Homeowner shoots, kills intruder

[Hot Mega]

:violent: See ya! Don't want to get smoked...don't break into people's homes.:dunno:

07:15 AM PDT on Monday, October 11, 2010

A homeowner shot and killed an intruder before dawn yesterday in Victorville, according to San Bernardino County sheriff's officials.

A burglar alarm at the house drew deputies at 3 a.m. Sunday to the 14100 block of Calle Contesa where they found the intruder inside the house and suffering from gunshot wounds, sheriff's homicide investigators said in a written statement.

"The male suspect had broken into the residence while the occupants slept," according to the statement. "They were alerted to the intruder by their dogs.

"The suspect attacked the homeowner with a caustic material. The homeowner, fearing for his safety and the safety of his family, shot the suspect."

At the time of the statement, the intruder had been identified only as a white man in his 20s. Since then, coroner's officials have released no information on the dead man or the incident. He died at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton.

:clap: at link....
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_webintruder.4a71a36.html

 

[biomech]

This is the risk you take, when you break into someones home.

 

[BlueBalls]

If someone trespasses on your property with the intent of stealing or damaging parts of it then the owner of said property should be well within the rights to protect it by any means necessary.

Now if only 'the man' would allow us to lure these assholes into our own self dug pits in order to set them on fire the world would be a much better place.

*High five* to that guy, wherever he may be.

 

[Hot Mega]

This is the risk you take, when you break into someones home.

...in a country with the right to bear (fire)arms.:2 cents:

 

[SpexyAshleigh]

Good for him. Finally a firearm being used in the manner it should be. The intruder could have been interested in raping and killing the family sleeping inside, so good on the man of the house to take matters into his own hands and kill that motherfucker.

 

[PirateKing]

Justifiable homicide is the bees knees.

 

[lurkingdirk]

Everyone hate on me:

I don't think anyone should own a handgun*, and I think long guns should be restricted to farm use.


*-I understand the necessity of some to have guns they are able to carry in the current climate. However, if no one had guns, that necessity would be eliminated. I'm dwelling in the socialist utopia here...

 

[tiger1977]

And that's just another example of why guns are good for you!

 

[PirateKing]

Everyone hate on me:

I don't think anyone should own a handgun*, and I think long guns should be restricted to farm use.


*-I understand the necessity of some to have guns they are able to carry in the current climate. However, if no one had guns, that necessity would be eliminated. I'm dwelling in the socialist utopia here...

Even if we didn't have guns we would still be killing each other with knives or our bare hands. Guns are just a more convenient means. Soon we'll have weapons that can trigger aneurysms and coronaries. Blood spatter will be a thing of the past.

 

[Hot Mega]

*-I understand the necessity of some to have guns they are able to carry in the current climate. However, if no one had guns, that necessity would be eliminated. I'm dwelling in the socialist utopia here...

If no one legally owned handguns only the criminals would have them (no pun).

 

[lurkingdirk]

If no one legally owned handguns only the criminals would have them (no pun).

I understand that, and though I know it isn't possible to eliminate all guns, especially in a nation like USA where there are currently so many guns in play, there are nations with extremely stringent gun laws that have far fewer issues with guns.

I am sure as hell glad I don't have to make decisions like this. I'll just hold my idealist thoughts dear.

 

[marc56]

Consequences like that are extreme for everyone. And what if the offender had the chance to dump his problems on a shrink before he broke in?

 

[vodkazvictim]

Good for this guy. This is why guns should be legal; so that it's not only the criminals who are armed.

 

[meesterperfect]

this is terrible.
another reason to finally repeal that ancient, outdated 2nd amendment.
so the murderer acted as judge jury and executioner.
why didn't he just call the police like a good citizen would have done?
and was the aledged burglar even armed?

last i heard the punishment for robbery wasn't the death penalty.

 

[monicasilver]

If no one legally owned handguns only the criminals would have them (no pun).

This could be the first statement I have seen you make that I agree with you completely on.

 

[Jane Burgess]

When you break into someones house and attacks them, then yeah you should be shot. The poor guy was probably scared shitless as most people would be in this instance. Is he supposed to wait to get stab or shot first by the criminal?

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Good riddance. Having been robbed when I was still a kid I know how devistating it can be.

And how many times does it have to be reiterated on this board that the heaviest (legally) armed areas in America are the safest. Hell, I need to back to my cousins farm and play with the arsenal again... I feel safer in rural America than I do ever in any large city.

And let me just say, I've come across more than one oppurtunity to buy firearms illegally in the city here. They are everywhere.

 

[Hot Mega]

this is terrible.
another reason to finally repeal that ancient, outdated 2nd amendment.
so the murderer acted as judge jury and executioner.
why didn't he just call the police like a good citizen would have done?
and was the aledged burglar even armed?

last i heard the punishment for robbery wasn't the death penalty.

I'm sure there's a good degree of sarcasm in your post m/p but the guy didn't get killed for mere robbery. He was killed in self defense of an attack.

This could be the first statement I have seen you make that I agree with you completely on.

I'm sure this isn't the first time....just the first one you'll cop to.:lovecoupl

 

[Ulysses31]

Everyone hate on me:

I don't think anyone should own a handgun*, and I think long guns should be restricted to farm use.


*-I understand the necessity of some to have guns they are able to carry in the current climate. However, if no one had guns, that necessity would be eliminated. I'm dwelling in the socialist utopia here...

I'll agree with you dirk and so does probably 99% of the British public. Although I respect all views on this matter I personally feel gun ownership should be a privelege held by the police and the army and maybe school campus/bank security guards. In the UK it's extremely rare for an innocent person to get killed by a gun, those that wish to go through the lengthy and risky process of acquiring one (normally a crappy modified one at that) are normally bank robbers or gang members who wish to take out other gang members, people caught with guns face lengthy jail terms so criminals think twice about whether they want one or not. I know I or my friends/family might get beaten or in a rare case stabbed over here (there has also been a clampdown on knive ownership) but virtually no chance of being shot.

Secondly I don't see much case for it being a defensive mechanism, this is only the case if you draw your gun first and take out the robber before he gets you. The guy in this story was lucky and he woke up, but how often does a homeowner shoot dead a robber in comparison to how often a robber/serial killer shoots dead an innocent victim, I think you'll find more innocents die than criminals when guns are legally available.

Lastly people here say that they are law abiding citizens and need guns to protect themselves from 'criminals', however I think the line between stable and unstable is rapidly deteriorating. How many people of late have gone from seemingly law abiding citizens to mass gun killings in the blink of an eye, those affected by divorce, those who have lost their homes, those who have lost all their money, those who have lost their jobs, kids being bullied at school the list is endless. Anyone in a moment of anger and rage is capable of anything and you put a gun in their reach in can quickly turn from a defensive weapon to an offensive and with the economy and society (ie broken homes) the numbers of those depressed and angry is rapidly increasing. Just a few names that come to mind are:

Hastings Arthur Wise (Killed 4 over losing his job)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_Arthur_Wise

Marcus Wesson (Killed 9 of his daughters whilst the police stood outside)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Wesson

Standard Gravure shooting (Shooter with a long history of psychiatric illness kills 9 inc himself)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wesbecker

Binghamton shootings (Angry worker kills 14 inc himself)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiverly_Voong#The_perpetrator

Chai Vang (6 people dead over a deer stand)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai_Vang

Steven Sueppel (Himself, Wife and Four kids over money probs)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Sueppel


There's loads more (I went through about 10% of the below list) again by seemingly law abiding citizens on innocent people so forgive me if I see little positives over a solitary case where the robber gets killed before he can do any damage. I recently posted two stories about a guy who went on a killing spree over stolen beer and another guy who killed a load of people over the way his eggs were cooked This is just my opinion and I won't try and talk anyone else out of theres. :2 cents:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_mass_murderers

 

[LukeEl]

How does Santa Claus avoid being shot though?