Man defends home from armed robbers with a samurai sword.

[Riesstiu IV]

Man Uses Samurai Sword To Foil Robbery
Suspect Suffers Severe Injuries

POSTED: 11:13 pm CDT October 26, 2004
UPDATED: 10:12 am CDT October 27, 2004

DALLAS -- An Irving man said he was forced to defend himself against two men who broke into his apartment Tuesday.

The man told police when the attackers pulled a gun, he pulled out his Samurai sword.

Investigators said a visitor to an apartment was on the terrace when he was approached by two men.

One of the men pulled out a handgun and forced the man into the apartment and attempted a robbery, police said. When they didn't get any money, they allegedly pistol whiped the man an knocked him to the ground.

The apartment's tenant heard the noise and ran in from a back room.

Officers said the tenant used a Samurai sword and 10-inch knives as weapons, while one of the suspects fired several gunshots.

Police said all four men were injured from fighting with deadly weapons.

One of the suspects, a 20-year-old Dallas man, suffered severe lacerations and stab wounds to his neck and upper body, and is clinging to life, police said.

 

[Hotpoint]

Any bets on whether any of those involved was named Zed?

 

[Cimbri]

Home invaders eh?… to hell with them.

 

[AceChilla]

Zed's dead baby. Zed's dead

 

[jpowers]

I don't think there's anything in the Constitution about Japanese edged weapons. From a strictly 'constructionist' point of view, the burglars were exercising their constitutionally guaranteed rights while the homeowner should receive the death penalty.

 

[Free Enterprise]

Oddly just yesterday I received a samurai sword or katana then this thread about such a weapon appeared....odd coincidence. I do not intend to use it in combat though.

 

[Riesstiu IV]

I'm surprised Samurai defender was able to inflict harm on all the intruders without getting killed in the process. BTW, I don't get the Zed reference. Who's Zed?

 

[joycem10]

Pulp Fiction, end of the movie. Ving Raymes and Bruce Willis in the hillbilly rape scene. Bruce goes to work on Zed and the other hillbilly rapist with a katana.

 

[IglooDame]

I don't think there's anything in the Constitution about Japanese edged weapons. From a strictly 'constructionist' point of view, the burglars were exercising their constitutionally guaranteed rights while the homeowner should receive the death penalty.

Keep and bear arms, not keep and bear firearms.

Besides, the tenant has the constitutional freedom from the quartering of soldiers in his home, so the robbers should have stayed out.

 

[Cuivienen]

Keep and bear arms, not keep and bear firearms.

Besides, the tenant has the constitutional freedom from the quartering of soldiers in his home, so the robbers should have stayed out.

It would make an interesting court case -- the Third Amendment has only been cited once before in a court case, a civil lawsuit that failed miserably.

 

[thestonesfan]

He must have blocked the bullets with the sword. Coolness.

 

[samildanach]

Officers said the tenant used a Samurai sword and 10-inch knives as weapons, while one of the suspects fired several gunshots.

It sounds like he may have tried using the Samurai sword and then realised its not much use for fighting in the close confines of ones home especially if it is an apartment. Katanas and claymores etc. will get stuck in the ceiling and walls as you try to smack the miscreant with them.
Its unlikely that he actually used the sword. He probably realised its impracticality and discarded it in favour of the knives. Of course, he may have used it as a javelin and then closed with the knives.

 

[thestonesfan]

It sounds like he may have tried using the Samurai sword and then realised its not much use for fighting in the close confines of ones home especially if it is an apartment. Katanas and claymores etc. will get stuck in the ceiling and walls as you try to smack the miscreant with them.

No kidding. That's something I learned the hard way.

 

[Lozzy_Ozzy]

Good for the Samurai dude!

 

[Flintlock]

I though I heard somewhere that holding authentic samuri swords was illegal in the US?

 

[CenturionV]

I though I heard somewhere that holding authentic samuri swords was illegal in the US?

That seems a little unlikely, I know you can get them here in alberta (I've held one of a distant relative) I would think the US would be more allowing on weapons than canada?

It was well within his rights to defend himself if he felt his life was in any way threatened anyway.

No kidding. That's something I learned the hard way.

Agreed, a far more effective weapon is a combat knife or batton style non-bladed weapon.

 

[Akka]

One of the suspects, a 20-year-old Dallas man, suffered severe lacerations and stab wounds to his neck and upper body, and is clinging to life, police said.

How saaaaaad

 

[Paradigne]

I though I heard somewhere that holding authentic samuri swords was illegal in the US?

They sell replicas at every mall in the country. don't know the context of the word authentic though, if they mean 'priceless heirlooms' from Japan, maybe...

 

[dgfred]

I HATE having a sword in a gunfight . These guys did extra good,
the burgler is in critical condition, he must be a pretty bad shot .

 

[samildanach]

No kidding. That's something I learned the hard way.

It sounds like you had some plastering to do.

Agreed, a far more effective weapon is a combat knife or batton style non-bladed weapon.

Yes. My preferred choices. Living in the U.K. a jury might get the wrong idea of you if you have swords around the place. You kill or injure an intruder with a sword and people will think that you are a nut. The left wing media will also try to paint you as a nut.
This guy was from Irving, Texas right? So he probably won't have too many problems.