Posted on 09/22/2014 5:29:45 PM PDT by stickandrudder
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KFDX) — We’ve heard about homeowners in Texas using guns to defend their property from intruders, but we don’t typically hear about people using medieval castle-like weapons to defend their home.
That was the case in Wichita Falls this week, where police arrested an accused crook after a homeowner stabbed him with a spear. According to KFDX-TV, it all started late Tuesday night when Wichita Falls police tried to pull over Thomas McGowan because the car he was driving had been reported stolen. McGowan took off and led police on a chase.
Several minutes later, authorities received a call from Jimmy Morgan Jr. saying someone had broken into his home and he had stabbed the intruder with a spear. Police believe the intruder was Thomas McGowan.
“I don’t have a firearm, so I have a short spear, very quick, very agile and very deadly,” Morgan told the NBC affiliate.
Morgan told officers he felt threatened when the intruder entered his home, so he grabbed the spear near his bed and stabbed McGowan once.
“So I hit him, and so he started retreating and I started advancing,” Morgan recalled. “And I was stalking him here…you never cross your legs. And I cornered him right here.”
“The door was locked and shut,” the homeowner said. “He was panicked at this point. He said ‘I can’t get out, I can’t get out.'”
“I do a hobby. It’s called the SCA,” Morgan explained. “It’s medieval fighting, and we do use spears and swords and things of that nature.”
Officers were able to locate Thomas McGowan nearby a short time later. He was treated at a local hospital before being booked into the Wichita County Jail. The 25-year-old is charged with evading arrest with a vehicle, criminal trespass of a habitation and driving while intoxicated.
“I am a Christian man and I don’t want to take life,” Morgan said. “However, I want to make sure that he understands that his life was mine to take and I let him have it.”
Through their investigation, Wichita Falls police learned the car driven by McGowan was actually his. He had previously reported the car stolen but did not alert the department once it was recovered.
“I am a Christian man and I don’t want to take life,” Morgan said. “However, I want to make sure that he understands that his life was mine to take and I let him have it.”
Now THAT is the Christian attitude.
Not some sniveling ‘Oh I forgive him’ junk.
Texas spear ping.
...while chewing Spearmint Gum
He had asparagus spears for dinner
Confiscate all the spears!!!
Ping.....
I keep a “Cold Steel” spear next to my front door. A pistol is probably better but there is no convenient place to keep it totally handy and the spear is.
At the back door I do keep a double action pistol handy. I have greeted several people with the pistol in my hand and they don’t seem to mind. I don’t point it at them and as soon as I see they are not a threat, I just put it down.
The spear could be deadly but it probably requires some real practice.
I have a couple of Maasai Lion hunting spears, but I wouldn’t want to depend on them.
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Excellent!
Personally, I suspect a spear or even sword isn’t a great idea for bladed weapon defense inside a home. Not enough room to wield effectively.
I’d prefer a wazikashi or kukri.
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