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Would-be home invader shot to death
Access North Georgia ^ | 1/21/07 | Scott Kimbler

Posted on 01/22/2007 8:51:18 AM PST by kiriath_jearim

GAINESVILLE - A would be home invader was shot and killed early Sunday morning in South Hall County.

Sheriff's Major Jeff Strickland said a man approached a home in the 4000 block of Winder Highway and when confronted by the homeowner fired several shots.

"The perpetrator fired several shots toward the homeowner ," Strickland said, "The homeowner was able to return fire, striking and killing the perpetrator."

Strickland said the homeowner will not face charges.

"Preliminary investigating shows the homeowner acted in self defense," Strickland said. "And not charges will be filed."

The homeowner was not injured in the incident.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: armedcitizen; banglist; gaarmedcitizen

1 posted on 01/22/2007 8:51:18 AM PST by kiriath_jearim
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To: kiriath_jearim

I just love a happy ending...


2 posted on 01/22/2007 8:52:56 AM PST by vikingd00d
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To: kiriath_jearim

I don't know the area, what is it like?


3 posted on 01/22/2007 8:59:03 AM PST by Rumplemeyer
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To: kiriath_jearim
This one seems made up the details are so perfect.
The invader shoots first, he's a lousy aim and then gets blown away by the armed homeowner who returns fire in self defense.

Is this a dream?

4 posted on 01/22/2007 9:01:01 AM PST by ThirstyMan
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To: kiriath_jearim
"Strickland said the homeowner will not face charges."

I love the way they always manage to sneak that in. Lets us know that the first and foremost priority is to press charges against the homeowner if after close analysis he is found to have done anything the least bit wrong. Never mind that no such attention is paid to the invader who fired shots. That's the only reason for being so blatant to say the homeowner will not face charges, when there is really no reason to say he isn't, when he isn't. See? It would be natural to say noting if he isn't, and say he is facing charges when he is. So in your face.

5 posted on 01/22/2007 9:08:05 AM PST by Jason_b
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To: vikingd00d
My 15-year old daughter is a great shot.

We went out shooting this weekend. She found a math book that someone had plugged just once. She tossed it out and by the time she was finished it was confetti! She was using her grandfather's 357 Magnum and informed him that when he dies the gun is hers.
6 posted on 01/22/2007 9:11:13 AM PST by ninergold3 (Jesus Loves Me This I Know - For The Bible Tells Me So)
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To: ThirstyMan

The invader shoots first, he's a lousy aim and then gets blown away by the armed homeowner who returns fire in self defense.

I'd have made sure the invader ;) shot first ;) too....another happy ending.


7 posted on 01/22/2007 9:13:10 AM PST by Dasaji (...If you can't laugh at it, you'll go crazy!)
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To: vikingd00d
Here is a picture from last summer:


8 posted on 01/22/2007 9:17:19 AM PST by ninergold3 (Jesus Loves Me This I Know - For The Bible Tells Me So)
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To: kiriath_jearim

Hmm, so they bad guy was outside and the homeowner came to the door with a loaded gun? Well, if the LE is happy with that explaination then I suppose I'll have to be as well. I feel for the guy's mailman, paper boy and the local girl scouts.


9 posted on 01/22/2007 9:38:42 AM PST by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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Hmm, so they bad guy was outside and the homeowner came to the door with a loaded gun? Well, if the LE is happy with that explaination then I suppose I'll have to be as well. I feel for the guy's mailman, paper boy and the local girl scouts.

I have alarm sensors around the perimeter of my home that tell me if anything moves in my yard at night. It's wired for cameras, so I can click on any of them and see what's lurking out there via my TV. At 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning, if it ain't wearing a girl scout uniform, it's a no bag limit.

He may have known that someone was out prowling... either via electronics, like what I have, or the four legged variety of alarm.

10 posted on 01/22/2007 9:47:40 AM PST by Bon mots
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To: DaveLoneRanger

ping


11 posted on 01/22/2007 11:59:43 AM PST by Thunder90
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To: ThirstyMan
The invader shoots first, he's a lousy aim and then gets blown away by the armed homeowner who returns fire in self defense. Is this a dream?

A dream come true. Perfect ending.

12 posted on 01/22/2007 12:06:38 PM PST by Sue Perkick (...what I was born to do, don't have to think it through.....)
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To: mtbopfuyn

I don't reckon the guy's mailman, paperboy or local girl scouts come sculking about in a ski mask just after midnight and fire into the house from outside, which is how this followup article reads:

http://accessnorthgeorgia.com/news/hall/newfullstory.asp?ID=110935

Looks like the homeowners are guilty of having a self defense weapon at hand within their home. I got a great idea, lets burn them at the stake.


14 posted on 01/23/2007 10:51:49 AM PST by Titan Magroyne ("Y'know, I've always thought of politics as show business for ugly people." Jay Leno:Al Gore 11/29)
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To: kiriath_jearim

If deja vu is the feeling that you've been there before, what do you call it when one of your dreams ends up happening to somebody else?


15 posted on 01/23/2007 10:54:14 AM PST by highimpact
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To: Rumplemeyer

It looks like Winder Highway is in or near Oakwood. It could still be pretty rural, although more and more people are moving into that area and commuting to Atlanta.


16 posted on 01/23/2007 11:32:14 AM PST by aberaussie (Ignorance has a cost.)
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To: ninergold3

Good for her! Let's hope Granddad is around for a long time, though! ;)


17 posted on 01/23/2007 1:05:27 PM PST by 95 Bravo ("Freedom is not free.")
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To: kiriath_jearim; DaveLoneRanger
Dang! Now I gotta play - 'Country Joe and the Fish', again.

I don't know why ... I just do it ........... FRegards

19 posted on 01/24/2007 1:19:42 AM PST by gonzo (I'm not confused anymore. Now I'm sure we have to completely destroy Islam, and FAST!!)
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