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Homeowner Shoots Burglar
Guess this happened this morning...
http://www.9news.com/news/article.as...9565&catid=339
Details are still kind of sparse, at least in this article.
Only Hits Count, You Can't Miss Fast Enough To Catch Up.
Good riddance, too bad the DA will probably charge this guy with something
Probably true. DA's hate the make my day law and always chip away at it. They have prosecuted someone for breaking in to a house but he was still in a doorway. They did another persecution when the perp fell outside after being shot inside.Originally Posted by TS12000
Steve
It's a shame there is not 2 more dead.
If this guy gets charged, I say we all go downtown to protest.
Citizens prepare to defend yourselves.
I'd gladly go.It's a shame there is not 2 more dead.
If this guy gets charged, I say we all go downtown to protest.
Only Hits Count, You Can't Miss Fast Enough To Catch Up.
maybe these burglars will start thinking twice before invading homes.
The article even states that the body was found "in front" of the home. This doesn't bode well for the homeowner.
We had a case about a year and a half ago here in Colo Spr where a young kid (25ish) was so drunk that he didn't realize that the home he was trying to enter was NOT his home (he lived 1 block over).
The was banging on the doors and windows and finally broke out a window and started to climb through. The elderly homeowner and his wife were on the phone with 911. They were heard telling the intruder from the start to leave - he didn't. He was part way through the window when the husband shot him. He died. The DA debated for a while on whether or not to charge the husband since MOST of the kids body was outside the home when he was shot.
Of course, all you heard on the news was how this kid was a golf pro at a local (city owned) golf course and how he was a fine & upstanding young man.
Three things caused the DA to decide AGAINST charging this family:
(1) The part of the kids body that the bullet entered was IN the home.
(2) The homeowners were elderly
(3) - This carried the most weight - The 911 recording of the shooting clearly showed that the homeowners were terrified and had tried to get the intruder to leave.
The DA knew that there was NO way he could win in a jury trial so he declared it "justifiable" under the "Make My Day" law.
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Sounds like it was a good shoot
One less scumbag POS to cause innocent people distress.
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