74-year old Sen. R.C. Soles (D NC) shoots home intruder

[Merchant Marine]

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/national/article/74-year-old_n.c._state_senator_shoots_wounds_intruder_at_his_home/287987/P10/

"TABOR CITY, N.C. — A sheriff says a North Carolina state senator shot one of two intruders at his home and hospital officials say the man is in fair condition.

Multiple media outlets reported that Columbus County Sheriff Chris Batten said that 74-year-old Sen. R.C. Soles of Tabor City shot Kyle Blackburn late Sunday afternoon.

A spokeswoman at Loris Community Hospital in South Carolina said Monday that Blackburn was in fair condition.

Batten says the shooting occurred when two men went to the senator’s house and tried to kick in his front door. No charges have been filed.

The sheriff’s office said the State Bureau of Investigation was handling the case. A call to an agency spokeswoman was not immediately returned. There was no answer at a number listed for Soles’ home.

The Democrat has been in the Senate 32 years."

I am glad that the senator was able to defend his life with a firearm despite his long-standing support for gun control in the NC State Senate.

[tularetom]

1. That's an old story and there was something hincky about it

Like the shooter and the shootee were ahem "closer" than the good senator wanted to let on.

[jannyk]

2. R. Soles!!??!!

What were his parents thinking???

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[ManiacJoe]

3. Unrec for old news.

[billh58]

4. This is an old

story, and one of the men was a client:

http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090823/ARTICLES/908239980/-1/stormpost02&tc=email_newsletter

There have also been rumors about Soles molesting young boys...