I feel terrible that this elderly couple had to endure being held hostage by an escaped convict in their own home.  And, I hate that they will have to live with the memory of a man dying violently in that home but thank goodness they had a gun to defend themselves.
There are an awful lot of people who would have taken that gun out of their home for "the greater good" and left them defenseless (and quite possibly dead).

From Breitbart:

Authorities in Bedford, Iowa report that an escaped inmate accused of killing a sheriff's deputy has been shot and killed by a homeowner after breaking into the homeowner's house.
The Associated Press reports Rodney Long broke into the farm home of an elderly couple named Jerome and Carolyn Mauderly around 10:15 PM on August 19.
Once inside the home, Long cut the phone lines and occupied the dwelling for about four hours. He used the homeowners' cell phone to make calls before being shot dead when 71-year old Mauderly was able to retrieve his shotgun.
Mrs. Mauderly called 911 at 2:11 AM to say her husband had shot an intruder. Police arrived to find Long face down on the kitchen floor.
Long escaped from prison in Clarinda, Iowa on August 16, shot and wounded a sheriff's deputy on August 18, and died on the night of August 19.


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