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I have a co-worker who recently had a "situation" arise at his home.
The way he told it: about 11:30pm on a Saturday night he was sitting in the living room watching TV when he heard a loud commotion in his yard. Reving engine horn honking ect. He lives in the country no houses around.
He hears people yelling and what not; so he gets up grabs his Ruger semi auto 22 pistol and goes outside barefooted to see what the H E Double Hockey Sticks is going on. Two men are standing in his yard yelling for some guy he has never heard of, saying he had better come out right now. The men were obviously very intoxicated. He told them they must be at the wrong house, because no one by that name lived here and to leave before he called the cops. One of the men fired a shot at him which hit his house. Of course he didn't know that at the time, he instictively ducked behind a trash can and fired back, emptying his 22 pistol into thier general area.
Of course this happened fast so after they shot at him and he began firing they turned to leave, jumped back into their truck and fled. His wife called 911 after she heard the first shot.
The Sheriff's Dept. arrives about 20 min later. He explains the situation and they call the local hospital's to see if anyone has come in. The cops are there for a while taking his statement and investigating. About an hour later they get confirmation that two men were in a local emergency room. One has a gun shot wound to the left shoulder and one has been shot in the upper chest.
The cops found a 9mm hand gun in their truck which also had bullet holes in the back glass and tailgate.
My frind/co-worker was never placed under arrest and the cops said they felt he had done what any reasonable person would do. The two men survived the gun shot wounds and were placed in custody. They guy who was shot in the chest got hit in the collar bone and according to the Sheriff's Dept was in the worst shape of the two.
Of course my friend's weapon was taken for investigative purposes. He didn't hear from the Sheriff's Dept. again, so about 8 months later he called them. (He told me he was scared to do it because the last thing he had heard from them was they would let him know if he was going to face any charges when they completed thier investigation.) Anyway, he called and was told he could pick up his gun anytime he just had to sign some forms. It took him 2 more months to actually build up the courage to go
I don't know if this is typical, but that's what happened to him. I will say that I think it is fortunate it happened in the county jurisdiction as the County Sheriff is pretty good about giving law abiding citizens the benifit of the doubt, which I would say most likely happened in this situation.
The way he told it: about 11:30pm on a Saturday night he was sitting in the living room watching TV when he heard a loud commotion in his yard. Reving engine horn honking ect. He lives in the country no houses around.
He hears people yelling and what not; so he gets up grabs his Ruger semi auto 22 pistol and goes outside barefooted to see what the H E Double Hockey Sticks is going on. Two men are standing in his yard yelling for some guy he has never heard of, saying he had better come out right now. The men were obviously very intoxicated. He told them they must be at the wrong house, because no one by that name lived here and to leave before he called the cops. One of the men fired a shot at him which hit his house. Of course he didn't know that at the time, he instictively ducked behind a trash can and fired back, emptying his 22 pistol into thier general area.
Of course this happened fast so after they shot at him and he began firing they turned to leave, jumped back into their truck and fled. His wife called 911 after she heard the first shot.
The Sheriff's Dept. arrives about 20 min later. He explains the situation and they call the local hospital's to see if anyone has come in. The cops are there for a while taking his statement and investigating. About an hour later they get confirmation that two men were in a local emergency room. One has a gun shot wound to the left shoulder and one has been shot in the upper chest.
The cops found a 9mm hand gun in their truck which also had bullet holes in the back glass and tailgate.
My frind/co-worker was never placed under arrest and the cops said they felt he had done what any reasonable person would do. The two men survived the gun shot wounds and were placed in custody. They guy who was shot in the chest got hit in the collar bone and according to the Sheriff's Dept was in the worst shape of the two.
Of course my friend's weapon was taken for investigative purposes. He didn't hear from the Sheriff's Dept. again, so about 8 months later he called them. (He told me he was scared to do it because the last thing he had heard from them was they would let him know if he was going to face any charges when they completed thier investigation.) Anyway, he called and was told he could pick up his gun anytime he just had to sign some forms. It took him 2 more months to actually build up the courage to go
I don't know if this is typical, but that's what happened to him. I will say that I think it is fortunate it happened in the county jurisdiction as the County Sheriff is pretty good about giving law abiding citizens the benifit of the doubt, which I would say most likely happened in this situation.
