{"id":14403,"date":"2016-04-13T07:29:17","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T12:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcstx.org\/?p=14403"},"modified":"2016-04-13T07:29:17","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T12:29:17","slug":"another-reason-to-be-armed-with-a-cane-70-year-old-veteran-shuts-down-would-be-robber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/13\/another-reason-to-be-armed-with-a-cane-70-year-old-veteran-shuts-down-would-be-robber\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Reason To Be Armed (With a Cane): 70 Year Old Veteran Shuts Down Would-be Robber"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When I first read about this story I was reminded of Colonel \u00a0Rex Applegate. Him and William E. Fairbairn were responsible for training OSS operatives in the “Black Arts” during WW2. Later in life, the late Colonel Applegate had to use a cane to get around and developed a literal arsenal of techniques for the cane that put many an evildoer in the hospital and are still being taught and used today. -SF<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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A would-be robber with a fake rifle was shut down by a 70-year-old Vietnam veteran with a cane.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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In the early morning of April 2, 70-year-old Philip Brooks was eating his breakfast at a Waffle House in Fayetteville, North Carolina, when a man came in with a gun.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the gun-wielding man, Brooks had seen his share of rifles.<\/p>\n

Brooks was in his regular seat near the register, when the man, brandishing what looked like an AK-47, began demanding money from the cash register, reports WRAL.<\/a> Customers ran for safety and one woman fled to the restroom with her kids, where she called the police.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy first three years, I was in the infantry,\u201d Brooks told WRAL. \u201cI did two tours in Vietnam, so I got to see a lot of AK-47s.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Brooks got a better look at the weapon, he realized the rifle was made almost entirely of wood. It also had no trigger, trigger guard, or receiver group.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the working parts were missing, so I just told the girls, \u2018Don\u2019t give him anything. That\u2019s a fake gun,\u2019\u201d Brooks told WRAL.<\/p>\n

Pointing the fake weapon at Brooks, the robber allegedly said, \u201cWell, I\u2019m for real,\u201d presumably in an effort to intimidate Brooks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI showed him how real I was,\u201d Brooks said with a chuckle. \u201cI hit him in the nose with my cane.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the two circled, cane and phony rifle in hand, they parried blows for a few moments until other customers jumped in and chased the robber off. He is still at large.<\/p>\n

Read the Original Article at Task and Purpose<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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