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    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32855934...me_and_courts/

    Cops: Student uses sword to kill intruder
    Cuts off man's hand, lacerates his upper body, police say


    BALTIMORE - A Johns Hopkins University student armed with a samurai sword killed a suspected burglar in a garage behind his off-campus home early Tuesday, hours after someone broke in and stole electronics.

    Some shocked neighbors said they heard bloodcurdling screams in an area just blocks from the university. Police held the student, a junior chemistry major who turns 21 on Sunday, for several hours, but no charges were filed by early afternoon, said police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.

    Around 1:20 a.m., the student heard noises behind the home and noticed a door to the garage was open, Guglielmi said. He grabbed the sword and confronted the intruder — identified by police as Donald D. Rice, 49, a habitual offender who had just been released from jail.
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    Rice was crouching beneath a counter, police said. The student asked him what he was doing and threatened to call police.

    "When he said that, the suspect lunged at him, kind of forced the kid against the wall, and he struck him with the sword," Guglielmi said.

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    Wow, that's cool ! Does he play STW?

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    We have an official pandemic! Get the CDC going on the vaccine for Lemur's disease, stat!
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    WOW. Honestly, I don't know what to say.
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    Shocking! Was the katana even registered? There's no requirement for them to be? Well, there should be. It could save up to three lives per year!


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    Well, if somebody had to die at least it was the right person.
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    I have a friend who would have done the exact same thing, if not with his samurai sword then his crossbow, ninja stars, or various other blades...
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    Quote Originally Posted by drone View Post
    We have an official pandemic! Get the CDC going on the vaccine for Lemur's disease, stat!
    I'd be laughing if this wasn't so serious. We may have to ask Tosa to set up Lemur colonies.
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    I have a tactical route planned...

    Next to the door is a knife on the hat rack, easily accesible. The hallway is narrow, so knife is best choice..

    if i have to back off into the living room I have a very sharp machete hanging so I can grab it as I enter, more room for swinging there :)

    I hope I never get to use it, but I want to be sure I have the option if the need arises.

    Ranged weapons are for girlymen.

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    I'm disappointed that the intruder's name wasn't Maynard or Zed.
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    Kadagar, what about the bedroom or the rest of the house? You need more layers of defense...a polearm for the top of the stairs to keep them downstairs, a spear for the upstairs hall - good thrusting weapon for that narrow space (and longer reach than a knife) and you can throw it too. Come to think of it, a cauldron of boiling oil might do better at the top of the stairs.
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    Kadavagar don't forget to crenallate your roof and make sure there are plenty of murder holes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gregoshi View Post
    Kadagar, what about the bedroom or the rest of the house? You need more layers of defense...a polearm for the top of the stairs to keep them downstairs, a spear for the upstairs hall - good thrusting weapon for that narrow space (and longer reach than a knife) and you can throw it too. Come to think of it, a cauldron of boiling oil might do better at the top of the stairs.

    Wait, are we repulsing burglars or fighting zombies?

    Edit: I've got a tactical baton obtained from a relative in Law Enforcement.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kadagar_AV
    Ranged weapons are for girlymen.
    Fixed. Use fists!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Reenk Roink View Post
    Fixed. Use fists!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kadagar_AV View Post
    Ranged weapons are for girlymen.
    You're not a "work smarter, not harder" type, are ya?

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    I'd simply use Glamdring.
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    Does he play STW?
    Hate to tell ya, but I believe the bloke is more likely to play Mount and Blade. You know it has that Easter egg Japanese arms and armour, do you not?

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    Is that you Duncan MacLeod?
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    This just in.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090922/...ginia_killings

    I think this demonstrates my case fairly well.

    Maybe he used an umbrella...
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    This is what axe's are for:
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...with-AK47.html

    no moralising, no legalising, this woman stuck an axe in a wanted terrorist who broke into her own home. i am delighted!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Furunculus View Post
    This is what axe's are for:
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...with-AK47.html

    no moralising, no legalising, this woman stuck an axe in a wanted terrorist who broke into her own home. i am delighted!
    I'd marry her.

    It's axes though, plural, not genitive.
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    "a habitual offender who had just been released from jail."

    He deserved it.
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    You should be MUCH more upset about the poor state of law enforcement. Might I suggest getting rid of those silly sherifs and establishing proper County Police Departments.
    In NJ, we have sheriffs, but no Deputies. instead, we have Law Enforcement Officers (LEO's) and centralized police departments as you mentioned, and said LEO's report to a Chief of Police who in turn reports to the County Sheriff.
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