A stolen story, but a good one.

Jun 22, 2008 13:45

I wanna be this man when I get old.

71 Year Old Marine in Unfair Fight 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, Sub shop late Wednesday, killing one and critically wounding the other, is described as John Lovell, a former helicopter pilot ( Read more... )

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nausved June 22 2008, 23:04:27 UTC
I wonder what drives people to armed robbery.

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cor256 June 22 2008, 23:06:16 UTC
sadly, several things. :(

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nausved June 23 2008, 01:06:54 UTC
Like stupidity?

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cor256 June 23 2008, 01:12:30 UTC
That is one of them.

I dare say that survival is one of the reasons, or at least the illusion of survival is one of the reasons. Very few actually do it for true survival. I think its mostly a power trip and usually an easy way to get money.

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