Posted by Mark - IN. on January 05, 2012 at 17:29:54 from (98.213.183.6):
In Reply to: intruder shooting posted by jackinok on January 05, 2012 at 07:48:01:
A few years back in Winnetka, IL, there was kind of a similar case. In Illinois, they have towns where hand guns are banned, even in one's own home. And before I go on, I heard about this case today on the radio, and they mentioned some sort of map that shows states that have "castle" symbols on them if a home is considered one's castle and can be protected like this, and Illinois is NOT one of the states where a home is considered one's castle.
So back to the Winnetka similar story. A family's home gets broken into one night, stuff gets stolen, including the keys to one of their vehicles, WHILE the family is at home and in bed. Next night, same home, same family, same burglar, except he lets himself in using the key on the ring that he stole the night before. Family is upstairs, all in bed, husband, wife, little kids. Husband hears stuff going on downstairs, knows the wife is in bed with him, little kids too small to have gotten out of bed to go downstairs, banging stuff around, AND the house was burglarized the night before. Winnetka says he can't own a hand gun, but he does, so he goes downstairs, confronts the burglar, shoots him, sends the burglar through a window, dead. Home owner got arrested for violating the Winnetka handgun law, but there was such an outcry from the public that the police chief held news conference to save his hide from John Q. Public that was going to hang him. Ultimately they dropped those charges, but did fine the home owner $750 for defending themselves, because instead of going downstairs to confront the burglar that broke into THEIR home a second night in a row, they were told that "...they should have stayed upstairs and not provoked...". I kid you not.
And as to this incident, she was on with the 9-1-1 dispatcher for 21 minutes before help arrived. A guy stalking her, as reported, breaking into her home armed with a 12" knife and another guy could have done a whole lot of harm in those 21 minutes, and he sure as heck wasn't there to wish her Seasons Greetings. I feel sorry that she was put through that, but grateful that she handled the situation and her firearm correctly.
May God bless her and anyone else put into such a situation at no doing or fault of their own. Shoot first, announce that you're armed afterwards, but report it the other way around. AND, if I'm ever called to testify on your behalf, you have my personal guarantee that I will testify that the guy(s) got their head(s) blown off by a banana peel that they slipped and fell on after stealing the banana that used to be inside of it before tossing it on the floor. My personal guarantee, under oath. I promise.
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