one of their lead organizer a woman by the name of Lisa Fithian, who was partly responsible for organizing the violent protests known as the Battle In Seattle during the 1990′s. 
In a video recorded several days ago and posted by Progressive Today and The Gateway Pundit Fithian explains to those in the audience that they need to be targeting areas where the residents do not look like them:

“Personally, I think we DONT need to be on West Florissant. I wanna advocate that we go on South Florissant because the people on South Florissant don’t look like me. The people on West Florissant look like me and they’re with it. So… I really don’t have anything to protest on West Florissant. So if I’m in the area I’m going to Ferguson Police Department.”

Author Brad Thor Previously Made Controversial Prediction About Bergdahl Swap — Stunning Report Seemingly Proves He Was Right | Video | TheBlaze.com

Author Brad Thor Previously Made Controversial Prediction About Bergdahl Swap — Stunning Report Seemingly Proves He Was Right | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"He called the new report suggesting the U.S. government attempted to pay a ransom to a terrorist organization “disgusting.” Thor also said the Obama administration is officially “full of s**t” and doesn’t have a “shred of credibility left.”

“This is why we don’t negotiate with terrorists,” he told TheBlaze. “The Haqqanis got their money, the Taliban got five of their guys out — and we got a deserter. It’s a disaster. And now it set’s a terrible precedent and terrorists will be incentivized to grab as many Americans as they can.”

141 year old cold weather record falls in Jacksonville

141 year old cold weather record falls in Jacksonville | Weather - Home:
"Thursday morning not only broke an "ancient" record from 1873, but we also dropped to the second coldest temperature ever recorded in the month of November in Jacksonville.
According to the National Weather Service, for the second morning in a row, Jacksonville set a new cold weather record.
Thursday mornings temperature dropped to a bone chilling 24 degrees breaking the old record of 30 degrees set in 1873."

Obama's Amnesty Will Add As Many Foreign Workers As New Jobs Since 2009 | The Daily Caller

Obama's Amnesty Will Add As Many Foreign Workers As New Jobs Since 2009 | The Daily Caller:

"President Barack Obama’s unilateral amnesty will quickly add as many foreign workers to the nation’s legal labor force as the total number of new jobs created by his economy since 2009."

The Cold Truth Initiative

The Cold Truth Initiative
Imagine, for a moment, sitting at a prestigious steakhouse in Palm Beach, Florida, a hot spot for some of the most wealthy and famous — Donald Trump, Tiger Woods, Oprah Winfrey, James Patterson, Rush Limbaugh, and hundreds more.

And, imagine dining with a handful of men you’ve only read about.
Some of them are worth millions, others published best-selling books, and some have held prominent positions at the White House.

In essence, you’re sitting at a five-person table of VIPs.

You’re about to take a bite of your New York strip when one of the men, a top U.S. intelligence agent, slams a 164-page document in the middle of the table.

This document, you soon find out, contains damning evidence that a network of politicians, corporations, and scientists have conspired together to promote the fear of “global warming” . . . despite evidence clearly stating no such “global warming” exists.

The motive: $22 billion per year.

To be clear . . . that’s $22 billion of taxpayers’ money . . . the amount that our government pays to stop the “global warming” epidemic.

That comes out to $41,856 every minute.

Or, to put it in perspective, that is twice as much as what our government spends on securing our borders.

Then, imagine this top U.S. intelligence agent turning to you, and asking for you to join him on a mission to out those involved in the “global warming” lie.

Doing so would cost a lot of money, a lot of time, and could cost you your reputation.
But, pretending you never saw the document, and carrying on with your life, would allow the scandal to continue and actually put lives at risk.

So, imagine if you were at that table, and the scenario I just described happened to you.

How Would You Respond?

Obama's Amnesty Will Add As Many Foreign Workers As New Jobs Since 2009

Obama's Amnesty Will Add As Many Foreign Workers As New Jobs Since 2009 | The Daily Caller:
"President Barack Obama’s unilateral amnesty will quickly add as many foreign workers to the nation’s legal labor force as the total number of new jobs created by his economy since 2009.
The plans, expected to be announced late Nov. 20, will distribute five million work permits to illegal immigrants, and also create a new inflow of foreign college graduates for prestigious salaried jobs, according to press reports.
 Obama has already provided or promised almost one million extra work permits to foreigners, while his economy has only added six million jobs since 2009.
Under the president’s new amnesty plan, “up to four million undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States for at least five years can apply. … An additional one million people will get protection from deportation through other parts of the president’s plan,” according to a Nov. 19 report in The New York Times.
.....Since 2009, the U.S. economy has added only six million jobs, according to the International Monetary Fund."

10-Year-Old Boy Caught With Threatening Weapon at School. Wait Until You See the Weapon. | Video | TheBlaze.com

10-Year-Old Boy Caught With Threatening Weapon at School. Wait Until You See the Weapon. | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"After 10-year-old Nickolas Taylor used his finger as an imaginary ray gun near two female students in their Massachusetts school cafeteria last Friday, they reported Taylor, telling staff they felt threatened."

RNC Releases New #Unconstitutional Video

RNC Releases New #Unconstitutional Video | GOP
WASHINGTON – Today, the Republican National Committee (RNC) released a new web video entitled “#Unconstitutional,” highlighting clips of Constitutional law professor President Obama’s executive overreach to change our immigration laws.

“President Obama’s politically motivated executive order is unprecedented,” said Chairman Priebus. “If he believed that his actions were urgent and that he had the Constitutional authority all along, why didn’t he think so for the last six years of his presidency?”

Click here to view the video and here to download the video.

These Optical Illusions Trick Your Brain With Science

These Optical Illusions Trick Your Brain With Science | WIRED

History for November 21

History for November 21 - On-This-Day.com:
François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) 1694, Stan Musial (MLB) 1920 


Marlo Thomas 1938, Harold Ramis 1944, Goldie Hawn 1945 


1694 - French author and philosopher Jean Francois Voltaire was born. At age 65 he spent only three days writing "Candide." 


1783 - The first successful flight was made in a hot air balloon. The pilots, Francois Pilatre de Rosier and Francois Laurent, Marquis d'Arlandes, flew for 25 minutes and 5½ miles over Paris. 


1877 - Thomas A. Edison announced the invention of his phonograph. 


1942 - The Alaska Highway across Canada was formally opened. 


1953 - British Natural History Museum authorities announced that "Piltdown Man" was a hoax. 


1963 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline, arrived in San Antonio, TX. They were beginning an ill-fated, two-day tour of Texas that would end in Dallas.


1980 - An estimated 83 million viewers tuned in to find out "who shot J.R." on the CBS prime-time soap opera Dallas. Kristin was the character that fired the gun. (Texas) 


1980 - 87 people died in a fire at the MGM Grand Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, NV. 


1993 - The U.S. House of Representatives voted against making the District of Columbia the 51st state. 


2000 - The Florida Supreme Court granted Al Gore's request to keep the presidential recounts going. 

Senator’s Perilous Warning on What Could Follow Obama Immigration Order: ‘You Could See Violence’ | TheBlaze.com

Senator’s Perilous Warning on What Could Follow Obama Immigration Order: ‘You Could See Violence’ | TheBlaze.com:

"Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) issued an ominous warning Wednesday, warning violence could break out after President Barack Obama announces executive action on immigration Thursday.

“The country’s going to go nuts, because they’re going to see it as a move outside the authority of the president, and it’s going to be a very serious situation,” Coburn said on USA Today’s “Capital Download” program. “You’re going to see — hopefully not — but you could see instances of anarchy. … You could see violence.”

Why is Ted Cruz reading a 2,077-year-old speech from a Roman politician on the senate floor? | Video | TheBlaze.com

Why is Ted Cruz reading a 2,077-year-old speech from a Roman politician on the senate floor? | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"The speech, originally delivered in 63 B.C. to the Roman Senate by the great jurist, orator, philosopher and politician, Cicero, concerns the plot by Catiline and his co-conspirators to overthrow the Roman Republic.

You can watch Sen. Cruz’s delivery of the updated version of Cicero’s address, and find its new transcript, below."

University cancels debate on abortion after feminists complain

University cancels debate on abortion after feminists complain

Oxford Students for Life’s debate on abortion and its effects on British culture was cancelled this week after student feminists vehemently complained that two heterosexual men don’t have the right to discuss the topic, and threatened to disrupt the event if it took place.

The debate was set for Nov. 17 and was slated to feature two prominent journalists: The Daily Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley defending the pro-life argument, and Spiked Online editor Brendan O’Neill offering the counterargument.

...But at least one feminist group on campus, WomCam, released a statement complaining that “it is absurd to think we should be listening to two cisgender men debate about what people with uteruses should be doing with their bodies…[We call] for an apology from OSFL for hosting this event and urge them to cancel it.”

Revealed: Four of the Talking Points Obama Wants Dems to Use on Immigration | TheBlaze.com

Revealed: Four of the Talking Points Obama Wants Dems to Use on Immigration | TheBlaze.com:

"The one-pager repeats several lines, which could be an indication of what the president will hone in on Thursday. Here’s what to expect from Democrats addressing some key points.

1. It’s not amnesty"

100 clinics?!!!!--------American Laser Skincare of Farmington Hills closes 100 clinics

American Laser Skincare of Farmington Hills closes 100 clinics | Crain's Detroit Business: "Farmington Hills-based American Laser Skincare has announced it closed its 100 clinics, including 11 in Southeast Michigan.
.....Officials for the company in Farmington Hills were unavailable for comment. Nationally, the company employed about 1,000 workers.
In a statement on its website, American Laser said:
“We sincerely regret the impact that these closings may have on our loyal clients, valued employees, and business partners.
The entire industry has been affected by the long-running economic downturn, and our company simply could no longer afford to continue operating.”

Milwaukee Police Chief Explodes on Protesters for Willfully Ignoring Crime’s ‘Greatest Racial Disparity’ After Being Verbally Attacked in Meeting | Video | TheBlaze.com

Milwaukee Police Chief Explodes on Protesters for Willfully Ignoring Crime’s ‘Greatest Racial Disparity’ After Being Verbally Attacked in Meeting | Video | TheBlaze.com:

“Well I was on my phone, yes. That is true. I was following developments about a 5-year-old girl sitting on her dad’s lap who just got shot in the head by a drive-by shooting,” Flynn said angrily. “If some of the people gave a good goddamn about the victimization of people in this community by crime, I’d take some of their invective more seriously.”

“The greatest racial disparity in the city of Milwaukee is getting shot and killed — hello!” he added."

Town pegs tax hike request on Ferguson unrest

Town pegs tax hike request on Ferguson unrest - Washington Times:
"ST. JOHN, Mo. (AP) - A small municipality in north St. Louis County plans to ask voters to approve a 0.5 percent sales tax increase officials say is needed to cover revenue shortfalls caused in part by fallout from the Ferguson police shooting protests.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the town of St. John hopes to raise $425,000 with the tax hike.
City Manager Rusty Morris said St. John anticipates a 14 percent revenue decline next year.
Morris also is police chief of the small city near Lambert-St. Louis International Airport."

Is What Obama Doing on Immigration So Different From Reagan and Bush? Yes- VERY Different!

Is What Obama Doing on Immigration So Different From Reagan and Bush? Yes- VERY Different!:

"But is this really the same thing?
Not even close…
Stephanie Kane of Fox News recently wrote of the imminent lawlessness to come via Obama’s trusty “pen and phone. She stated,
“[A] review of steps taken by former Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush — whose executive actions Democrats have cited as precedent — shows they only used their power to expand laws recently passed by Congress, not to impose new laws.

By contrast, what Obama is expected to do would go far beyond his predecessors’ actions. And Obama’s expected executive actions would not be rooted in any recently passed law. "

Drone footage of Storm West Seneca NY

CBS Anchorwoman: Synagogue Attack Took Place at "Contested Religious Site" | HonestReporting

CBS Anchorwoman: Synagogue Attack Took Place at "Contested Religious Site" | HonestReporting
To add to the many media gaffes that took place following Tuesday’s horrific terror attack comes this from the CBS This Morning news show. Introducing a report from Jerusalem, anchorwoman Nora O’Donnell says the following:

The two Palestinian attackers died in a shootout with police. It happened at a contested religious site in Jerusalem.

There is, of course, nothing “contested” about the Har Nof synagogue where the terror attack took place. 
Nor is there anything “contested” about Har Nof itself, a Jewish neighborhood in the western side of Jerusalem.

UPDATE

CBS has removed the clip from its website, presumably in response to anger generated by our expose. Unfortunately for CBS, we archived the clip of Nora O’Donnell’s gaffe, which you can see here:

TaxProf Blog: The IRS Scandal, Day 560

TaxProf Blog: The IRS Scandal, Day 560:
"American Spectator:  The Lois Lerner Curve: How Anti-corruption Laws Cause Even More Corruption:
Corrupt countries, where the rule of law is weak and political pilfering is common, are poor countries.
Entrepreneurs and investors cannot safely start or finance businesses in states that don’t respect property rights and honor contracts, or that use the levers of the government to go after political opponents.
And it’s not as though America doesn’t have a corruption problem.
On Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, the U.S. comes in at number 19, behind most of the rest of the First World."

Harry Reid, who stiffed Republicans for years on amendments, calls on GOP to allow amendments next year | TheBlaze.com

Harry Reid, who stiffed Republicans for years on amendments, calls on GOP to allow amendments next year | TheBlaze.com:

"After years of blocking Republicans from offering amendments to key legislation, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he hopes Republicans will allow amendments when they run the Senate next year."

Poverty level under Obama breaks 50-year record

Poverty level under Obama breaks 50-year record - Washington Times:
"Fifty years after President Johnson started a $20 trillion taxpayer-funded war on poverty, the overall percentage of impoverished people in the U.S. has declined only slightly and the poor have lost ground under President Obama.
Aides said Mr. Obama doesn’t plan to commemorate the anniversary Wednesday of Johnson’s speech in 1964, which gave rise to Medicaid, Head Start and a broad range of other federal anti-poverty programs.
The president’s only public event Tuesday was a plea for Congress to approve extended benefits for the long-term unemployed, another reminder of the persistent economic troubles during Mr. Obama’s five years in office.
“What I think the American people are really looking for in 2014 is just a little bit of stability,” Mr. Obama said."

Junk Bond Guru Martin Fridson Predicts $1.6 Trillion In Defaults During Next Implosion

Junk Bond Guru Martin Fridson Predicts $1.6 Trillion In Defaults During Next Implosion | David Stockman's Contra Corner:
Fridson rules the world of speculative bonds. In his presentation, he showed how high-yield bonds are just as good an investment (if not better) than stocks – during normal times. 
But times are not normal today… and Fridson is worried. 
He sees “the next junk-bond implosion” arriving as early as 2016, and lasting through 2019.

In Fridson’s base case (not his pessimistic case), he sees $1.6 trillion dollars in total speculative bond defaults over the course of the next junk-bond implosion.

Ukraine Admits Its Gold Is Gone: "There Is Almost No Gold Left In The Central Bank Vault"

Ukraine Admits Its Gold Is Gone: "There Is Almost No Gold Left In The Central Bank Vault" | Zero Hedge:
"Back in March, at a time when the IMF reported that Ukraine's official gold holdings as of the end of February, so just as the State Department-facilitated coup against former president Victor Yanukovich was concluding, amounted to 42.3 tonnes or 8% of reserves...

... and notably under the previous "hated" president, Ukraine gold's reserves had constantly increased hitting a record high just before the presidential coup...

... we reported of a strange incident that took place just after the Ukraine presidential coup, namely that according to at least one source, "in a mysterious operation under the cover of night, Ukraine's gold reserves were promptly loaded onboard an unmarked plane, which subsequently took the gold to the US." To wit:

Tonight, around at 2:00 am, an unregistered transport plane took off took off from Boryspil airport. According to Boryspil staff, prior to the plane's appearance, four trucks and two cargo minibuses arrived at the airport all with their license plates missing. Fifteen people in black uniforms, masks and body armor stepped out, some armed with machine guns. These people loaded the plane with more than forty heavy boxes.

After this, several mysterious men arrived and also entered the plane. The loading was carried out in a hurry. After unloading, the plateless cars immediately left the runway, and the plane took off on an emergency basis.

Airport officials who saw this mysterious "special operation" immediately notified the administration of the airport, which however strongly advised them "not to meddle in other people's business."

Later, the editors were called by one of the senior officials of the former Ministry of Income and Fees, who reported that, according to him, tonight on the orders of one of the "new leaders" of Ukraine, all the gold reserves of the Ukraine were taken to the United States.

Mr. Wrong House - "Robber meets Paratrooper"

"The following is what takes place when a local creeper attempts a home invasion on a veteran of the 82nd Airborne. This guy was in my house earlier this week in the middle of the night on Veteran's Day. My neighbor saw him and when we checked the security cameras sure enough, there he was. He got away with it once, but since then I have installed some security improvements to alert me to movement in my fence line. 

That night somehow my door was unlocked he actually made it inside -to shoot up I'm guessing- all night where it is warm I presume. Then, he left in the morning. In the area of my home he was in I keep some very expensive camera gear for my business. I had a feeling that now that this guy knew that stuff was down there that he would be back. I had a plan, that didn't work because I expected him to head back along the trail - instead he went around the other side of my house.

....Now I am thinking: "he just made his way around my house to attempt to gain entry upstairs (where my GF and dog are), WTF??". - Once I told him he wasn't coming in, and wasn't leaving till he talked to the police he struggled to get away and tried to pull off a huge haymaker on the porch. He ate an uppercut for his troubles,(off camera) and he was just about "out" on the porch already but I realized I wanted anything that happened to be on camera so I drug him down the stairs. The rest can be seen on camera...

I own several guns that I could have used. Everyone that owns a home should own a gun. However, discretion is the difference between a responsible gun owner and a criminal. To kill someone you should have moral AND legal standing. Waiting for someone to set foot inside your house to murder them is not OK in my opinion. I took some risk, to save this idiot's life rather than take it.

Kudos to the Seattle police as they were here right away and treated everyone involved with what seemed like "protection" and "service" - not a huge fan of cops but these guys were GREAT! The police report states: "assailant attempted an assault to break free. He lost."