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Resident fatally shoots home intruder near University of Denver
The shooting happened near the 2300 block of E. Evans Avenue in south Denver, near the University of Denver.
Noah Festenstein
A startled resident shot and killed a man who was intruding in their apartment early Sunday morning, according to the Denver Police Department.The shooting happened near the 2300 block of east Evans Avenue in south Denver, at the One Observatory Park apartment complex near the University of Denver.
An initial call of a shooting came in around 1 a.m., according to a police department spokesperson.
Police officials said a “surprised” resident shot the intruder inside their home.
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Denver Gazette
I don’t like surprises either.
Suspect shot and killed after an assault in Omak
Faith Iverson
OMAK, Wash. – The Omak Police Department responded to an assault that led to a deadly shooting on Sunday night.OPD responded to the 400 block of Hanford Street on Sunday around 7 p.m. with reports of an assault.
The suspect had been seen tampering with the homeowner’s vehicle and prowling on property.
The armed homeowner confronted the suspect, but the suspect attacked and knocked the man to the ground.
After witnessing the assault, the homeowner’s significant other approached the assault and fired a warning shot into the ground in an attempt to deter the incident.
The suspect continued with the assault prompting the significant other to make attempts at physically removing them from the fight.
After a momentary pause in the fight due to the efforts of the witness the suspects reengaged in the assault.
The homeowner then shot the suspect prompting him to leave and collapse in the street nearby.
Law enforcement and medics responded to the suspect and quickly transported them to the Mid Valley Hospital where they were pronounced dead.
An investigation into the incident is being conducted by the OPD.
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KHQ Local
An investigation into KHQ editors’ progress in their “English As She Are Wrote” DEI community college journalism course was unmentioned. Thanks again, Gun Bunny.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
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Category: Feel Good Stories, Guest Link
These stories usually have a common thread: someone is messing with someone else’s stuff and ends up in the ice box.
What’s mine is mine. I’m fairly generous and have a lot of stuff that I’m increasingly less fond of, so I’ve given away plenty over the years, to include thousands of dollars’ worth of power tools to family and friends. My garage is still inundated with the remnants of my time in the military (I used the two-car section of the garage for storage when I left 12 years ago) and my final move back to the house. Fortunately, the roll-off arrived yesterday and I’m in the mood to get rid of 20 years’ worth of stuff. That said, while the garage might look like easy pickings, being loaded with mostly tools besides the massive collection of Playboy mags that’ll be in the dumpster soon (I’d burn them, but I still have a huge bonfire to light, and, yes, I’m keeping my Trump interview issue and maybe a few others, and no, they unfortunately weren’t kept in the best of environments, so they aren’t worth trying to sell as complete year collections–more than a few of the centerfolds were on the walls of my room when I was 16), the contents therein are still mine. We have a very good, but informal, neighborhood watch on my dead-end street and my younger dog likes to bark at anything that makes noise, so it would be hard for a stranger to venture onto the property without notice.
It’s easy to avoid spending the rest of your life making a mistake: don’t make that mistake. If it ain’t yours, don’t mess with it. If you’re in my house, I’m assuming you’re a threat, since many burglars are armed and/or mentally unstable (usually due to drugs). If you’re messing with my vehicle or other property, it’s obvious that you value whatever you’re after more than you do your life.
As for the Enfield, I don’t have any historically accurate examples, unfortunately. I do have a Gibbs Rifle Company No. 7 “Jungle Carbine I picked up at Rose’s department store back in the late-’90s. That was before they turned from a poor man’s Kmart to a rich man’s Dollar General, when some stores had FFLs and sold military surplus rifles. In fact, I had the $100 gun on layaway when the manager called telling me I had a week to pick it up as the chain was giving up all FFLs.
The No.7 was supposedly based on a late-war experimental Australian design and is built on an Ishapore 2A receiver (Indian produced No.1 Mk III variant in 7.62 NATO). Gibbs is long gone now, but the quality of the No.7 is great, and I preferred carrying that through the woods over the goofy-looking post-ban Bushmaster AR-15 I had at the time).
I also have a No.4 Mk I* that’s marked “Property of US”. It’s a Lend-Lease gun made by Savage, but for better or worse got the basic sporterization treatment. The stock was cut down and a hunting sling attached, but fortunately the sights weren’t altered, and it was never drilled and tapped for a scope.
My third Enfield isn’t a Lee-Enfield design, but an Eddystone produced M1917, based on the P14 service rifle produced by US manufacturers for British use. Like the No.4 Mk I, its stock was cut down without further modifications. This was my dad’s gun, but he was never an avid hunter, so I plan to buy a replacement stock and restore it to its original configuration.
Good stuff FM. I too have an Eddystone P-17, though mine is in original condition. Having grown up about 5 miles from where it was produced, it has an extra attachment for me..
I have a good selection of Enfields, from the ‘ Long Lee ‘ to the No.5 Jungle.
My Martini-Enfield is still the favorite. It can handle spicier handloads than most.
I remember back in the 1950’s, British Enfields were on sale in either Macy’s, or Gimbels but I can’t remember which store they were in on the ground floor in large boxes going for around $12.00-20.00 so long ago I forgot. Our FD Doctor had an Aussie Owen he wanted me to buy before moving to Hawaii. He bought it years before the firearms regs came after the bobby K shooting in the hotel. Got it in the model railroad shop in Lynbrook Long Island ny. Their was a plug in front of the barrel which was the way they were sold back then like the french chit chat and a couple of other machine guns which one could buy them mail order from Pop Science or Pop Mechanics magazines. I’m sure some of the TAH commentors who are my age will remember..
Forgot to add that I mentioned the same thing awhile back in the days before mail order and store bought guns before all the paperwork, Ranger-769 replied that the new thing in de militizing guns is now the side of the receiver is cut open….
Yes, the receiver must be torch cut in at least three places with at least 1/4″ of metal removed in each cut. Other parts can be salvageable, but the days of simply plugging the barrel and welding the action closed are long gone.
We are considered to be heartless and anti-common sense when it comes to passing more gun legislation. Why won’t we just concede to giving up our AR-15s and “high capacity” magazines for the sake of the children? What isn’t taken into account is how much we’ve already given up, with the 1934 NFA, 1968 GCA, 1986 FOPA, and many other pieces of legislation that have banned the possession, importation, and/or manufacture of various firearms that saw relatively little use in crime. The temporary law they passed in our lifetimes, the 1994 AWB, is what they ultimately want to see as a permanent part of US Code. They won’t stop there, though. Once AR-15s and similar rifles have been stripped of some of their scary features, magazine capacities have been reduced to 10 rounds country-wide, and we’ve proven compliant with the new norm, they’ll come after other arms.
I’ve been in the gun selling business for under two years and have seen numerous infringements on our right to bear arms, from state restrictions on firearms to the under 21 waiting period implemented last year. Even Florida, considered a bastion of Conservative principles these days largely due to DeSantis and its no-nonsense Sheriffs, requires a 3-day waiting period for firearms. A concealed carry permit or other credentials can waive it, but we lost a sale just a couple of days ago when a FL cop came in to buy a Winchester Wildcat .22. A newer Outfitter initiated the 4473 and must have neglected to check the exemption, so despite an instant Proceed, the cop had to wait until Friday to pick up the gun, when he’d be on the road back home.
I got my Florida Concealed back in 2008 right after I came down in Dec 2007 and now I believe no more concealed carry permits. I don’t know how it is going to go when my Carry expires in 2027 and I want to buy a handgun if I have to do the wait. With my permit, I used to buy the guns over the counter after the sales person made a call to the ATF. I think that there is no more Florida carry permits now so I wonder if the permit I still have will still be a one shot over the counter deal.
There should still be permits in Florida. I’ve been slacking getting my Louisiana permit, since constitutional carry was passed for Vets in 2022 and is now statewide for every legally armed Louisiana, but having a permit allows one very important thing: out-of-state carry. A lot of states have reciprocity agreements now, so when I vacationed in Florida last year, I was constantly reminded that getting pulled over without a valid permit (my Virginia permit hasn’t expired but became invalid once I moved out of state) might have been painful, given the fact I travel with one or two (or five) firearms.
One thing I like down here is that I can buy any number of guns and walk out with them the same day. We sold four handguns to a customer not long ago, and the most I’ve seen is eight, sold to a guy buying them for himself to present as wedding gifts months down the line. Handguns require an ATF Form 3310.4 to be submitted if more than one is purchased within a five-day period (border states [CA, AZ, NM, TX] require a 3310.12 for long guns), so I’ve only dared to submit to that additional report once, when I bought my Gangsta’s Paradise collection of a Lorcin .380 and Hi-Point .40.
In the first story, it’s Denver, so keep an eye out, the resident WILL be charged with some sort of crime.. A formerly decent city has been destroyed by the dims. They’ve been passing new laws criminalizing otherwise law abiding gun owners for the past decade, with no end in sight.
At the least they’ll charge him with disposing of trash in a manner not in line with their plans to disarm citizens. The only surprise I like is of the Sister Golden Hair Variety.
“…warning shot…”?!? A shot to the brain bucket and/or center mass warns others that you are not to be trifled with.
A twofer DRT is a good to have FIRST thing of a morning.
Their “Democracy” is gonna die in a roaring blaze. Prepare
Too bad that The “War to End All Wars” didn’t end the wars. Also too bad it took so long for the bean counters to give the trigger pullers weapons that could keep up a rapid rate of fire.
“…medics responded to the suspect and quickly transported them to the Mid Valley Hospital where they were pronounced dead.”
At least THEY were transported quickly.
The English teacher in me cringes.
My thought, though, is “Do you expect me to trust what you write when you display such incompetence?”