Well, I wonder how they'll spin this one?

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Durned if it ain't gettin plumb dangerous around KY. Last week they found a guy here in the county that had been shot 3 times and hung in a well. Now this has happened and I'm not sure I'm sorry for either side.

http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=3197209


Police tell 27 NEWSFIRST a homeowner shot two suspects in an attempted home invasion. One suspect is dead and another wounded.

It happened early Tuesday morning in Scott County at a house on Elkhorn Meadows.

Georgetown police tell 27 NEWSFIRST a group of would-be robbers tried to get into the house, but the homeowner opened fire before they could get inside. One suspect was killed... another was wounded.

Several shots were fired. Some of the shells hit a house and an apartment across the street.

Police tell us the homeowner had a substantial amount of marijuana in the home.

Officers are looking for up to 3 other suspects in this attempted home-invasion. It appears the suspects dropped off one man at the Georgetown hospital. He was shot in the chest and the hand.

The identity has not been released for the suspect who was killed.
 
"Some of the shells hit a house and an apartment across the street. "

either he was throwing unfired cartridges at the people, or he has a serious problem with his gun... haha...

~TMM
 
Durned if it ain't gettin plumb dangerous around KY. Last week they found a guy here in the county that had been shot 3 times and hung in a well. Now this has happened and I'm not sure I'm sorry for either side.
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Well it seems clear to me that legislation needs to be passed at the state level and possibly the federal level, outlawing the use of wells. That's the only logical conclusion. :scrutiny:

As for your other story there, let's remember here, of all places, this man is innocent until proven guilty, not the other way around.

Until proven otherwise, it was a simple break-in and self-defensive shooting.
 
As with 99.9% of stuff like this there’s more to it, but the story does give you a good indicator as to the motivation for the home invasion.

IDGAS about the WOSD but pot is still illegal and a “substantial amount of marijuana†will get you jailed, even if the cops find it after declaring your house a crime scene, securing your house and obtaining s search warrant which any judge would immediately give a cop because you just blasted some dude away in your living room who maybe/was trying to steal your stash.
 
Regardless of how you slice it or dice it, pot in Ky is illegal. Regardless of which side your on concerning pot, in Ky, it is still illegal.
If the guy was caught with a "significant amount of pot" as stated he deserves what he gets. He knows it's illegal and he decided to take his chances. He got caught and now he has to face the consequences. I don't feel sorry for him.

Regardless of how you slice it or dice it, breaking and entering is illegal. The two guys who broke in knew it was illegal and decided to take their chances. They now have to face the consequences. And I don't feel sorry for either of them.

As for a "good shoot", I wonder how a jury will look at this if the facts come out that this guy shot someone protecting an illegal stash. Is it gonna be possible to make the point that he was in fear for his life? Or will they determine that he only was afraid the guys were gonna get his weed?
Twill be interesting to see the outcome.
 
Okay, I wrote my reply too fast and ignored the pot thing.

But do you think that they folks who seem to have wanted to relieve Mr Gangaboi of the weed were going to reason with him once they broke into his home? I would assume that they were going to incapacitate him and his family (possibly for keeps) and take his weed.

While he might have an illegal item in his hme he still has a basic right to defend his life and the lives of his family.
 
Going to jail for pot is one thing but now he will have gun possesion charge to make it a feral (yes, I spelled that the way I intended) crime.
 
Regardless of how you slice it or dice it, pot in Ky is illegal. Regardless of which side your on concerning pot, in Ky, it is still illegal.
If the guy was caught with a "significant amount of pot" as stated he deserves what he gets.
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will you retain your guns when they become illegal? if so, you may find yourself in this position too. "after shooting the homeless man multiple times, in a clear attempt to take the man's life for simply entering his house late at night, the perpetrator was arrested and taken to jail. police found a substantial amount of guns and ammunition in his home." sounds a little different when the shoe's on the other hand huh? besides like it was mentioned earlier, the "substantial amount" was never defined. this is definitely a subjective term and may not necessarily mean the shooting had anything to do with drugs. i find it humorous that we are so jeffersonian in our application of personal freedom to gun laws, but not to the subject of government intrusion in other areas of life. before you write me off as a reefer addled drug addict, i'd like to assure you that although i have experimented with marijuana in the past my current occupation precludes the use of such substances and i don't find it to be much of a loss anyway.

btw, did anyone else notice that in the video the man had two satellite dishes, pointed 90 degrees away from each other.
 
It is highly unlikely that any member of THR would ever be described in the press as having "a substantial amount" of guns and/or ammunition.

We all have ARSENALS. Get that through your head.

ARSENALS-R-US







Mind you, I don't know what constitutes an "arsenal" to the typical reporter drone. My guess it's anything more than a half box of .22LR ammo.
 
chopinbloc

Well according to the news report tonight, they had so far found 3 lbs of pot. Would that be considered a substantial amount?

Since I don't do pot I have no idea, but I would think so.

So far they claim that at least 3 suspects showed up to confront the guy over drugs and money. He opened fire and killed one, wounding another who was put out of the escape vehicle only to be picked up by a pizza delivery person and taken to a local hospital.
The investigation is still ongoing.
 
so LEOs? Fed Weasel arent you LE? what do you think?
the shoot is legal?

also, can the presence of MJ as motivation for invasion cause it to be an illegal shoot?
seems like apples and oranges.

the invasion is one thing, the pot another- BUT i have heard of drug/gun enhancements?

very confusing, but if the guy was not already a felon , seems like a good shoot,
and a possesion for sale charge
 
Thorn, I think that there are a lot of laws that prohibit having guns and drugs at the same time. -- so he's in lots of trouble.

It's possible to imagine that they'll decide that:

(a) his life was threatened in a home invasion, so it's a legal self-defense shooting, and
(b) he's in big trouble, separately, for having three pounds of weed --

but I doubt that it'll happen that way.

Here endeth the guessin' (from me, for the moment).
 
chopinbloc:
Well according to the news report tonight, they had so far found 3 lbs of pot. Would that be considered a substantial amount?
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Hell, back when pot was no stronger than catnip, that was considered a lot.

Not that I would know anything about it. Besides, I wasn't even there.

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