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Old 09-04-2012, 02:43 PM  
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VERONA — Earl Jones had just turned off his new TV shortly after 2 a.m. Monday when he heard a bang in the basement.

The 92-year-old Boone County farmer walked eight paces to get his loaded .22 caliber rifle from behind the bedroom door. He unwrapped a beige cloth and returned to the living room, sitting in a chair with clear view – and shot – of the basement door, waiting with the gun across his lap.

Some 15 minutes later, when he heard footsteps moving closer up the stairs, he raised the rifle to his eye. The intruder kicked open the door. Jones fixed his aim on the center of the man’s chest and fired a single shot. The Boone County Sheriff later announced the death of the intruder, Lloyd (Adam) Maxwell, 24, of Richmond, Ky.

“These people aren’t worth any more to me than a groundhog,” Jones told the Enquirer. “They have our country in havoc. We got so many damned crooked people walking around today.”

In Earl Jones’ mind, his actions are justified, as well. He said he was completely within his rights to defend his life and ranch home on the 500-acre farm he has worked since 1955.

“I was hoping another one would come up – I aimed right for his heart,” Jones, who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces from 1941 through ’46, told the Enquirer Monday afternoon. “I didn’t go to war for nothing. I have the right to carry a gun. That’s what I told the police this morning.”

Not long after the shooting, Kenton County Police responded to a call on Courtney Road of a man who had been shot. There they found Maxwell’s body and two uninjured men in a 2001 Chevrolet Impala who later, during questioning, would admit to being at Jones’ home on Violet Road.

The break-in was the third Jones has experienced on his farm this year. In April, thieves stole 90 head of cattle from the field behind his house. In August, burglars took from his house a television, a few thousands dollars cash and a personal check they unsuccessfully tried to cash and ripped his phone out of the wall.

“I can’t leave the damn house to do my work outside,” said Jones, removing his World War II veteran cap with his right hand and running his left through his thin white hair.

Jones has lived alone since his wife, Virginia Pearl, died in 2006. The couple had no children. Jones grew up hunting squirrels in Boone County and volunteered for the forerunner to the U.S. Air Force in 1941. He went through weapons training in the military.

He is not happy that police took the rifle used in the shooting.

“How am I going to protect myself if they come back looking for revenge?” he said.

Maxwell fell back seven steps onto a landing. Jones didn’t pursue them into the basement.

He called a neighbor and calmly said, “I need help. I just shot a man,’” he said.

At the same time, the two unhurt intruders, Dalton and Inabnit, fled Jones’ property with Maxwell’s body. Not long afterward, having driven across the county line, they called Kenton County Police with a bogus story of how Maxwell had been shot.

When Boone County Sheriff’s deputies arrived at Jones house, they found the basement door ajar and no one except Jones in the home.

Jones didn’t like how deputies treated him. “They stood down there with their guns on me, yelling, `Get your hands up! Get your hands up!’” he said. “I told them, `I’m not putting my damn hands up.’”

Finally, he did. Police approached up the long gravel driveway, flanked by a field of tobacco that Jones rents to another farmer, and questioned him.

“Was I scared? Was I mad? Hell no,” Jones said. “It was simple. That man was going to take my life. He was hunting me. I was protecting myself.”
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Old 09-04-2012, 04:50 PM   #16
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Old 09-04-2012, 04:57 PM   #17
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He should get a higher caliber rifle. Perhaps a shotgun.
A 92 year old doesn't want to have to redecorate his house, and why bother when you are a crack shot?
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Old 09-04-2012, 05:34 PM   #18
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Old 09-04-2012, 05:41 PM   #19
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My town is experiencing a rash of home burglaries, at night, while people are home. They're breaking doors or prying open windows and stealing purses, wallets etc.

Last night, a neighbor whom I've talked about in another thread(Gilbert Grape's mama) called reminding me that their home had been broken into this weekend and she'd seen someone at their window again. I told her if she'd shut up long enough, I'd go have a look.....because when seconds count, the police are minutes away.

She said something about fearing they'd break into my house...and I told her "well, that's their bad Idea because inside this door, they'll get shot in the face".

The old man in this story did it right. Good for him.
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Old 09-04-2012, 05:49 PM   #20
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Outstanding! It sounds like the old boy could use donations for a new .22. If he lived in Montana, I would run down to Cabela's, pick one up and drop it off myself, along with a few bricks of ammo.

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Old 09-04-2012, 05:51 PM   #21
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The only part if this story I don't like is his comments about wishing another one would come up so he could kill another person. You shouldn't ever want to kill, it should be last resort. Not saying his actions weren't warranted but there are so many ppl out there just wanting any reason they can to shoot somebody. I hope I never have to kill anybody
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Old 09-04-2012, 05:55 PM   #22
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The only part if this story I don't like is his comments about wishing another one would come up so he could kill another person. You shouldn't ever want to kill, it should be last resort. Not saying his actions weren't warranted but there are so many ppl out there just wanting any reason they can to shoot somebody. I hope I never have to kill anybody
**** that noise. He has been robbed multiple times and is worried that they might come back again. Might as well meet them face to face when he knows he's got the drop on them. Next time, he might not be so fortunate.
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Old 09-04-2012, 05:56 PM   #23
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Outstanding! It sounds like the old boy could use donations for a new .22. If he lived in Montana, I would run down to Cabela's, pick one up and drop it off myself, along with a few bricks of ammo.
Add a "3" to the .22. Gramps needs more firepower.
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Old 09-04-2012, 06:01 PM   #24
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Not sure he needs something with a lot of kick...
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**** that noise. He has been robbed multiple times and is worried that they might come back again. Might as well meet them face to face when he knows he's got the drop on them. Next time, he might not be so fortunate.
Right, his actions were justified. I'm sure I'd have done the same thing if i was him. I sure wouldn't have wished to have the opportunity to take another life though. I just hear armed ppl all the time wish that someone would even remotely step on thier property so they can blow someones head off. That is what bothers me about SOME gun owners
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Right, his actions were justified. I'm sure I'd have done the same thing if i was him. I sure wouldn't have wished to have the opportunity to take another life though. I just hear armed ppl all the time wish that someone would even remotely step on thier property so they can blow someones head off. That is what bothers me about SOME gun owners
You hear them say that about "people"? There is no modifier to that word in order to winnow down the type of "people" to whom they refer?
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He should get a higher caliber rifle. Perhaps a shotgun.
Why? He seems to do alright with a .22
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Not sure he needs something with a lot of kick...


Are you kidding me? ARs have almost no kick.
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Why? He seems to do alright with a .22
Sure he did - once. It's great that he dropped the one who sucks the penis with one shot - but that won't happen all the time.

A .22 is a very poor choice for a home defense weapon.
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Sure he did - once. It's great that he dropped the one who sucks the penis with one shot - but that won't happen all the time.

A .22 is a very poor choice for a home defense weapon.
He's 92. A .22 is plenty powerful for someone that age. Plus I doubt anyone will be on his property now.
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