oh, heck, I'll rise to the bait
darkenedangel159 said:
Well first of all you people have no right to talk about my education level you guys dont know anything about me.So why are you judging me. For all you know i could be a 50 year old.Just because i was typing fast, and really didn't give a <darn> about grammer, doesn't mean that I am stupid. I bet i can point out many of your guy's errors. Im not saying that my cousin didnt break into that guys house. Im just saying that this story seems a little bit weird to me. What i meant was I know my cousin got trained in how to get into a house if he needed to. Whos to know how he had the flashlight, he could have moved it far away from his body, no one knows that. I know all the details cause i talked to the police, and i saw what he looked like ok. Oh and to the person that said that it wouldn't make a diffrence if it was your family, come to me when it happens and tell me if your thoughts have changed. Im just saying this was a little weird of a story. I dont know, How did paul thrift get to his gun as fast as he did in the pitch black? How did he position himself in the perfect spot.i heard the wife was upstairs screaming, why whould my cousin even go up there if he heard that? I dont think he would, he would probably run out the door, knowing my cousin I know for a fact he would run out the door.
Darkenedangel:
If in fact you are actually this criminal's cousin, then first of all, I am sorry for your family's loss. One of the tough things about having a family member that messes up is that the rest of society looks at the remainder of the family as if they too are guilty. They...you...are not, but the tough fact is, it taints your family name. That is hard.
I went back and re-read the original story. Your cousin had a flashlight, and the homeowner was waiting in the dark for him. The homeowner didn't "go hunting" for the intruders; he waited. Let me assure you; I haven't been trained by anybody but myself, but if I were waiting for an intruder to walk in my bedroom, he would be framed by the door and lit up by his own flashlight. He'd have had to have his eyes closed NOT TO HIT YOUR COUSIN. If he aimed for the flashlight, that's all he had to do. I'm sorry to be graphic, but there it is.
How did he get to his gun? I don't know, but I know how I would have: I would have rolled over and grabbed it off the nightstand. It sleeps two feet from my head, that's how. It is always loaded and at that range, even my snubbie would not miss a target so perfectly presented. Again, I'm sorry to be graphic, but you're talking as if there is something fishy about the shooting, and I'm here to tell you that if you need to shoot an intruder, the circumstances just about couldn't be better for the homeowner.
The homeowner did the right thing. I imagine that, as your cousin's children grow up and you help raise and protect them, that there may come a time that you realize that you would do exactly that to protect them. Mr. Thrift did what he had to do. You need to grieve and move on.
Now, one disclaimer: if you are writing this just to get a rise out of people, then shame on you and get a life.
Springmom