{"id":5444,"date":"2010-05-27T21:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T21:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2010\/05\/27\/dont-mess-with-old-korean-war-vets\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:11:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:11:03","slug":"dont-mess-with-old-korean-war-vets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=5444","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Mess with old Korean War Vets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:19483,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.chicagobreakingnews.com\\\/2010\\\/05\\\/would-be-burglar-shot-to-death-by-west-side-resident.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.chicagotribune.com\\\/news\\\/local\\\/breaking\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:19484,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.chicagobreakingnews.com\\\/2010\\\/05\\\/daley-wont-say-if-80-year-old-will-be-charged-under-gun-ban.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20100531053212\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.chicagobreakingnews.com:80\\\/2010\\\/05\\\/daley-wont-say-if-80-year-old-will-be-charged-under-gun-ban.html?&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 07:58:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 07:58:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagobreakingnews.com\/2010\/05\/would-be-burglar-shot-to-death-by-west-side-resident.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In Chicago<\/a> this morning, an 80 year old Korean War vet, his 83 year old wife, and 12 year old great-grandson were awoken by a thug shooting into their bedroom. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But just as the man got off a second round, the homeowner, who had a handgun of his own, fired a single shot, killing the intruder, a police source said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He missed, (but) my daddy didn&#8217;t,&#8221; said the 80-year-old&#8217;s son, (name deleted), who lives upstairs in the two-flat in the 600 block of North Sawyer Avenue.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Anthony Nelson, 29, whose street name was Big Ant, had a 13 page rap sheet for drug and weapons convictions. <\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagobreakingnews.com\/2010\/05\/daley-wont-say-if-80-year-old-will-be-charged-under-gun-ban.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news conference<\/a> held later in the day, Hizzoner, Mayor Richard Daley refused to say if the homeowner would be charge with violating Chicago&#8217;s handgun ban.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The man has been hailed as a hero by his family and neighbors, but Daley cautioned that &#8220;guns is not the answer to the problems that we see in a home, in the streets of America. It&#8217;s as simple as that.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nUnlike the Mayor, I would say that a gun saved the lives of two elderly people who have been married almost 60 years and their great-grandson. Big Ant was a violent criminal actor who was intent on doing harm to these good people and needed to be stopped. 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