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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 09:58 PM
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Rough week: 80-year-old Ohio man beaten by intruders then shot by son during self-defense lesson
Ralph Needs had the week from hell.

The 80-year-old tractor salesman was tied up, beaten to a pulp, and left to die in a tub full of his own blood by a pair of sadistic robbers in his Groveport, Ohio, home.

Then four days after the Sept. 20 torture, Needs' son accidentally shot him in the hand during a self-defense lesson meant to ward off future robbers.

"I thought I was going to die several times," Needs told the Daily News on Saturday.

"I guess I feel lucky to be alive."


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/10/03/2009-10-03_beaten_ohio_man_shot_during_selfdefense_lesson_.html#ixzz0SvrIJwJq

Poor guy and dumbass son.
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Pharlo Finesworth Donating Member (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 10:14 PM
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1. Obviously the dumbass son is the bad guy in this saga.
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 10:37 PM
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3. Son not a bad guy just a dumbass shooting instructor
I hope they catch the aholes who beat up the old man.
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Pharlo Finesworth Donating Member (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 11:06 PM
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4. I hope so too.
:-)
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Monk06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 10:22 PM
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2. The guy needs to get out of Ohio for a few days until his bad luck blows over.
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thunder rising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 11:20 PM
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5. I wonder if the lack of racial desription means they were white.
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ManiacJoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 12:34 PM
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6. Would that matter?
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