Friday morning feel good stories
From Harris County, Texas comes the story of a homeowner who encountered a youngster who had just begun to turn his life around with the homeowner’s property when the homeowner made him DRT (dead right there).
In Owensboro, Kentucky, another homeowner awoke to the sight of another youngster who had been on a crime spree in other homes that night. He had a knife in his hand, but the homeowner had a gun in his hand, fired a round and that motivated the youngster to un-ass the AO.
In Kansas City, Kansas, another homeowner ventilated another burglar, shooting him three times, but he’s expected to survive.
In Annapolis, Maryland, an intruder shot a homeowner during a struggle for the weapon. Despite his injury, the homeowner secured the weapon and ventilated the intruder who is now in the hospital in stable condition while the police arrange for more permanent living space for him.
Chief Tango sends us a link to a story from Bessemer, Alabama where two teens broke into the home of an 87-year-old woman and her son dealt with the two appropriately. They were found a few blocks away in a parking lot and they were taken to the hospital while police make more permanent arrangements for them.
In another story from Chief Tango which happened in Topeka, Kansas, when a homeowner encountered an enterprising young fellow breaking into his car. The homeowner sent lead into the ground and the thief un-assed the AO.
The forces for good have been busy this week across the country.
Category: Feel Good Stories
Remember that a firearm doesn’t make you any more safe, according to the anti-gun crowd, who use an extremely faulty and biased “study” to bolster their claim.
Yep, and most anti-gun types will argue there’s no need for people to have guns for self-defense because we have Police Departments. If that’s the case, then why aren’t they bawling for outlawing the private possession of fire extinguishers because we have Fire Departments?
I love these “Feel Good Stories”, there are too few DRT’s and DOT’s for my liking, but some quality range time for those folks could help out on that. I wonder how many booger-munching anti-gunners look at stories like these and automatically classify the perps as “victims” instead of the way it really is? Either way on the “D’s” at least the pukes didn’t get what they wanted, even though the taxpayers are stuck with all of their expenses afterward. Eh, time for another cup of coffee, TGFC (Thank God For Caffeine)!
I’m concerned that the writer of the Maryland story has a poor comprehension of how to properly convey a message to the public. The seemingly innocuous sentence “anyone who knows anything about the shooting is asked to call” is a standard request in news reports in which an unknown assailant has escaped and is loose. However, the license plate number of the getaway vehicle is included, which means it can be traced and the driver can be found, or if the owner of the vehicle reported it stolen, the police will find it in a routine traffic stop. Likewise, the intruder who was shot knows who the driver was and will likely give him up.
What this means is that this particular ‘reporter’ does not know how to correctly report a story and simply fills in the blanks on the computer monitor’s screen.
What the hell ever happened to real reporting? Did it meet its demise with the passing of people like Huntley and Brinkley and Peter Jenning? Has civilization gone that far down the tubes? Have I not had enough caffeine this morning?
If news services ever stop hiring high school kids to write copy, someone please let me know.
Otherwise: a good start to Friday morning.
Answer to all the non-rhetorical questions in paragraph 3: Yes.
While Firearms were not employed in this instance, you can see that we civilians can make a difference, and notice how long it is before the police finally show up and take care of the criminal. Great video, but you will probably have to click the link to see it.:
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Carjackings are picking up around here.
I’ll have to get some pepper spray this weekend.
Thanks for the reminder, Frankie!
Make sure it’s Bear Grade spray. Extra potent. hehehehe
Wasp spray is a very potent irritant when it’s sprayed in an assailant’s eyes and face, and the baking soda in a dry chemical fire extinguisher is VERY irritating to the eyes, sinuses, and windpipe. ( I know the latter from an experience at work when a coworker let one loose in my direction not knowing I was there) A five pound DCFE can be easily carried with you in your car, and it packs enough powder to take care of more than one punk at a time!
As I read these stories something strikes me odd. In my state and municipality, if you shoot an intruder when in fear for your life, in most cases you will be okay. However, if you shoot into the ground, in city limits and tell LE after the fact and the perp has left the scene, more than once here, the homeowner was charged with discharging a firearm within city limits. I never quite understood that. A person chooses to spend a round in the dirt and avoid taking a life and is charged with a misdemeanor. Yet, a DRT perp, with a convincing, “I was in fear for my and my family’s lives” and you’re good to go. Go figure.