*80 year old man held on charges after defending himself with his gun in Chicago

This is just a sad state of affairs from Chicago. An 80 year old man who had been previously robbed, shot and killed the next intruder into his home. Not only was he defending himself, but his wife and 12 year old grandson. I say the man is a hero and we have one less criminal cruising about our streets.

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80-year-old Chicago man kills intruder, may face charges
By Howard Nemerov

Examiner.com: The Supreme Court is currently hearing McDonald v. Chicago, which could repeal Chicago’s longstanding handgun ban. But justice may come too late for an elderly Korean War vet who was simply defending his 83-year-old wife and 12-year-old grandson.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that this man had been robbed at home “a couple of months ago” by “three intruders.” Afterwards, he “bought a gun and vowed never to be a victim again.”



Around 5:00 this morning, 30-something Anthony Nelson broke into the home by breaking out a back window that leads to the elderly couple’s unit. There was a confrontation between the home invader and the homeowner, and the invader shot at the elderly man with his revolver. The homeowner shot back with his handgun, killing the attacker. WGN interviewed Nelson’s mother, who of course extolled his virtues:

“Lenora Nelson said her son loved to draw and build things. She said he obtained his GED in jail and had just signed up for an online carpentry program. "He could fix almost anything," she said. Nelson was supposed to start a new job next week for a company that cleans out homes before they're remodeled, his mother said.”

WGN balanced this out by reporting that Nelson “was on parole after being sentenced to three years in prison for a 2009 drug conviction,” and “had a criminal record that includes a number of other drug or weapons convictions going back to 1998.”

 ABC reports that the man may be charged under Chicago’s current law, which bans handgun ownership.

(An 80-year-old man can be prosecuted for using a handgun for self-defense, but a repeat offender serves maybe a year of a 3-year sentence. In Daley’s world, this is justice.)


ABC’s video and WGN’s photo show only Black residents. This serves as a reminder that the consequences of Chicago’s gun control laws have fallen heaviest on Blacks. Over time, they have comprised a higher percentage of Chicago’s murder victims, currently over 75%, while Whites have seen their percentage of the total decrease. While Chicago’s murder rate dropped between 2000 and 2006, the use of handguns by killers increased.

The Census reports that in 2000, Blacks comprised 36.8% of the population, about half of what they comprise among murder victims.

Mayor Daly believes shoving a rifle up a reporter’s buttocks might save his life.

And if escaped convicts bother him at his Michigan vacation home, his private security detail stands ready to hold them at gunpoint.


Meanwhile, an elderly couple awaits the arrival of another set of armed robbers, courtesy of Daley’s “law and order” crew.

Update: Joe Brodsky announced his willingness to take this case pro bono, if Daley charges the victim under the handgun ban.

Said Brodsky: "Self defense isn’t just a right, it’s a duty. If this man is prosecuted for saving his own life it’s not just a travesty, its justice turned inside out."
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