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Man uses AR15 to Defend Self, Girlfriend against Masked Home Invader
AmmoLand ^ | 22 November, 2019 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 11/27/2019 3:30:55 AM PST by marktwain

At about 4 p.m., on 31 March 2019, a suspected gang member broke into an apartment at Blackhawk Apartments in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Blackhawk apartments are a large, two-story apartment complex in a decent neighborhood. A couple was inside the apartment, in the bedroom.  From journalgazette.net:

The man grabbed his Tactical AR-15 pistol after hearing what he thought were multiple people entering his apartment and took a position on one knee, pointing his firearm toward his bedroom doorway, documents said.

The accused armed home invader, Edwin D. Calligan, 23, was wearing a mask and was armed with a semi-automatic, 9mm handgun.

Calligan broke down the front door. The boyfriend was inside the bedroom of the apartment with his girlfriend when they heard the door being broke. The man grabbed his AR-15 pistol and took up a defensive position covering the bedroom door. He thought, from the noise, there were multiple home invaders.

As Calligan appeared in the doorway, masked, dressed all in black, with a two-tone semi-automatic handgun in his hand, the resident fired. He is not sure if Calligan fired simultaneously or not.

The gunfight continued into the living room, where they exchanged more shots. The invader, Calligan, ducked into the kitchen for cover, while the resident with the AR15 pistol and Calligan continued to exchange fire.

The resident retreated to the bedroom and Calligan, wounded, ran out the front door, bleeding heavily.

When the police investigated they found numerous empty 9mm and .223 casings on the floor of the apartment. The home defender estimated he fired between 14 and 17 rounds out of a 40 round magazine in his AR15 type pistol.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: ar15; armedcitizen; banglist; cartels; defense; drugs; ecstasy; in; mexican; rkba
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To: nanook
What the hell is an AR15 w/ a 40 round mag. Show picture.

AR-15 40 round mag, $16.99 at sportsmansoutdoorsuperstore.com

Ar-15 with 100 round drum magazine


21 posted on 11/27/2019 4:36:05 AM PST by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: Spacetrucker

This was my old Bushy Carbon 15 Type 2 Pistol; sold it 2 yrs ago.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PiQE3YMBngA/hqdefault.jpg


22 posted on 11/27/2019 4:37:41 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: nanook

This was my old Bushy Carbon 15 Type 2 Pistol; sold it 2 yrs ago.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PiQE3YMBngA/hqdefault.jpg


23 posted on 11/27/2019 4:38:19 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: marktwain

It looks like an SBR (short barreled rifle).

Does the buttstock extend?


24 posted on 11/27/2019 4:47:07 AM PST by nonsporting (MAGA -- Make America Godly Again)
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To: hinckley buzzard

Never been in a fire fight?


25 posted on 11/27/2019 4:47:38 AM PST by Rannug (When you're dead, you're dead. Until then fight with everything you have.l)
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To: FreedomPoster

“Still, he gets a passing grade on the 1st Rule of a Gunfight: Have a Gun”

Good answer!


26 posted on 11/27/2019 4:47:57 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Spacetrucker
There are AR-15 pistols. The reporter in this case is also the poster, marktwain.

I'm more concerned about things like this:

...when they heard the door being broke.

27 posted on 11/27/2019 4:48:36 AM PST by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, y'know that's just like, uh... your opinion, man.)
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To: FreedomPoster
Not a great choice in an apartment due to over penetration.

In drywall, at close ranges, a 9mm will penetrate further than a .223. Don't take my word for it though. Look at the FBI results or hundreds of articles and videos. Furthermore, with proper frangible ammo, .223 works even better. The reason being that the energy of the round at close distances is so high compared to the mass, the bullet sheds mass quickly and starts disintegrating.

28 posted on 11/27/2019 4:51:38 AM PST by Malsua
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To: grobdriver

According to Authoritarian Party presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg: “Well, if it can fire a lot of bullets very quickly, that’s a good definition [for an assault weapon]... And then you can argue what a lot is, okay, let’s say three. If you haven’t hit the deer with three shots, you’re a pretty lousy shot, that deer deserves to get away.”


29 posted on 11/27/2019 4:54:09 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Who's the leader of the club that feeds on dead babies? M-O-L... O-C-H... M-O-U-S-E.)
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To: KarlInOhio

Just watching the Denver news channels, I’ve been bombarded with Bloomberg commercials the last couple of days.


30 posted on 11/27/2019 4:57:18 AM PST by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, y'know that's just like, uh... your opinion, man.)
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To: real saxophonist
I'm more concerned about things like this:
...when they heard the door being broke.

It hurts the brain, doesn't it?

31 posted on 11/27/2019 4:57:53 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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To: marktwain; Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Unfortunately in the Land of Peasant Living, they are banned.

I hate this state.


32 posted on 11/27/2019 5:02:37 AM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is mine)
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To: real saxophonist

Replace with when out in the living room there arose such a clatter he rose from his bed to see what was the matter.


33 posted on 11/27/2019 5:07:36 AM PST by pas
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To: hinckley buzzard

My thoughts exactly! The guy needs to spend some time on the shooting range.


34 posted on 11/27/2019 5:18:32 AM PST by Shane (When Injustice Becomes Law, RESISTANCE Becomes DUTY.----T.Jefferson)
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To: marktwain; mylife; Joe Brower; MaxMax; Randy Larsen; waterhill; Envisioning; AZ .44 MAG; umgud; ...

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35 posted on 11/27/2019 5:21:32 AM PST by PROCON (Molon Labe)
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To: Hot Tabasco

He would be the perforated one


36 posted on 11/27/2019 5:24:44 AM PST by Oscar in Batangas (January 20, 2017, High Noon. The end of an error.)
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To: marktwain

Exactly. At that point only a few of his shots were “well-aimed” in the Front Sight way ... mostly they were OH SH!T shots.


37 posted on 11/27/2019 5:28:57 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: marktwain

Does not smell right. Maybe a drug turf war?


38 posted on 11/27/2019 5:40:20 AM PST by HChampagne (Cruz supporter but I will support and vote for Trump.)
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To: duckman

The brotha’ was just trying to pay off his study loan debt from aeronautical engineering school.


39 posted on 11/27/2019 5:41:24 AM PST by TADSLOS (You know why you can enjoy a day at the Zoo? Because walls work.)
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To: KarlInOhio
Michael Bloomberg is an idiot, that goes without saying.

Deer don't shoot back.

40 posted on 11/27/2019 5:43:07 AM PST by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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