Posted on 08/14/2009 2:03:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Florida man shot a burglar who he believes tried to break in for a second time.
Fort Pierce, Florida police say that a man was at home when a burglar knocked on his door. After the resident refused to open the door, the burglar is said to have gone around the house and then broken in through a window. Realizing that his home was being invaded, the resident reportedly grabbed his gun and shot the suspect, who then fled. Police found a suspect, Carlos Contreras, at a local hospital where he was allegedly seeking treatment for the gunshot wound. Contreras was arrested, and police say that he was the same man who broke into the victim's home earlier that day.
Home invasion robberies are a deadly threat to the occupants of a home. The criminals who commit such crimes often murder, shoot, stab, rape, torture, kidnap, and permanently injure and disfigure their victims. The result is that the lives of law abiding, innocent people can be ended or ruined in an instant, all because of a criminals actions. The good news is that gun owners like this man can, and do, stop such criminals every day. Society as a whole benefits as well, as a criminal who is stopped by an armed citizen today will be unable to victimize another person tomorrow.
Open borders, open residences. What’s the difference?
“A Florida man...”
Needs to spend a couple more hours a year at the range...Then we wouldn’t be wasting tax dollars on health care for that POS that broke into his home...IMO!
What are the odds ol’ Carlos is an illegal alien?
Another great reason for providing free health care for all./s
I’ll read all about it in the next issue of American Rifleman.
Geeze, is it just me? I read the readline and thought, How can a burgler claim self defense?
I would have emptied the entire clip into his ass.
They forgot poison, hang, stretch, castrate, disembowel, draw and quarter.
“I would have emptied the entire clip into his ass.”
Where I come from — Two rounds center mass usually brings the issue to a close...
sound purty circumstantial to me...
My choice is 00, reapply as necessary
I shot a metal paint can full of water with my 1911(45 hollow point). 45 cal going in 100 coming out. Two shots center mass,dead before he hits the ground.
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