...and it's not a Florida story!
Man wielding plastic candy cane subdues attacker
Friday, November 28, 2008\
(11-28) 14:13 PST Sacramento, CA (AP) --
A man using a candy cane lawn ornament fended off a knife-wielding neighbor who had been attacking holiday guests at a Sacramento home.
Police spokesman Sgt. Norm Leong says the man used the two-foot-tall plastic ornament to subdue the attacker until officers arrived.
He says the 49-year-old suspect became intoxicated, went over to a neighbor's home on Thanksgiving and began waving a kitchen knife at people gathered on the lawn.
He cut several peoples' clothing before one of them decided to fight back.
Police say the man with the knife was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. The guest who took up the candy cane was not arrested because police determined he acted in self-defense.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/11/28/state/n14130...
Chantelle
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Claudie Pierlot
I'm glad that the man didn't hurt anybody. Good for the guy that stood up to him.
"...and it's not a Florida story!" haha Laine. I wish a story like this was from FL instead of the other story that you posted.
1Ok, I'm leaving my lawn ornaments up all year now, just in case I need them for self defense.
2"not Florida"--I was thinking of you when I added that remark!
Of course, it's California.
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The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. -- Alexis de Tocqueville
Now lets say it is just a few women watching their toddlers play together, and there is no handy candy cane? At what point would you think it appropriate for one of the mothers to dig into her diaper bag, and pull out that licenced to carry hand gun her husband so thoughtfully showed her to shoot?
4Be carful Grandpa, that Canadian girl will be back and have a go at you.
5Clubbed by a Candy Cane- would not want to be him in that jail cell.
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"Enjoy life, it's ungrateful not to." - Ronald Reagan
Grandpa, that woman can always reach in her diaper bag and throw a nasty, used poopy diaper. Now that's assault with a deadly weapon!
By the way, I'm for gun rights although I'd never buy a gun (they sort of freak me out--I'll stick to
water guns).
6LMAO Girl, when I first read that I thought you wrote "Poppy" diapers. I got a mental image of a diaper full of flower.
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7If you always do as you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.
flower power, make love not war.....but be prepared for both.
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