One of the reasons for posting this thread was to bring some of those other scenarios to light. Like I've said, my mind went straight to kids but clearly there are other possibilities.
And yes, the pistol was clearly visible. I always leave the front lights on..
Here's a guy who went beyond the living area of his home. Sounds like he got more than he bargained for.
What I can't figure out for the proponents of going outside armed is why they would leave the wife (and kids inside), possibly unprotected--even for a brief moment. There's no percentage in that that I can see.
July 17, 2008
Burglar takes gun from Franklin man, wounds him
By Bill McCleery
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http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=LOCAL0403
A Franklin man shot in his garage by an intruder Wednesday night remained at Methodist Hospital today, but Franklin police said the man was believed likely to make a full recovery.
James Duncan, 28, encountered the intruder shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday after he went to investigate a sound in his garage. Duncan lives in the 500 block of Hanna Place in the Canary Creek neighborhood.
After advising his wife to call 911, Duncan took a .22-caliber bolt-action rifle from his home before confronting the intruder. In an ensuing struggle, the intruder grabbed the gun from Duncan and shot him in the shoulder. The suspect then dropped the gun and fled.
"I'd just like to know who did it, and that's what we're working on," said Det. Chris Tennell of the Franklin Police Department.
Police said the man was wearing a T-shirt worn by carnival workers at the Johnson County Fair, which is being held this week in Franklin. But Tennell emphasized that they do not know whether the suspect has any connection to the fair.
Duncan and his family had just returned from the fair themselves and were putting their two children to bed when Duncan heard the noise in his garage, Tennell said.
Doctors opted not to remove the bullet from Duncan's shoulder, Tennell said, fearing they might damage muscle tissue or an artery in trying to extract it.
"Anytime you have a bullet in your body and you're bleeding, that's not good," Tennell said. "But as far as gunshot victims go, they said he should recover fine."
