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Don’t mess with Mormon bishops. They’ll cut you. With a SWORD.

Mind you, that’s only if you’re a Bad Person.

I hope that whoever wrote this paused a moment afterward, to mark the occasion. You don’t get a lede like this every day.

A Samurai sword-wielding Mormon bishop helped a neighbor woman escape a Tuesday morning attack by a man who had been stalking her.

The bishop chased off the perp, who later turned himself in. Because, well, he had a clergyman with a Samurai sword telling him, “I’ve got your DNA and I’ve got your license plate: You are so done.”  You don’t have very many viable life options at that point.

Via Instapundit. Continue reading Don’t mess with Mormon bishops. They’ll cut you. With a SWORD.

Student uses katana to slay thief.

I heard about this at, of all things, the local library.

A Johns Hopkins University medical student armed with a samurai sword killed a man who allegedly broke into his garage early Tuesday, Baltimore police said.

[snip]

…the student said that he heard a commotion in the house and went downstairs with the samurai sword. The student said he told the man to leave, but the suspected burglar lunged at him instead. That’s when, according to [Batlimore police spokesman Anthony] Guglielmi, the student defended himself, cutting off the man’s hand and causing a severe laceration to the man’s upper body.

The librarian seemed mostly confused about the fact that somebody had a sword lying around in the first place; this was bemusing to me, seeing as most of my friends have a wide range of melee weapons (medieval re-enactor, remember?). At any rate, important safety tip: when you’re robbing a place and are confronted with a guy carrying two feet of razor-sharp, high-carbon steel… don’t be this guy.

Moe Lane