Still a fighter. (Exercising the Right).

Harvey Keefe of North Minneapolis, Minnesota, recently celebrated his 80th birthday. As a young Marine during World War II, he fought the Japanese at Iwo Jima and Guam, receiving two Purple Hearts for the wounds he suffered.

At around 11 p.m. on August 19th, he was awakened by the sound of someone kicking in the back door of his home. Some rustling in the dining room followed. When he did not hear any talking, he rightly speculated that there was only one burglar.

Keefe, a retired boilermaker who has lived in the home for 36 years, grabbed his .38-caliber revolver. Fearing for his life when he heard the bedroom door handle jiggle as the burglar attempted to open the chain-secured door, he raised his gun to a point where he thought the intruder might be and fired a single shot.

Not knowing for sure if the bullet had found its mark, he called 911 from a phone in the bedroom, but at first had trouble hearing the operator since the shot was still ringing in his ears. "That pistol made a heck of a racket," he told ...