Posted on 04/06/2012 5:29:28 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
A rash of home burglaries has resulted in homeowners drawing weapons on thieves, sometimes with fatal results
MUST SEE VIDEO - Two young men who were trying to break into Angela Tallman's house in Gig Harbor Thursday got a major surprise when Tallman appeared at a window, tapped her handgun against the glass to get their attention and gave them a look of, "Come on in, let's play."
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“Folks who think guns are responsible for deaths also think pencils are responsible for spelling errors...” Larry, the Cable Guy...
is this why there are calls to end stand your ground laws?
Regrettably, in New Jersey the same action would get her arrested for failing to retreat and brandishing a weapon.
We arrived at the same compromise. We have a 10 year old and his friends that we have to consider. The drawer gun safe is unlocked when we go to bed with my car keys inside so I don’t forget to lock it up when I head off to work.
That works well. Otherwise when at home I am packing my 32 Tomcat, in case something happens during the daylight hours.
This makes me laugh, because the rest of the country is now experiencing what Arizona discovered about 35 years ago.
Back in the 1970s, the US was about at its peak for gun control. The debate around the country was whether homeowners should be allowed to shoot burglars or even armed robbers in their homes, with liberals pushing for the British-style surrender to crime.
But in Maricopa county, AZ, home to Phoenix and currently home to Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a new District Attorney had been elected. And the local yammering media of course wanted to interview him.
One of the reporters blurted out a poorly phrased question about home defense, basically, “What do you do if somebody breaks into your home?”
“You shoot the s.o.b.” (not abbreviated at the time), replied the prosecutor. And while this was a very succinct statement, it also accurately reflected the policy of the prosecutor’s office for many years thereafter.
You obviously missed my point. “laying in a drawer or leaning in the closet is no more dangerous than a knife on the kitchen counter”
Hard to drop a .45 if it is in a drawer! I said nothing about picking up the knife or gun. Guns don’t shoot people or accidentally discharge themselves anymore than knives jump up and chop peoples fingers off.
As far as “it happens all the time” comment...I don’t own a 1911 but my understanding was the 1911 was designed by John Browning to be carried loaded, cocked and locked. Not saying an AD can’t occur, I just understood that if you carried the way the gun was designed, you were essentially carrying safely. Such as some guns must not have a round in the chamber to be carried safely, while others are designed to be able to be carried with a round in the chamber.
Well perhaps not ‘cocked’ as in the hammer pulled back.
But to your point, my Sig P220 ‘cannot’ be fired by impact, as long as the hammer is not back.
Only a trigger pull will do it.
Great post! Great video!
Any one of these home invaders could have been the homeowners’ own ‘teenage daughter sneaking back into the home after an unauthorized night of sleeping with her sweetheart, you know. THEN what would have happened here, thanks to these vigilantes with loaded guns in their home? Good thing for these paranoid gun nuts that’s not what happened.
/ hysterical liberal mode off
Good “girls with guns” story.
The TV footage says the woman’s husband is an active duty USAF senior master sergeant and she is former military herself.
Trying to break into a home in a military community with a five pound dog barking up a storm is just plain stupid. Obviously these weren’t the smartest criminals out there.
Well done!
“Come on in, boys. Let’s partayyy!” lol
You sound clueless....obviously have never heard of a sear disconnect on 1911’s. Even if the hammer is hit the gun will not go off.
You sound clueless....obviously have never heard of a sear disconnect on 1911’s. Even if the hammer is hit the gun will not go off.
Good idea, if your car keys have a remote alarm feature you have a perfect "panic button" set and ready to go when you hear things go "bump" in the night. Keeping a cell phone in the nightstand is also a good idea. Another good idea is to replace your bedroom door with a solid core door and use a dead bolt lock set.
I recently took the required training for Wisconsin's newly minted CCW law. The instructors threw out various home invasion scenarios. After discussion of the hypotheticals I asked the entire room how many people had a lock on their inside bedroom door. I was the only one, including the instructors!
Regards,
GtG
PS I have a "Tomcat" too but I would not bet my life on it, I would not go less then .380ACP for serious social engagements, 9x19mm much better.
Interesting story and lesson learned.
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