Home Owner Shoots Teenage Burglars

[M4Shadow]

http://video.foxnews.com/v/4345740/home-owner-shoots-teenage-burglars/

I like what the sheriff says about it .

[Matt In Oklahoma]

Well there are a few that still believe that!

[610Alpha]

Amen and amen!! Where are these boys parents at?

[Bearman202]

One of the important things to notice about this report is that the homeowner, i.e. the victim, actually got some support from the police. There was a time when the homeowner would have been cuffed and stuffed, and probably sued by the boy's parents. Missouri just passed a Castle Doctrine law this past year, and a lot of other states are doing the same. Personally, I think people are just getting sick of dirtbags who have no respect for other people's persons or property. Sadly, I see that part of the situation getting worse. I have a CCW, and live in fear of having to use it. I would, but I pray every day that I never have to.

[eeyore]

Here is a naother, it is great to see people stand up and defend them selves

Police: Alleged Home Intruders Looking for Cash, Pills; 1 Shot Dead
A family returned home to find alleged two robbers inside.

According to the Wayne County Sheriff's Department, two masked men were in the process of robbing a home on Lynn Creek Road just after 11 p.m. Sunday when the homeowners returned.

Brittany Nikole Stroud had just returned from an evening of bowling with her boyfriend Casey Bartram and her 2-year-old son when they saw the intruders. Stroud called Wayne County 911 and stated she might have shot one of the men.

Once deputies got to the home, one man was found shot to death in the kitchen and the other man had already fled the scene. In a news release, investigators said it appeared to be a robbery gone bad.

The alleged intruder that fled on foot was later arrested.

Gary Shane Maynard, 23, was arrested early Monday morning at his house on Fifth Street Road near Orchard Drive. Maynard was charged with nighttime burglary and is expected to be arraigned in Wayne County Magistrate Court.

The shooting remains under investigation.

http://www.wowktv.com/story.cfm?func...&storyid=86372

[eeyore]

Here is another story for CC and the good guys

<strong>83-year-old pulls semiautomatic handgun on would-be robber</strong>

CLEARWATER, Florida — Knocked to the ground by a would-be robber, 83-year-old Charles Place defended himself — by pulling a gun.

Clearwater Police said Place was in a restaurant parking lot Wednesday when a man grabbed him from behind and tried to take his wallet.

Place resisted and was knocked to the ground. Police said that's when Place pulled out a .25-caliber semiautomatic handgun.

Authorities said Place pointed it at the man and ordered him to leave him alone.

The assailant, Bryan Treloar, ran and was followed by a witness. Police caught up with him and charged him with attempted strong arm robbery. He was being held on $10,000 bail.

Place, who has a permit to carry a concealed weapon, wound up with small cuts on his hand.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,7201060.story

[monkeybird]

Thank God for Florida Law! Too many people have been murdered in their beds from home invasions. Sometimes entire families are brutalized. This type of activity will only get worse as the economy worsens.

It took me a year to get over being afraid of my gun. Finally, I loaded it and have it by my bed. I hope I never have to use it, but I will if faced with intruders.

[Bearman202]

monkeybird, you will find that the single most important aspect of home/self defense is the willingness to act. Make up your mind ahead of time just how far you're willing to take it, and then don't waver. I have heard a LOT of stories about people who did a lot of training in self-defense who got hurt just because they hadn't made up their minds to act when they needed to do so. Visualize the scenerio's in your mind. See how an attacker might come at you and plan ahead about how you will react. In other words, have a plan.

The really strange part of this is that when I lived in San Antonio, I went through a lot of mental debate over whether or not I would really shoot someone over a $150 television. After our house got broken into the second time, it wasn't a matter of a television, all they had to be was in the house. I was talking with the sheriff's deputy who showed up to take the report and asked him what I could do. He said I could take whatever force necessary to keep myself safe. That meant ONE time. He said if you shoot the guy in the head six times after he's on the ground, someone is going to be asking you questions. Same with multiple hits from a baseball bat, etc. Make it good the first time. Take that gun to the range and learn to hit what you're shooting at. Think of it as a tool, which it really is. You wouldn't use your kitchen mixer without learning how it worked and what to expect from it, and a gun is no different.

[monkeybird]

It's not the loss of property I worry about. After all most of us are insured. It's fear of bodily harm. In today's society, some home invaders get more out of killing the home owners that taking property.

I did decide to shot after reading about the brutal home invasion in which the police did not act while the family was being raped tortured and finally burned. The members that were raped and murdered were the mother and 2 girls, one only 11 years old. The father was tied up in the basement after being beaten. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...jury-told.html

This in occurring with more frequency across the U.S. So, I practice with a figure of a man and pretend he is intruding in my home. I'm surprised how accurate I've become.

[bountyhunter69]

u go girl!!! i agree 110%