Thankfully the man defended himself and his wife.
What if the miscreant grandson had shouted, “Don’t shoot, Grandpa, it’s me!” But no, he attempted to kill his own grandparent(s), so no regrets should ensue.
The man who shot the intruder with his 9mm made one mistake. He should have used a .45. The difference between wounded perp and dead perp.
The latter don’t sue afterward.
I heard this on the news going to work a couple of hours after the shooting. At that time they did not say the grandson was who was shot, only that he had a gun that had been stolen in an earlier theft at the same location. Guess he learned the hard way.
Yes, the news could also have been, "Local man shot dead by intruder. Police investigating."
No one would have ever known what really happened.
He could of kicked that 9mm up a notch.
http://www.winchester.com/PRODUCTS/catalog/components/handgunbullets.aspx
Accuracy, Power, Speed.
You can be slower if you have the drop on the bad guy while hiding from hard cover.
You can win with a .22 if you use enough and hit where you want to.
There is no substitute for accuracy. Learn with the lower calibers and work your way up. Contact an IDPA club in your area to learn how to shoot under different circumstances.
Well there you go, making one of those thoughtless remarks:
a truly thoughtful person would have noted how much money finishing off the perp would have saved the state medical system!