Posted on 06/21/2025 6:48:12 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Car burglars fired at least 30 shots at a 27-year-old man who confronted them during a vehicle break-in...
If you discover a theft in progress, do not exit the house to confront an offender. Instead, fire your home defense weapon out a barely opened window while crouched down low. A rifle would work best in terms of accuracy, but a shotgun loaded with slugs would be as good. Handguns are an iffy proposition in these types of events.
If it's a catalytic converter thief, try for the lookout first....or the getaway driver. Those are the ones who might shoot back. The one with the sawzall can then be dispatched at your leisure. Note: a sawzall can be easily mistaken for a short barreled rifle.
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Like rats from a sinking ship, they swim out to the collar counties.
My beloved DuPage County is sinking fast.
DuPage had a good plan, and it worked well for years. When the state and federal government DEMANDED minority housing in your town, make it geographically undesirable away from taxpaying citizens, swampland is good, an old junkyard is good...
Then came Uber; GAME OVER.
A nearby town gym was open until 11 on weekends, free to locals, $2 for non-residents; very popular, our kids went often.
Then the unwashed started arriving, and then they would dash in without paying, and they all looked alike.
Next, they strong-armed the high school girl who collected the two dollars. IIRC she had been selected for the job because of her pleasant smile.
...An armed carjacking!!!!!!
So much for gym night, and my kids enjoyed it.
? You canโt take potshots at someone stealing your car. Thatโs murder in any state.
๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ.
I am not a lawyer, legal analyst, or officer of the court, but I am reasonably certain that shooting at somebody from cover without a threat to life or great bodily harm would be considered attempted murder in some jurisdictions. If you have a damn good lawyer, and a lot of money to pay in legal defenses, by all means...
I guess itโs a sarcastic post? Idk
“Don’t Confront Instead, snipe from cover”
Who says call of duty video games arent educational?
The outer wall of a suburban or apartment building is concealment, not cover.
Would suck when those 30 rounds came right through that wall.
Slugs into the engine of the getaway vehicle maybe. But not people at a distance over 20 yards.
This was just all around bad advice.
But if you’re not afraid of repercussions, plinking at the tires on the getaway vehicle could be a helpful delaying tactic. And when the perps look for the source of gunfire, show them your green laser while waiting for the cops to show up.
“? You canโt take potshots at someone stealing your car. Thatโs murder in any state.”
Yep, you are right. They have made it illegal to protect private property outside your Castle. Some states you can’t even defend your Castle.
The victim was reported in good condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
All sorts of things to say from that.
***Then the unwashed started arriving***
I noticed the same when our city did away with vagrancy laws. Suddenly the big library was over run with bums and drunks piling in on the soft couches and chairs sleeping all day in air conditioned coolness. The library had to close for a few weeks due to bed bug infestation from the bums.
Local museums were free, but due to the same problem had to start charging entrance fees to keep the bums out.
“Let see...Entrance fee $10. Mad Dog 20-20, $10. Decisions, decisions...”
It might not be in Texas but I’d have to double check on that.
I like this guys response to his catalytic converter being stolen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgVYtuTg0Ag
Northwestern Memorial is a world class hospital, and sometimes they can work wonders.
Also this is Chicago and many locals use the “Gangsta side grip”. Thank you, Hollywood, this has saved more than a few coppers and taxpayers.
If his wounds looked complicated, he would have been taken to Stroger/Cook County Hospital. The BEST trauma unit in the area.
They train the military corpsmen/medics/surgeons on live patients.
A bit of symbiosis, and the interns might get some sleep on a hot summer night; some still not much.
https://wgntv.com/news/medical-watch/chicago-hospital-training-ground-for-military-medics/
Where do military medics learn to treat combat injuries? For some, right here in Chicago.
“Gun shot and stab wounds account for 25% to 30% of the cases at Cook County Healthโs Stroger Hospital making it one of the busiest trauma centers in the country.”
Sarcasm? Yeah, that’s what it was. Also double tap to make sure.
—”Local museums were free,”
A friend was taking his son and a vanload of kids to The Field Museum in Chicago, as he was about to pay, when a herd of locals walked right in, not stopping to pay.
He asked about this and was told the payment is a voluntary donation! Over $20 for kids, $30 for adults.
He then dropped a twenty on the counter and asked for a receipt and marched his group in!, saving about $200.00.
—โ? You canโt take potshots at someone stealing your car. Thatโs murder in any state.โ
Kind of, sort of, depending on your affinity group and neighborhood.
—”New video from city pod cameras shows what police say is two people pulling up and opening fire at an Austin home. They ducked for cover as the people inside fired back. One person was killed and two others were hurt in the shootout. Three people were arrested.”
“By Sunday morning, a Chicago police spokeswoman acknowledged the suspects had “been released without charges.”
“But a police report framed the state’s attorney’s office’s decision to decline charges in a different light: “Mutual combatants was cited as the reason for the rejection.” Mutual combat is a legal term used to define a fight or struggle that two parties willingly engage in.”
“Last week, Cook County prosecutors came under fire after making a similar argument after a teenager was stabbed to death during a fight in suburban Schaumburg. The family of the victim, 18-year-old Manuel Porties Jr., later told WGN that prosecutors specifically said they weren’t charging the 17-year-old suspect with murder because the fatal fight amounted to mutual combat.”
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-violence-austin-police/11079879/
Pls see #17.
Pls see #17.
Mutual combat , okay.
Dueling should be an option.
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