{"id":1293,"date":"2010-04-16T12:32:07","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T16:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=1293"},"modified":"2010-04-16T12:32:07","modified_gmt":"2010-04-16T16:32:07","slug":"elderly-couple-hold-burglar-at-gunpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=1293","title":{"rendered":"Elderly couple hold burglar at gunpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"

Armed Citizen in Buffalo via WIVB<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“A suspected burglar got a lot more than he bargained for in the town of Concord. He was no match for a no-nonsense elderly couple. You don’t mess with 68-year-old Kathleen Smith or her husband Charles. Neighbors are grateful to them for holding an alleged would-be burglar at gunpoint until State Police arrived … Sgt. Kevin Streety of the State Police took a cell phone call from 68-year-old Kathleen Smith, who was holding the .22 caliber rifle while shouting orders to the younger Michael Smith, no relation … State Police say Michael Smith was caught with a crow bar, metal cutters, and a flashlight, and has admitted he was in the barn to make off with metal for scrap …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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