http://www.ktvz.com/news/30871467/detail.html
I love happy endings
I love happy endings
Wow. I'm sure there are some things to learn here.
Points to consider:
1) Holding an intruder at gunpoint?
2) Holding an intruder at gunpoint -- within "2 feet" of the defender?
3) Deterrant effect of a laser sight?
4) Deliberate decision to turn on a laser sight to warn the invader?
5) Walking into an ambush? (Intruder was hiding behind or masked by the cars and surprised the home owner when he stood up. If the crook was armed, the home owner would have been dead before he ever saw the intruder.)
Seems to me a good example of a home owner catching a "not-so bad" guy (petty thief) who really didn't pose a danger. Which is very fortunate for the homeowner.
It's amazing how fast spines can turn yellow when a law abiding citizen exercises their second amendment rights!
Seems to me a good example of a home owner catching a "not-so bad" guy (petty thief) who really didn't pose a danger. Which is very fortunate for the homeowner.
I once (or twice) posted something along the lines that, if you go looking for "trouble" you are basically already deciding that the "trouble" you're looking for is not a threat to you. If what you're investigating is a serious threat to your life it is suicidal to go stumbling into trouble's grasp
There are lots of threads here on that. You could search on the terms "Don't clear your house" for one.So (and I ask this completely honestly), what does one do when one hears a strange noise in their house or garage? Barricade themselves in the bedroom and train a gun on the door? What tactic would you recommend?
read the blog at the bottom of the news story....Seems to me a good example of a home owner catching a "not-so bad" guy (petty thief) who really didn't pose a danger.
So I hope you realize that if you can get on your garage roof from your upstairs deck, someone can get to your upstairs deck from your garage roof.There are good points raised here on the what to do if you hear a strange noise. I will share a shortend version of my personal experience with a strange noise.
I travel a lot for work one weekend I was home it was a cool summer evenning and I was awoke by a strange noise listened for a while heard it again this went on for a while as I was slowly grabbing my .45. I did not want to go through my house because the noise was clearly in the garage. I opend my slider door to my upstairs deck from my bedroom, climbed onto the roof made my way to the garage and just about fell off of the roof when I was suprised by a family of raccoons. I think I startled them as much as they did me. I wished I had a dog that night.
Some of you will get a good laugh out of that one I guess
"2) Holding an intruder at gunpoint -- within "2 feet" of the defender? "
I agree, I have learned much here from this. I have two garage man doors, one to the outside(always locked) and one to the inside. I will now lock the one to the house, and may God help the one that comes through either door, they will need to deal with the dogs first and then my 12ga last.Glad the homeowner is okay, but he is lucky.
What do you guys think about his strategy: should he have let the guy go or should he have instructed the man to lie down 10 feet away and wait until LE showed up?
I'd let him go. Guns don't magically scare people. The guy may lay there or he may get twitchy and decide to put up a fight. Am I to shoot this now unarmed guy in the back or let him get up as I holster and fight him? Now I have got an unarmed bad guy face down, no weapon and shot in the back 4 times. That one may require a lawyer and more money than I have, forcing me to pay for a lawsuit for the rest of my life.
And if he decides to fight me instead of obeying or fleeing, I will fire to defend myself. I also will not stay 10 ft away from him (much less 2).
Closest I've come to experiencing a B&E was several years ago when I was living in a fairly upscale apartment. One night, I woke up to the sound of people outside and someone trying to unlock my front door. They went away and I thought it was just someone who was at the wrong door. A few minutes later I hear someone trying to open the door to my second floor balcony. I had been out there that night, and forgot to lock the door when I came in, but luckily I did flip the bar-lock so they could not open the door.There are good points raised here on the what to do if you hear a strange noise. I will share a shortend version of my personal experience with a strange noise.