Tuesday morning feel good story
This morning’s first feel good story comes from Louisiana where neighbors look out for each other;
The homeowner said he saw a male running from a neighbor’s backyard. When the male began running toward the homeowner, he fired a shot, hitting the suspect in the leg. He fled the scene before the police got there.
While checking the area, officers found that the suspect had burglarized three separate homes and dropped the bag of stolen property. After being shot and running off, he hid in a vacant home on Yale Street and then walked to the area near California Street, where he was apprehended by police.
Good shooting Mr. Homeowner, but you need to aim higher.
Next stop is Utah where cops do show up in time;
Police said the family’s dog alerted them to the break in and a neighbor called 911.
Officers said the owner fired a warning shot after the suspects were in the house but no one was hit.
Police arrested the suspects who were running out of the home when authorities arrived, 30-year-old Brian Olsen and 38-year-old Crystal Henard.
According to the article the pair had a long criminal history.
Category: Feel Good Stories
I’ve never understood the bit about the warning shot. That round that came out of the barrel had to go somewhere, and with a warning shot, you really have no idea where it’s going. If things are bad enough that you’re going to pull the trigger, send the round in a deliberate direction at the threat.
^ Yeah that
Also; ammo is getting expensive, so make every round count.
There are always “warning shots” in the movies so most of these ham and eggers just fall back on their “training.”
Good dog, though.
Use the Air Force motto and Aim High.
I caught the Utah burglary on the news. The burgling pair look like they got rode hard and put away wet – a lot.
The homeowner did say that he fired his warning shot into the ground. But considering that there are a LOT of lawn sprinkling pipes at the depth that a bullet would go into the ground, let’s hope he didn’t hit one of them. A geyser, we don’t need, what with the shortage of snow (and hence, water) we didn’t have this winter.
Years ago, I read about a guy who fired a warning shot to scare off a perp. He fired it at the ground in the dark. It ricocheted off his driveway, and killed his neighbor, who was coming to help drive the criminal away.
NO WARNING SHOTS. THAT’S NOT WHAT GUNS ARE FOR.
My old man always said that the first shot should be a warning to the second guy.
Warning Shots.
When I worked at the Texas State Prison in Beaumont, we were instructed that when firing at “offenders”, when such use of force was authorized, we were required to fire a warning shot. We were also told that it didn’t matter in which order the shots were to be fired. As long as you had at least one more empty shell casing than the offender had bullet holes, alles gute. Ya.