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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Teen Shoots Home Intruder

A Hero of our time:

A 14-year-old boy shot and killed a man who broke into his family’s home Monday and threatened to kill him and his mother, Police Chief Bryan Smith said.

Smith said the man, confronted a woman as she was carrying groceries into her home shortly before 1 p.m.  The man forced her inside and tied her and her son up. Smith said the woman was able to loosen the binding and free her son, who got his father’s revolver from a security box beneath a bed.

As the man tried to break into the room where the two were and threatened to kill them both, the teen fired a shot through the door and hit the intruder in the head, Smith said.

The Instapundit had this to say:

Not only was this tragedy averted, but if the guy had gotten away with it he almost certainly would have killed others. Not now.

Private citizens use firearms over two million times a year to defend themselves.  Of course the media doesn’t report that.  They only report the evil done with firearms, not the evil averted.

Now that I have in effect my own Blog (thanks Rob) I’ll try to highlight defensive uses of firearms.

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People who defend themselves, their homes and their families in this fashion should be cheered as heroes.

This is the very essence of the 2nd amendment.


When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Rob on October 11, 2006 at 02:50 pm

Good job, what you want to bet this corpse had a criminal record. And most likely a history of violence.


Una Salus Victus Nullam Sperare Salutem

2Hotel9 on October 11, 2006 at 03:07 pm

There’s no way you can count on the police to be there when you need them. 

Protecting yourself is your responsibility.


What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.


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The Whistler on October 11, 2006 at 03:33 pm

Y’all know what is funny, DD and Toot? Easyrider magazine, you know, the biker rag, has exactly the same thing in the front part of each issue. Usually 10 or 12 examples from around the country, and all within the month since the last issue. Great minds and all that!


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2Hotel9 on October 11, 2006 at 06:30 pm
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2Hotel9,

Interesting comment about Easyrider.

Have you done Rolling Thunder yet?

Bat One on October 11, 2006 at 06:45 pm

I don’t have a Harely. I can’t justify spending over 10 grand for a motorcycle. I miss the good old days when whitetrash rode Harelys and you could pick one up for 500-600 dollars. Got friends that ride and go to the big rides in DC and out to Sturgis every year.


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2Hotel9 on October 12, 2006 at 02:35 am

I am an NRA member so I knew about the Armed Citizen page.  I didn’t know about easy rider.


What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.


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The Whistler on October 12, 2006 at 03:17 am

I agree. Thanks for finding this article, Whistler, and good luck finding more examples in the future. That’s about the only good thing about Vermont - they have the BEST guns laws (or lack thereof) in the whole country. My grandpa (RIP) used to say that everyone should have a 38 in their pocket.


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Sparkie Arbuckle on October 13, 2006 at 03:33 pm
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