{"id":55834,"date":"2014-10-16T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=55834"},"modified":"2014-10-16T07:47:49","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T11:47:49","slug":"thursday-morning-feel-good-story-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=55834","title":{"rendered":"Thursday morning feel good story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chief Tango sends us a link to this morning’s feel good story which involved a Democrat legislator in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Rep. Marty Flynn and another lawmaker were walking to their residence after a late dinner with other legislators when two males accosted them and demanded their wallets just before 11 p.m. Tuesday, police said.<\/p>\n

Flynn is a former Lackawanna County prison guard who is licensed to carry a handgun. He drew his pistol and fired during the attempted holdup.<\/p>\n

At least one of the two would-be robbers was armed, police said, but neither Flynn nor the other lawmaker, Rep. Ryan Bizzarro, D-Erie, was injured. It remained unclear who fired first and how many shots were fired.<\/p>\n

Harrisburg police arrested four juveniles between the ages of 15 and 17 who are being prosecuted as adults, and said they recovered the gun used in the crime.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another story comes from Oklahoma<\/a>;<\/p>\n

According to detectives, an intruder had broken in [Frances Banks’ and her husband, Cardell Banks’] back door.<\/p>\n

“I’m in there screaming. Any more I talk about it, my heart is fluttering,” said Banks, recounting the horrific ordeal just a few hours after it happened. <\/p>\n

Cardell, who had been a preacher and lived in the same house for 40 years, loaded his gun, then headed for his bedroom door.<\/p>\n

“My husband just told me to stay back,” Frances Banks can be heard saying during the 911 call.<\/p>\n

Cardell peeked out of his bedroom and found himself staring down the barrel of an intruder’s shotgun.<\/p>\n

“He said, ‘Get down on the ground’ and he said ‘You get out of here,'” said Frances, referring to her husband’s encounter with the gunman.<\/p>\n

Cardell ignored the intruder’s orders and started firing.<\/p>\n

“I shot at him. I don’t know if I hit him, but I shot at him,” said Cardell, calmly explaining what happened to a 911 operator minutes after the shooting.<\/p>\n

Cardell then handed the phone to his wife while waiting for police.<\/p>\n

“My husband was so brave. He took the phone from me, dialed 911, and gave it to me to talk to the dispatcher,” said Francis.<\/p>\n

Cardell had shot the intruder in the chest.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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