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Maya Angelou shoots through the door at intruder.
« on: April 04, 2013, 12:46:48 AM »
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Re: Maya Angelou shoots through the door at intruder.
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2013, 12:24:57 AM »
Oh, wow

Unfortunately, I have no problem believing such people are out walking around
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Re: Maya Angelou shoots through the door at intruder.
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2013, 07:59:21 AM »
Well this obviously means Clinton-Angelou 2016.
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Re: Maya Angelou shoots through the door at intruder.
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2013, 10:26:43 AM »
Wow, what an idiot.
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Re: Maya Angelou shoots through the door at intruder.
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2013, 11:41:41 AM »
Quote from: brimic on April 06, 2013, 10:26:43 AM
Wow, what an idiot.

More like a hypocrite   :mad:

And shooting through a door might sometimes be justified, if someone is actively in the process of breaking down the door.

There was a case in Colorado years ago where a woman shot/killed her ex as he was breaking in, and she was cleared.
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Re: Maya Angelou shoots through the door at intruder.
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2013, 11:45:18 AM »
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I was in my house in North Carolina. It was fall. I heard someone walking on the leaves. And somebody actually turned the knob. So I said, "Stand four feet back because I'm going to shoot now!" Boom! Boom! The police came by and said, "Ms. Angelou, the shots came from inside the house." I said, "Well, I don't know how that happened."

I'll stand by my 'idiot' pronouncement.
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Re: Maya Angelou shoots through the door at intruder.
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2013, 11:49:00 AM »
Okay, a hypocritical idiot.

Or an idiotic hypocrite.
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Re: Maya Angelou shoots through the door at intruder.
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2013, 11:59:47 AM »
Hypocritiot?
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Re: Maya Angelou shoots through the door at intruder.
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2013, 01:53:16 PM »
With any luck, she'll get a pardon from America's Second Black President....
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Re: Maya Angelou shoots through the door at intruder.
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2013, 02:36:12 PM »
Well, she did fire TWO blasts. Looks like she's in the clear.
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Re: Maya Angelou shoots through the door at intruder.
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2013, 03:13:50 PM »
Quote from: 280plus on April 06, 2013, 02:36:12 PM
Well, she did fire TWO blasts. Looks like she's in the clear.

It occurred to me VP Biden may be positioning himself for a second career as a self-defense coach when he retires from politics.
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Re: Maya Angelou shoots through the door at intruder.
« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2013, 03:54:38 PM »
BTW, how come I never heard of this person before  ???
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Re: Maya Angelou shoots through the door at intruder.
« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2013, 05:17:24 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on April 06, 2013, 03:54:38 PM
BTW, how come I never heard of this person before  ???

I'm not ashamed to say that I learned she was a(n apparently well-known poet) from this scene of The Simpsons:

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Kent Brockman: Alright, does anyone have a question for our panel that's not about how much money they make? [the audience’s hands go down]
Lenny: [at the microphone] Uh yeah, I'm a techno-thriller junkie, and I'd like to know, is the B-2 bomber more detectible when it rains?
Kent Brockman: Oh, what do you think, Tom Clancy?
Tom Clancy: Well, the B-2…
Lenny: No, no, no, I was asking Maya Angelou!
Maya Angelou: The ebony fighter awakens, dabbled with the dewy beads of morn.
Moe: Maya Angelou is black?
Maya Angelou: It is a Mach-5 child, forever bound to suckle from the shriveled breast of Congress.
Lenny: Oh, Maya, you're a national treasure!
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Re: Maya Angelou shoots through the door at intruder.
« Reply #13 on: April 06, 2013, 06:25:54 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on April 06, 2013, 03:54:38 PM
BTW, how come I never heard of this person before  ???

I guess you also have no idea why the caged bird sings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vnt7TBovKs
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Re: Maya Angelou shoots through the door at intruder.
« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2013, 08:57:06 PM »
I've heard of a few cases in Texas where someone shot and killed someone through the door and got cleared.  I think in all of them the person was beating on the door and even threatening the homeowner.  There was at least one case of a drunk idiot going "home" to the wrong house and beating on the door and making threats. 

None of them I recall were just someone trying the knob. 
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Re: Maya Angelou shoots through the door at intruder.
« Reply #15 on: April 06, 2013, 09:12:59 PM »
To be fair, she did give them the option of stepping back 4 feet - well outside a shotgun's effective range.
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Re: Maya Angelou shoots through the door at intruder.
« Reply #16 on: April 07, 2013, 10:36:38 AM »
Quote from: fistful on April 06, 2013, 06:25:54 PM
I guess you also have no idea why the caged bird sings.
Nor do I care.  :lol:
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