Current Events > Man forgoes gun, defends home from crazy ex-boyfriend with a massive battle axe.

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UnfairRepresent 11/09/19 4:10:40 PM #1:	A Michigan man wielded an ax he calls 'his baby' to fend off a convicted criminal who tried to break into his apartment on Wednesday night. Ben Ball, 36, used a replica battle-ax to chop through the intruder, 33-year-old Alex Lavell Rawls, who is facing a charge of first-degree home invasion. Ball says the suspect dated his former roommate, but she moved away to distance herself from the convicted felon. Rawls showed up at the apartment at 11:30 p.m. thinking she was still there, according to Wood TV. Alex Rawls was arrested after breaking into the apartment of Ben Ball who struck him with a replica battle-ax He repeatedly knocked on the door before kicking it in while Ball was sitting at home playing video games and watching the TV show, Rick and Morty. Ball says he believed Rawls was carrying a firearm, the outlet reported. [The] door opened, [I] grabbed the ax, [then] step, step, hit," he told Wood TV. He struck Rawls at least once in the torso with the sharp blade before the two continued to fight in the apartment. There was a bloody mess everywhere, Ball said. The suspect fled after the violent affair - leaving a trail of blood which K-9 officers used to catch the suspect, the outlet reported. Rawls spent the night in the hospital recovering from his wounds before he was transferred to the local jail, according to Kalamazoo County officials. Ball says he sometimes participates in events - when he's not working at Applebees - where people use those types of weapons in real combat. He told the outlet he's glad to spend so much time practicing with the ax. Ive got a double-headed carbon steel battle ax that was homemade by a gentleman who has since passed. Thats what I call my baby, Ball said. Rawls was being held in the Kalamazoo County Jail. The home invasion charge could put him in prison for a maximum of 20 years. His criminal record includes assaulting and disarming a police officer as well as fleeing and eluding police, according to the Michigan Department of Corrections. Full ARticle: https://www.foxnews.com/us/michigan-man-fends-intruder-replica-battle-axe-bloody-mess-everywhere https://i.imgur.com/9L4gFai.jpg If you wrote this shit into a drama series critics would complain that it is too unrealistic. --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgtc.com/i/bHqCLJF.png https://i.imgtc.com/YnvkpvU.png <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:929898647] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>A Michigan man wielded an ax he calls 'his baby' to fend off a convicted criminal who tried to break into his apartment on Wednesday night. Ben Ball, 36, used a replica battle-ax to chop through the intruder, 33-year-old Alex Lavell Rawls, who is facing a charge of first-degree home invasion. Ball says the suspect dated his former roommate, but she moved away to distance herself from the convicted felon. Rawls showed up at the apartment at 11:30 p.m. thinking she was still there, according to Wood TV. Alex Rawls was arrested after breaking into the apartment of Ben Ball who struck him with a replica battle-ax He repeatedly knocked on the door before kicking it in while Ball was sitting at home playing video games and watching the TV show, Rick and Morty. Ball says he believed Rawls was carrying a firearm, the outlet reported. [The] door opened, [I] grabbed the ax, [then] step, step, hit," he told Wood TV. He struck Rawls at least once in the torso with the sharp blade before the two continued to fight in the apartment. There was a bloody mess everywhere, Ball said. The suspect fled after the violent affair - leaving a trail of blood which K-9 officers used to catch the suspect, the outlet reported. Rawls spent the night in the hospital recovering from his wounds before he was transferred to the local jail, according to Kalamazoo County officials. Ball says he sometimes participates in events - when he's not working at Applebees - where people use those types of weapons in real combat. He told the outlet he's glad to spend so much time practicing with the ax. Ive got a double-headed carbon steel battle ax that was homemade by a gentleman who has since passed. Thats what I call my baby, Ball said. Rawls was being held in the Kalamazoo County Jail. The home invasion charge could put him in prison for a maximum of 20 years. His criminal record includes assaulting and disarming a police officer as well as fleeing and eluding police, according to the Michigan Department of Corrections. Full ARticle: https://www.foxnews.com/us/michigan-man-fends-intruder-replica-battle-axe-bloody-mess-everywhere https://i.imgur.com/9L4gFai.jpg If you wrote this shit into a drama series critics would complain that it is too unrealistic.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Guide 11/09/19 4:13:06 PM #2:	This is the coolest home defense I've ever read about. --- formerly evening formerly guide https://youtu.be/Acn5IptKWQU <cite>Guide posted [p:929898724] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>This is the coolest home defense I've ever read about.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Touch 11/09/19 4:16:35 PM #3:	Yeah but is he with the imperials or the stormcloaks --- https://imgur.com/DlAxjk6 <cite>Touch posted [p:929898848] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>Yeah but is he with the imperials or the stormcloaks </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MachineJaipur 11/09/19 4:17:49 PM #4:	read that as forges gun <cite>MachineJaipur posted [p:929898903] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>read that as forges gun</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThePrinceFish 11/09/19 4:18:44 PM #5:	dat face tat I think the only thing worse would be getting someone else's face tattooed over your face --- Dielman on Rivers: "I've tried to get him to say s--- or f--- and all he'll ever do is say 'Golly gee, I can't do that" Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? <cite>ThePrinceFish posted [p:929898944] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>dat face tat I think the only thing worse would be getting someone else's face tattooed over your face</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo 11/09/19 4:20:18 PM #6:	Ben Ball --- It's not about the size of the dog in the fight, it's about the size of the fight in the dog. <cite>brestugo posted [p:929899007] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>Ben Ball</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Middle hope 11/09/19 4:20:51 PM #7:	No pics of the axe? --- https://i.imgtc.ws/MAd5hwq.gif <cite>Middle hope posted [p:929899030] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>No pics of the axe? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Doe 11/09/19 4:22:21 PM #9:	rolls superiority die --- https://i.imgtc.ws/sQvRQV7.jpg https://imgtc.ws/i/lT4IPDD.png <cite>Doe posted [p:929899093] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>rolls superiority die</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shablagoo 11/09/19 4:22:41 PM #10:	Was definitely hoping for a pic of this awesome battleaxe. --- "Bond, you can't just blame everything bad in the world on the government" -wiiking96 "why cant I?" -Bond_543 <cite>Shablagoo posted [p:929899109] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>Was definitely hoping for a pic of this awesome battleaxe.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheDogfather 11/09/19 4:27:53 PM #11:	Shablagoo posted... Was definitely hoping for a pic of this awesome battleaxe. same --- I need a new signature. <cite>TheDogfather posted [p:929899307] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>Shablagoo posted...</cite> <quote>Was definitely hoping for a pic of this awesome battleaxe.</quote> same</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 11/09/19 4:35:26 PM #12:	TheDogfather posted... Shablagoo posted... Was definitely hoping for a pic of this awesome battleaxe. same The police took it :( --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgtc.com/i/bHqCLJF.png https://i.imgtc.com/YnvkpvU.png <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:929899577] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>TheDogfather posted...</cite> <quote>Shablagoo posted...</cite> <quote>Was definitely hoping for a pic of this awesome battleaxe.</quote> same</quote> The police took it :(</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Touch 11/09/19 4:51:14 PM #13:	ThePrinceFish posted... dat face tat I think the only thing worse would be getting someone else's face tattooed over your face I think it'd be pretty badass if you were a viking or something tbh --- https://imgur.com/DlAxjk6 <cite>Touch posted [p:929900182] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>ThePrinceFish posted... </cite> <quote>dat face tat I think the only thing worse would be getting someone else's face tattooed over your face</quote>I think it'd be pretty badass if you were a viking or something tbh </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Guide 11/09/19 4:52:50 PM #14:	Touch posted... I think it'd be pretty badass if you were a viking or something tbh Honestly, the face tat and getting neutralized by a fucking battleaxe are just so appropriately Skyrim. It all fits. --- formerly evening formerly guide https://youtu.be/Acn5IptKWQU <cite>Guide posted [p:929900244] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>Touch posted... </cite> <quote>I think it'd be pretty badass if you were a viking or something tbh</quote> Honestly, the face tat and getting neutralized by a fucking battleaxe are just so appropriately Skyrim. It all fits. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nevershine 11/09/19 4:55:13 PM #15:	Playing video games and watching rick and Morty, before defending their home with a replica battle axe... which CEman was this? --- "There are no men like me. There's only me."-Jaime Lannister <cite>nevershine posted [p:929900338] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>Playing video games and watching rick and Morty, before defending their home with a replica battle axe... which CEman was this? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
bobbaaay 11/09/19 5:00:18 PM #16:	Following the incident the axe was put to sleep <cite>bobbaaay posted [p:929900540] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>Following the incident the axe was put to sleep</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Alucard188 11/09/19 5:00:29 PM #17:	The whole thing reads like a Reddit thread. Fucking Christ. --- Face it Cloud is a gaming icon and has appered in lots of games while mario has only appeared in 2 games sunshine and 64~xSlashbomBx <cite>Alucard188 posted [p:929900545] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>The whole thing reads like a Reddit thread. Fucking Christ. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
industrializeit 11/09/19 5:04:37 PM #18:	bobbaaay posted... Following the incident the axe was put to sleep :( --- I personally like Link as a Rugged Shaman Swashbuckler more than Resourceful Gadget Boy. That's why Zelda II is one of my all time favorites, ...(see quote) <cite>industrializeit posted [p:929900678] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>bobbaaay posted...</cite> <quote>Following the incident the axe was put to sleep</quote> :(</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
tamagucci 11/09/19 5:29:21 PM #19:	Shablagoo posted... Was definitely hoping for a pic of this awesome battleaxe. <cite>tamagucci posted [p:929901628] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>Shablagoo posted...</cite> <quote>Was definitely hoping for a pic of this awesome battleaxe.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Butterfiles 11/09/19 5:32:36 PM #20:	Man: "Never should've come here!" --- http://www.last.fm/user/PigBun 56k warning <cite>Butterfiles posted [p:929901758] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>Man: "Never should've come here!"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 11/09/19 5:33:28 PM #21:	nevershine posted... Playing video games and watching rick and Morty, before defending their home with a replica battle axe... which CEman was this? @Complete_Idi0t --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgtc.com/i/bHqCLJF.png https://i.imgtc.com/YnvkpvU.png <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:929901786] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>nevershine posted...</cite> <quote>Playing video games and watching rick and Morty, before defending their home with a replica battle axe... which CEman was this? </quote> @Complete_Idi0t</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Offworlder1 11/09/19 5:37:14 PM #22:	Dud was lucky if this was real, had the guy breaking in had a gun it may have ended very badly for the dude with the axe. --- "Always two there are, a master and an apprentice" 3DS FC: 1564 - 7512 - 1815 <cite>Offworlder1 posted [p:929901926] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>Dud was lucky if this was real, had the guy breaking in had a gun it may have ended very badly for the dude with the axe.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Touch 11/09/19 5:39:49 PM #23:	Ive got a double-headed carbon steel battle ax that was homemade by a gentleman who has since passed. Thats what I call my baby, Ball said. That gentleman that passed? Hattori Hanzo. --- https://imgur.com/DlAxjk6 <cite>Touch posted [p:929902026] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote><quote>Ive got a double-headed carbon steel battle ax that was homemade by a gentleman who has since passed. Thats what I call my baby, Ball said.</quote> That gentleman that passed? Hattori Hanzo. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
industrializeit 11/09/19 5:46:49 PM #24:	Touch posted... Ive got a double-headed carbon steel battle ax that was homemade by a gentleman who has since passed. Thats what I call my baby, Ball said. That gentleman that passed? Hattori Hanzo. Didn't know he did a side project making battle axes :) --- I personally like Link as a Rugged Shaman Swashbuckler more than Resourceful Gadget Boy. That's why Zelda II is one of my all time favorites, ...(see quote) <cite>industrializeit posted [p:929902283] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>Touch posted...</cite> <quote><quote>Ive got a double-headed carbon steel battle ax that was homemade by a gentleman who has since passed. Thats what I call my baby, Ball said.</quote> That gentleman that passed? Hattori Hanzo. </quote> Didn't know he did a side project making battle axes :)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 11/10/19 6:06:20 AM #25:	Offworlder1 posted... Dud was lucky if this was real, had the guy breaking in had a gun it may have ended very badly for the dude with the axe. who says he wasnt armed? --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgtc.com/i/bHqCLJF.png https://i.imgtc.com/YnvkpvU.png <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:929923035] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>Offworlder1 posted...</cite> <quote>Dud was lucky if this was real, had the guy breaking in had a gun it may have ended very badly for the dude with the axe.</quote> who says he wasnt armed?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AmyRobach 11/10/19 6:08:51 AM #26:	Fair, next. But a gun would have gotten the job done. --- https://youtu.be/3lfwkTsJGYA https://youtu.be/cQAoqBaRqiQ https://tinyurl.com/z7mrxg9 https://tinyurl.com/y5dtcdhs <cite>AmyRobach posted [p:929923069] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>Fair, next. But a gun would have gotten the job done.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lordgold666 11/10/19 6:09:06 AM #27:	Ball was sitting at home playing video games and watching the TV show, Rick and Morty. Lol --- 3DS: 1848-2391-0198 "May the Father of Understanding guide us" <cite>Lordgold666 posted [p:929923072] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>Ball was sitting at home playing video games and watching the TV show, Rick and Morty. Lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 11/10/19 6:26:18 AM #28:	Lordgold666 posted... Ball was sitting at home playing video games and watching the TV show, Rick and Morty. Lol it's a good show --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgtc.com/i/bHqCLJF.png https://i.imgtc.com/YnvkpvU.png <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:929923311] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>Lordgold666 posted...</cite> <quote>Ball was sitting at home playing video games and watching the TV show, Rick and Morty. Lol</quote> it's a good show</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AmyRobach 11/10/19 6:32:11 AM #29:	UnfairRepresent posted... Lordgold666 posted... Ball was sitting at home playing video games and watching the TV show, Rick and Morty. Lol it's a good show Its one of those things white people have tried to get me into, but it bores the shit out of me. Stuff like Trailer Park Boys, Flight is the Concords, Portlandia, etc. I like White people things, but not those things. is Asian --- https://youtu.be/3lfwkTsJGYA https://youtu.be/cQAoqBaRqiQ https://tinyurl.com/z7mrxg9 https://tinyurl.com/y5dtcdhs <cite>AmyRobach posted [p:929923389] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted...</cite> <quote>Lordgold666 posted...</cite> <quote>Ball was sitting at home playing video games and watching the TV show, Rick and Morty. Lol</quote> it's a good show</quote> Its one of those things white people have tried to get me into, but it bores the shit out of me. Stuff like Trailer Park Boys, Flight is the Concords, Portlandia, etc. I like White people things, but not those things. is Asian</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Heineken14 11/10/19 6:45:14 AM #30:	nevershine posted... Playing video games and watching rick and Morty, before defending their home with a replica battle axe... which CEman was this? Well it also said he worked at Applebees, so none of the NEETs. --- Rage is a hell of an anesthetic. <cite>Heineken14 posted [p:929923545] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>nevershine posted...</cite> <quote>Playing video games and watching rick and Morty, before defending their home with a replica battle axe... which CEman was this? </quote> Well it also said he worked at Applebees, so none of the NEETs.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 11/10/19 8:22:34 AM #31:	Heineken14 posted... nevershine posted... Playing video games and watching rick and Morty, before defending their home with a replica battle axe... which CEman was this? Well it also said he worked at Applebees, so none of the NEETs. and he had a social life --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgtc.com/i/bHqCLJF.png https://i.imgtc.com/YnvkpvU.png <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:929925303] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>Heineken14 posted...</cite> <quote>nevershine posted...</cite> <quote>Playing video games and watching rick and Morty, before defending their home with a replica battle axe... which CEman was this? </quote> Well it also said he worked at Applebees, so none of the NEETs.</quote> and he had a social life</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raikuro 11/10/19 8:54:04 AM #32:	This was from the video in the CBS affiliate. Of course the Fox News article linking to it only cares about the picture of the intruder. https://i.imgur.com/ecc1c7y.jpg <cite>Raikuro posted [p:929926038] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>This was from the video in the CBS affiliate. Of course the Fox News article linking to it only cares about the picture of the intruder. https://i.imgur.com/ecc1c7y.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 11/10/19 9:41:53 AM #33:	Raikuro posted... This was from the video in the CBS affiliate. Of course the Fox News article linking to it only cares about the picture of the intruder. https://i.imgur.com/ecc1c7y.jpg is that the axe tho or just an axe? he was talking about a double sided one --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgtc.com/i/bHqCLJF.png https://i.imgtc.com/YnvkpvU.png <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:929927216] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>Raikuro posted...</cite> <quote>This was from the video in the CBS affiliate. Of course the Fox News article linking to it only cares about the picture of the intruder. https://i.imgur.com/ecc1c7y.jpg </quote> is that the axe tho or just an axe? he was talking about a double sided one</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raikuro 11/10/19 10:23:51 AM #34:	UnfairRepresent posted... is that the axe tho or just an axe? he was talking about a double sided one The video literally circled it and said it was used. Maybe the double sided "baby" was just another ax he was talking about practicing larping with, and this is the one used in the invasion. <cite>Raikuro posted [p:929928404] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted... </cite> <quote>is that the axe tho or just an axe? he was talking about a double sided one</quote>The video literally circled it and said it was used. Maybe the double sided "baby" was just another ax he was talking about practicing larping with, and this is the one used in the invasion. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 11/10/19 10:26:31 AM #35:	Raikuro posted... UnfairRepresent posted... is that the axe tho or just an axe? he was talking about a double sided one The video literally circled it and said it was used. Maybe the double sided "baby" was just another ax he was talking about practicing larping with, and this is the one used in the invasion. Yeah the video circled it but so what? That's journalism 101 and the police took the axe. That could be any axe at any time --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgtc.com/i/bHqCLJF.png https://i.imgtc.com/YnvkpvU.png <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:929928488] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>Raikuro posted...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted... </cite> <quote>is that the axe tho or just an axe? he was talking about a double sided one</quote>The video literally circled it and said it was used. Maybe the double sided "baby" was just another ax he was talking about practicing larping with, and this is the one used in the invasion. </quote> Yeah the video circled it but so what? That's journalism 101 and the police took the axe. That could be any axe at any time</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raikuro 11/10/19 10:41:55 AM #36:	UnfairRepresent posted... Yeah the video circled it but so what? That's journalism 101 and the police took the axe. That could be any axe at any time The circled axe was from a picture, because the guy didn't have it anymore. Journalism 101 is also grabbing a sound bite of a guy on a tangent bragging about an unrelated double sided axe for the sake of adding oompf to the story while the actual weapon used was just that regular axe. <cite>Raikuro posted [p:929928931] in Man forgoe... [t:78147657]...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted... </cite> <quote>Yeah the video circled it but so what? That's journalism 101 and the police took the axe. That could be any axe at any time</quote>The circled axe was from a picture, because the guy didn't have it anymore. Journalism 101 is also grabbing a sound bite of a guy on a tangent bragging about an unrelated double sided axe for the sake of adding oompf to the story while the actual weapon used was just that regular axe. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Current Events > Man forgoes gun, defends home from crazy ex-boyfriend with a massive battle axe. (+) Yeah! (+)

Current Events > Man forgoes gun, defends home from crazy ex-boyfriend with a massive battle axe.