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Dead criminal’s family whines that Dallas homeowner didn’t warn home invader before shooting him
Bearing Arms.com ^ | 6/12/14

Posted on 06/12/2014 12:12:08 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

Lakesha Thompson sports a particularly warped view of the entitlement mindset:

An elderly man shot and killed a would-be burglar inside his Oak Cliff home.

Police say the homeowner saw Deyfon Pipkins, 33, trying to climb into the window and fired his weapon at least once at the intruder.

The homeowner is legally protected by the Castle Doctrine, which allows a person to defend his or her home against an intruder.

“It means they don’t actually have to retreat once someone comes in their home,” Sergeant Calvin Johnson, Dallas Police Department, said. “You have the option of using deadly force if you believe your life is in danger.”

After police notified relatives of Pipkins’ death, some showed up at the house. They were upset, and questioned the homeowner’s actions.

“He could have used a warning,” Lakesha Thompson, Pipkins’ sister-in-law, said. “He could have let him know that he did have a gun on his property and he would use it in self-defense.”

Pipkins had a lengthy criminal record. He served time in prison and was convicted of theft, possession of a Controlled Substance and criminal trespassing.

Thompson almost seems to view home invasion as a “no-harm, no foul” game until someone in her family earns a bullet as a result of his criminal activity.

It bears noting that the homeowner had been robbed repeatedly before this incident.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: banglist; castledoctrine
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To: Celtic Conservative

I feel the same way about “stars” who name their kids “Apple”(Palrow) or “North West”(Kanye West), “Bear Blu..” (Alicia Silverstone) “Cricket” and “Birdie”..”(”Busy” Philipps ) “Olive”(Drew Barrymore), etc. etc.
Have they lost their minds? Some might make cute nicknames but proper names?

Psssssst!!!

I’ll give them this much credit... at least their kids can look up their names in the dictionary...


81 posted on 06/12/2014 10:48:32 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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To: EvilCapitalist

Funny, doesn’t sound “Dutch” to me.


82 posted on 06/12/2014 10:49:38 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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To: RedMonqey
Dutch, you say?
83 posted on 06/13/2014 10:13:57 AM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: A CA Guy
What would be the origin of those two great names?

Scrabble.

84 posted on 06/13/2014 10:17:29 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Well I guess it could have been worse and they could have been named Pinto and Mustang.


85 posted on 06/13/2014 10:50:49 AM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: gundog

HaHaHaHaaaaa!!!

“Blazin’ Saddles” !!!!

A movie that will NEVER be remaded!!!(b/c of PCism!!!)


86 posted on 06/13/2014 11:01:40 AM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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To: Blood of Tyrants

yep..... lakesha is the next to die


87 posted on 06/13/2014 11:06:08 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
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To: Responsibility2nd

As far as I know, firing a warning shot will land you in jail. Not only are you only allowed to discharge your weapon to defend your life if you are in fear of it, but a warning shot in a suburban are is depraved indifference to the lives of those in the bullets path (neighbors, etc). I’ve read several stories of people arrested for warning shots here. So follow the law and shoot to kill. It’s the law.


88 posted on 06/14/2014 1:11:46 PM PDT by Toughluck_freeper
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To: Impala64ssa

““He could have used a warning,” Lakesha Thompson, Pipkins’ sister-in-law, said”

Was Lakesha there to know what happened?


89 posted on 06/14/2014 1:14:44 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Impala64ssa

““He could have used a warning,” Lakesha Thompson, Pipkins’ sister-in-law, said.”

Pipkins lived in Texas. He knows the risk.


90 posted on 06/14/2014 1:15:55 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Rannug
The locked door was the only warning needed.

Fixed it.

91 posted on 06/14/2014 1:35:28 PM PDT by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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To: FourPeas

Yepper


92 posted on 06/14/2014 4:13:38 PM PDT by Rannug ("all enemies, foreign and domestic")
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