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Florida man breaks into house and meets entire family with guns loaded
Rare ^ | April 9, 2014 | Betsi Fores

Posted on 04/10/2014 8:12:06 AM PDT by LucianOfSamasota

Mitchell Large made the decision to break into a Florida home Monday morning but didn’t exactly face the greeting he was expecting.

The family whose home he broke into were all packing heat.

Immediately, the dad fired a warning shot above the door, MyFoxOrlando13 reports, but the intruder was not detered.

“When Large continued into the kitchen, mom and son opened up, killing him,” BizPacReview writes.

“It appears at least two of the family members fired in defense of themselves and their property,” Police Chief Gary Hester explained.

“It’s not a very far reach to assume that if someone’s forcing their way into your residence early in the morning, they’re not there to wish you well,” Hester said of the break in. “That’s your castle that a reported intruder is coming into, so whether he was armed or not armed, when he failed to retreat, they certainly had a right — if it turns out this way — would have a right to defend themselves.”

(Excerpt) Read more at rare.us ...


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Dem's, socialists, communists, and progressives mourn their fellow traveler.

God-fearing, productive Americans thank God for their right to bear arms as freemen.

1 posted on 04/10/2014 8:12:06 AM PDT by LucianOfSamasota
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To: LucianOfSamasota

Doncha just LOVE a story w/ a HAPPY Ending?! :-)!


2 posted on 04/10/2014 8:13:56 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: US Navy Vet

yup.. no fuss no muss and no clogging of the court system.


3 posted on 04/10/2014 8:14:49 AM PDT by cableguymn (It's time for a second political party.)
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To: LucianOfSamasota

Bang! Dead. Bang! Warning shot.


4 posted on 04/10/2014 8:15:31 AM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: LucianOfSamasota

Why is this “rare”? I guess these people have never been to Florida, or any of the other free states where the right of carrying anywhere and everywhere, including at home, is uninfringed.


5 posted on 04/10/2014 8:15:36 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Blog: www.BackwoodsEngineer.com)
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To: LucianOfSamasota

It sounds more like he met his Maker than the family, he didn’t even get the chance to know them.


6 posted on 04/10/2014 8:16:41 AM PDT by tiki
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"That’s your castle that a reported intruder is coming into..."

Nicely, neatly, legally worded: thankyouverymuch, Chief.

7 posted on 04/10/2014 8:17:22 AM PDT by alancarp
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To: LucianOfSamasota
The perp


8 posted on 04/10/2014 8:17:32 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: LucianOfSamasota

Bottom line: He’ll never do this again (perp.)


9 posted on 04/10/2014 8:18:40 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: backwoods-engineer

Thats what I love about my state, CCW is alive and well..................for now.


10 posted on 04/10/2014 8:19:45 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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11 posted on 04/10/2014 8:20:39 AM PDT by jiggyboy
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To: SampleMan

Watch for his mother to say he was just a baby, really a good boy, and accuse the castle defenders of murder, hate, racism and... oh, wait.


12 posted on 04/10/2014 8:23:25 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("The commenters are plenty but the thinkers are few." -- Walid Shoebat)
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To: LucianOfSamasota

They fired a warning shot and he still wasn’t deterred. If a man’s home is his castle, maybe a dungeon with a torture chamber would make a more effective deterrent.


13 posted on 04/10/2014 8:23:53 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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Florida man breaks into house and meets entire family with guns loaded

AKA a really bad day at work.

14 posted on 04/10/2014 8:24:11 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: LucianOfSamasota

Since he’s white, it’ll save the liberals the trouble of acting outraged and demanding mom and her son be prosecuted and such.


15 posted on 04/10/2014 8:24:54 AM PDT by MNnice
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To: LucianOfSamasota
If you were to believe the Libs, a family like that would be busy shooting at each other.
Apparently that's not the case.

16 posted on 04/10/2014 8:31:09 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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MSM: Looks like a troubled man. Probably had "mental" issues, came from a broken family, drug problems.

The usual dribble.

17 posted on 04/10/2014 8:32:28 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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Because most of the time, the incidents end without the perp getting killed. More often, the perp does not resist when the firearm is pointed at them.
18 posted on 04/10/2014 8:33:13 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: unixfox

Exactly. And all meaningless because he intended to do harm to the family.


19 posted on 04/10/2014 8:34:49 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: LucianOfSamasota
Just how did he get past the father?

So much for the warning shot crap!

20 posted on 04/10/2014 8:39:01 AM PDT by Cheapskate (Play loud and carry BIG sticks!)
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