Home-invasion turns deadly for bandit (Gun protects and serves)

What a shame this young man wasn't using the Safety Bullet (tm). This tragic loss of life could have been avoided.

Good shoot. One less bad guy. Everybody happy.

haha

'Safety bullet' invention aims to prevent accidental shootings

" The incident occurred shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday. Names of the suspect and his intended victims were not immediately available."

Another topflight reporting job from a professional journalist. How, about getting into a car and going over there, or to the station house? Duh.

The robber said "give it up"...so the home owner gave him 2, sounds like the home owner was being hospitable and charitable by "giving it up" to the robber twice.. So one must remeber to use proper english to avoid such situations..

All joking aside...the perp got what he asked for...

Or, as a coworker would say, about as useful as tits on a mule.

Good stuff; thanks for the ping. I had heard about this driving to work this AM, thought I might post it at lunch if it weren't already here.

Molon Labe! bump.

Don your asbestos suit (regarding the Safety Bullet comment). I know you're joking, but others probably won't. LOL

What a shame this young man wasn't using the Safety Bullet (tm). This tragic loss of life could have been avoided.

Boy do you live in an upside down world. The "tragic loss of life" as you call it, didn't occur, but might have, if the intended victim had used a "safety bullet"

The fact that the would be perp is now worm food is not tragic. Can you guess how much time I intend to spending mourning the death of this dirt bag?

I would never put a "Safety Bullet" in any of my guns. It's illogical to do so. A gun is supposed to be a deadly weapon, and therefore, it's supposed to be dangerous. Putting a safety bullet in the chamber to cause it to jam is like putting a rubber guard over the blade of my steak knife.

When I use my steak knife, I expect it to be sharp and I expect it to cut the piece of dead cow meat I'm salivating over.
If I ever have to face down a home invader, when I pull the trigger on my pistol, I expect to hear a very loud bang, followed by a look of great surprise on the perps face as his mind registers that I didn't have a safety bullet in the chamber to prevent me from perforating his vital organs.

And if I ever find myself in a situation where I feel it necessary to defend myself with a firearm, I certainly have no intentions of asking the thug-wannabe-wormfood to halt his attack temporarily while I remove the "saftey bullet" from the chamber, so that I can shoot him.

Speak of the devil! LOL

I wonder if he was trained in a $900 million dollar program, first?

Please see posts #30 and #32. Sloth was speaking with tongue firmly in cheek. LOL

Sloth,
If you want to speak sarcastically, please use the sarcasm tags. People can't hear the tone in your voice or see the expression on your face here. All we can do is evaluate your words.

If you could not identify my post as sarcasm by simply reading it, then I doubt that tags would help.

Well, I don't know you personally, so I can't recognize your sarcasm simply by the words. Your sarcasm looks no different than someone else being seriously stupid. The tags would definitely help let people that don't know you know that you're just being sarcastic and not one of the liberal infiltrators that show up around here.

You have your point about tags, and I use them some significant percentage of the time. And in this case, there are very few people that seriously stupid on FreeRepublic, you've got to admit. At least not for long, and I note that sloth has been on-board since 11-15-2000.

Then they would be sued for his injuries, after his expensive trial and acquittal (temporary insanity; oops, wrong apartment; etc.; etc.).

Some more info on the dead perp plus the perp's mother speaks....

Home Invader Shot, Killed By Tenant

Gary Menard

Jackie Menard

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Reported By: Jon Shirek
Web Editor: Manav Tanneeru
Last Modified: 9/6/2002 8:18:42 PM

Clayton County police said Friday that a man acted in self-defense when he shot and killed an armed intruder.

Gary Menard, 24, was shot after entering the apartment of John Peoples, 21, and his wife, 24-year-old Laura. John Peoples grabbed his own handgun and shot Menard, Clayton County police Lt. J.E. Turner said.

Menard knocked on the victim's door and then forced his way into the couple's apartment off Mt. Zion Road at 9:45 p.m. Thursday, according to police.

The couple told police they opened their door to Menard without first looking to see who it was because they thought a friend they were expecting was the one knocking on the door.

Menard then reportedly ordered the couple to "give it up!" Turner said.

"The couple did not know the suspect, and we think he was waiting in the area for a possible victim to come home and watched them go into the apartment," Turner said. "The couple thought the assailant was demanding money."

Peoples was able to grab his own handgun from a table, shooting the assailant in the lower torso, according to police.

“With the person coming in the apartment still pointing a weapon at him, and threatening to kill him if he did not get on the floor, at that point, Mr. Peoples was able to fire his weapon,” said Clayton County Police Maj. Doug Jewett.

So far, the police think the couple acted within the law. “Especially in this case, where someone definitely had the capability of killing, he was threatening to do so,” Jewett said.

Menard’s family, however, wants to know if Menard and Peoples might have known each other, despite what Peoples has told police.

“All I want to know is, I'm not saying it was right, I'm not saying it was wrong, you know I'm not saying anything like that, sir, but what I want is real answers. I'm hearing one side. I need to hear two sides before I put my son to rest,” said Menard’s mother, Jackie.

Police have many unanswered questions, as well. Among them: How did Menard get to the complex when had no car and lived nowhere near? Menard’s girlfriend told 11Alive News he left her around 9 p.m. with two men she did not know. If that is indeed accurate, where were those two men when the alleged home invasion and shooting took place?

Menard has a history of weapons and drug convictions. He was released from prison in January and was on probation for a cocaine possession conviction.

John and Laura Peoples have not yet returned phones calls made by 11Alive News.

Police expect to complete the investigation within a few weeks, but said that it's unlikely that charges will be filed.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Menard has a history of weapons and drug convictions. He was released from prison in January and was on probation for a cocaine possession conviction.

Hmmmm..... "Turning his life around" was missing from the description of the dead perp's life. No mention of his father either.

I'm not saying it was right, I'm not saying it was wrong.."

Earth to Jackie: It was wrong.

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