[sauropod]

To Mr. Freamon. Licensing of firearms is not required under the 2nd Amendment. Take 'em to court! Contact the Gun Owners of America and Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership.

You have a case.

[trebb]

New York is freaking amazing - even if you have a carry permit for self-defense, once inside city limits, you have to have a trigger lock in place. I guess they expect you to club the attacker with it.

[IamHD]

Whoa. The homeowner would probably have been better off by killing the intruder, rather than just injuring him. Watch for a lawsuit from the intruder.

Several years ago, I met a man that told me of a story similar to this. He lived in a 2nd floor apartment with his 2 daughters, ages 9 and 11. He had put his girls down for the night and closed their bedroom door. Due to a warm, summer night, his air conditioner was on. After he retired for the evening, he heard a noise and went to investigate. He told me that he had a small caliber pistol in a drawer in the hallway and grabbed that. Slowly, he opened his daughters' bedroom door and saw a man dragging his daughter by the throat through the bedroom window. He aimed and shot the man right between the eyes. BOOM! Dropped him like a fly. :) He was arrested and released the next morning ONLY because his daughter had handprint marks around her throat. Justifiable homicide.

Someone tried to enter my daughters' bedroom about 7 or so years back, but were unable to open the window, and I heard him/them trying to get in. I must have frightened the intruder by turning the light on. When I called the police they told me that before I shoot anybody, I better make darn well sure that the intruder better have at least something sharp in his hand.

[NY.SS-Bar9]

Volunteering for jury duty!

[Yeti]

This reminds me of what used to be the canonical scenario for home defense.

The deal used to be: you shoot someone while they are climbing in your window. If the body falls inside, no foul -- if it falls outside, you go to jail.

I think it is actually a bit more complicated than that now(probably always was).

I recall a while back when Condon declared "open season on home intruders" here in SC. Man, was there ever a stink over that one!

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

I've got his defense all ready for him.

The Principle of Competing Harms.

It's already got a felon No-billed (in Milwaukee?) this year for firearm possession when he stopped a rape in progress.

[gitmo]

Looks like he made several mistakes:
1. He shouldn't have used a .22
2. He shouldn't have called 911.
3. He shouldn't have registered the rifles.
4. He shouldn't have told reporters he's now unarmed. Unless, of course, he isn't.

[Lancey Howard]

I dunno.... If I was unfortunate enough to have to live in New York and I had to shoot somebody, I sure wouldn't go calling the cops. I mean, this burglar ran away - - what was the point of calling the cops?

And even if you have a body to get rid of, you can always just roll it up in a tarp and dump it somewhere. But no matter what, don't call the cops unless you are positive somebody saw you who can rat you out. This is where a "throw down" comes in handy.

[Jael]

Gun power bump

[Nuke'm Glowing]

That's what he deserves for living in that communist infested rathole of a state.

[xm177e2]

I'm feeling both charitable and pissed off right now. Does this man have a legal defense fund I can send money to?

[Libertina]

OK, I'll admit ignorance in this matter. Why on earth was this man, protecting his life & property, owning legal guns, arrested?