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Man and Mr. Shotgun surprise burglar
Anchorage Daily News ^
| 01/06/07
| MEGAN HOLLAND
Posted on 01/06/2007 5:28:21 PM PST by conservative in nyc
Don't mess with a retired military man -- especially one who takes it personally and gets out a shotgun when you break into his home.
Richard Noren, a seemingly mild-mannered ex-Army soldier and current Junior ROTC teacher, decided he wouldn't rely on the police after bandits broke down a door of his Eagle River home and stole thousands of dollars of his stuff while he was out of town.
Summoned by his daughter, Noren rushed back from his Seward vacation, parked his car far away from his house, shut off the lights, hid the dogs and then lay in wait, sitting on the living-room couch with a 20-gauge shotgun in his lap, for the burglars to return.
They did, just as he figured, and Noren grabbed the man who tried to come in the front door by the neck and held him at bay until police arrived.
Police arrested Tracy Randall, a 32-year-old on probation with a long rap sheet, on burglary charges.
"It's disheartening. Your privacy has been invaded," Noren said in an interview Friday. "I wouldn't encourage anybody to just grab a weapon if they don't feel comfortable doing it."
Noren's crime fighting has Anchorage police applauding his self-reliance but warning others not to follow in his footsteps.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: bang; banglist; shotgun
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Mr. Burglar - meet the Second Amendment, properly applied. In New York, the police would have probably arrested the homeowner for illegal possession of a weapon.
To: DaveLoneRanger
To: conservative in nyc
I'd like to have that man as my neighbor!
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:30:25 PM PST
by
NewCenturions
(mostly a lurker)
To: conservative in nyc
Mr Shotgun, LOL. The serious sibling of Ms Purse Pistol.
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:32:47 PM PST
by
chartnah
("We all do no end of feeling and mistake it for thinking." -Twain)
To: conservative in nyc
Why would the idiot thieve come back to the house I wonder?
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:35:05 PM PST
by
vladimir998
(Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
To: conservative in nyc
I would have shot the bastards.
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:35:09 PM PST
by
Extremely Extreme Extremist
(Why can't Republicans stand up to Democrats like they do to terrorists?)
To: conservative in nyc
but warning others not to follow in his footsteps
Thats right because if more citizens rounded up perps on site we wouldn't need so many cops.
Its a union thing.
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:35:29 PM PST
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: conservative in nyc
Richard Noren, Good shooting ! Very well done !
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:37:38 PM PST
by
Dov in Houston
(Don't try to confuse me with facts. It's my way or the highway)
To: Dov in Houston
Self
He shoulda unloaded on them
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:39:20 PM PST
by
Dov in Houston
(Don't try to confuse me with facts. It's my way or the highway)
To: conservative in nyc
The guy has more tolerance than I. I would've sicked the dogs on the guy then shot him...........
Maybe it was a carpet cleaning thing........
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:41:44 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder" - SW)
To: chartnah
chartnah ("We all do no end of feeling and mistake it for thinking." -Twain) ...Shania????
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:41:46 PM PST
by
mountn man
(The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
To: conservative in nyc
Noren's crime fighting has Anchorage police applauding his self-reliance but warning others not to follow in his footsteps.Why the hell not?
Perhaps they mean he should have just shot the scumbag when he crossed the doorway.
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:43:51 PM PST
by
zeugma
(If the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.)
To: vladimir998
From what I hear thieves frequently come back.
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:45:38 PM PST
by
ladyjane
To: conservative in nyc
"Another man, who was in the car with Randall and who may have been Randall's lookout, was found nearby and questioned by police."
Whatever happened to the notion that lookouts were as guilty of the crime as the perpetrator himself?
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:48:34 PM PST
by
gcruse
(http://garycruse.blogspot.com/)
To: mountn man
LOL, naw, her Great GrandPseudoNymDaddy.
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:49:05 PM PST
by
chartnah
("We all do no end of feeling and mistake it for thinking." - Mark Twain)
To: gcruse
The lookout, I should have said, was questioned and released.
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:50:54 PM PST
by
gcruse
(http://garycruse.blogspot.com/)
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To: vladimir998
Why would the idiot thieve come backIth becuth he wanted more thtuff.
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:57:04 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(www.BulletBras.net)
To: conservative in nyc
Is Mr Shotgun his real name?
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:57:55 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(We all need someone we can bleed on...)
To: conservative in nyc
He was right not to trust the "Police". The police can not take action until you are dead, or injured. (I'll never understand that PC nonsense).
The person who decides to break into my home will get some of the same action.
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:58:46 PM PST
by
Last Laugh
(We the People are in charge, so let's act like it!)
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