Congressman, grandson fight off armed intruder

[MrsPincince]

77-year-old Rep. Boswell wrestles man who attacked his daughter at Iowa farm home; grandson grabs a shotgun
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43794799/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

DES MOINES, Iowa  — An eight-term congressman from Iowa helped fight off an armed man who invaded his farm house in Decatur County and attacked his daughter on Saturday night, according to a statement from his office.

The attack occurred around 10:45 p.m. on Saturday at a farm in Lamoni, where Rep. Leonard Boswell, a 77-year-old Democrat who represents Iowa's third congressional district, was spending the weekend with his wife, daughter and grandson.

"The intruder entered the front door of the farm house and physically assaulted Cindy while demanding money at gunpoint," read the statement from Boswell's office.

After hearing his daughter's screams, the congressman "entered the walkway of their house and immediately went for the guy's gun and was wrestling with him. They were both on the ground," Boswell's chief of staff Grant Woodard told local news station KCCI.

While the two scuffled, Boswell's 22-year-old grandson Mitchell Brown grabbed a shotgun from a nearby room and confronted the intruder, who then fled into the surrounding field and reportedly was still on the run.

"The congressman just did what anybody would do if he knew his family was in trouble," said Woodard. "He jumped right into the situation and helped his daughter."

"Besides some scrapes and bruises, Congressman Boswell and his family are fine," read the statement. Boswell lives in Des Moines and owns the farm in southern Iowa.

The Decatur County Sheriff's Department and state and federal authorities are investigating. The sheriff's department said Saturday that the intruder had not been caught.

"The congressman says the military is the best training for situations like this," said Woodard, referring to Boswell's 20-year military career. "It's a wakeup call to everybody to take precautions and do what they need to do to keep their family safe".

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And I'd be saying this if he was a Republican as well, so this isn't a Right-Left thing.

Just a general comment for both parties.

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I applaud him and his 22 year old grandson defending themselves, and it's admirable that they were able to come away from the incident unscathed, but the thing that stands out to me, is the fact that we have a 77 year old, active, still serving, congressman.

He's been serving, in some political capacity, since 1984. United States public-service IS NOT a career, although the politicians in Washington DC would have yo believe it is.

Used to be, that an individual would be elected, go to Washington DC to serve their terms in office, then go back to the farm and pick up where they left off. They'd go back to their REAL life, and let someone else get elected and serve the public interest.

Politics IS NOT a career.

Why isn't there mandatory-retirement for congressional representatives?

My 2 cents...

[MrsPincince]

Hey now!! Not bad..lol. Very Brave of the Congressman....But for real, this could have had a whole different ending had that gun gone off...God was on his side that night!