3 Boxes of BS

Once again, lacking any new thoughts of my own, I turn to CCW Saves Lives for a Defensive Gun Use.

DENVER — A Denver man confronts several people breaking into his home early Monday morning, wounding and killing one of them, according to police.

The lead in to the story sure makes it sound like an over eager home owner blasting away, doesn’t it?

Wonder how many people stop reading (or paying attention) at this point?

“At approximately 2:20 a.m. Denver Police Officers were investigating a burglary call in the 3100 block of Gaylord Street when they heard gunshots,” said Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson in a press release.

Notice that the police were already responding to a call about the break in but they weren’t there yet. Do you think anyone but the home owner called them about the break in?

This is important to remember folks…..the police were on the way when they heard gun shots.

The homeowner told police he heard glass breaking upstairs and he found several intruders.

Note the multiple intruders — how many anti-rights advocates would have the home owner surrender to the violent intruders? How many anti-rights advocates would have the home owner try to fight off multiple attackers with just pepper spray?

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One appeared to have a weapon. The man told the suspect to drop it and that person pointed it at the homeowner, according to an investigator.The homeowner opened fire, wounding one of the suspects. That person died at the scene.

Note also the restraint the home owner displayed — he tried to get the violent thug breaking into his house to drop what appeared to be a weapon.

“The other two suspects fled the scene in an unknown direction,” said Jackson.A 17-year-old male was arrested a short time later.

The arrest is strong evidence there was more then one thug involved in the home invasion, wouldn’t you say? When the statements provided by the home owner are backed up with evidence such as this, it is hard to say the police are white washing the case or that the home owner was lying.

“The situation is currently being investigated as a homicide,” said Jackson

And again we see that there is and will be an investigation to determine just what happened. So unless the home owner is an evil mastermind, it is hard to see how he lured those thugs to his house just to kill them.

It is hard to see how this is anything but a random act of violence. Of course, there are those that will claim paranoia on the part of the home owner — even in the face of the overwhelming evidence that crime happens and it pays to be prepared.

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Even though we are told that any common criminal can pick up your firearm and use it against you; not all of them seem to have gotten the message. (h/t to CCW Saves Lives)

Investigators say Harris had a loaded 22-gauge rifle by his bed. Johnson grabbed it and tried to fire, but the safety was on.

“Basically he didn’t know how to operate the rifle. So he puts the rifle down and the bad guy starts to go over to the closet,” said Dave Bristow, Manatee County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson.

First, notice that the thug was either over confident, stupid or a combination of both. He turned his back on someone with access to a firearm — what a maroon.

—And I’m sure everyone noticed the layers of editorial oversight –22-gauge rifle – seriously 22 gauge? Editors you can do better then that.

Second, notice the abject failure of the criminal to be able to operate a safety mechanism; of course with such an uncommon rifle, maybe I should cut him some slack.

Of course, that brings up the question – was the killing of this criminal thug justified?
Since he turned his back on the home owner, shouldn’t the home owner just cowered abjectly and given up whatever the thug wanted?

Deputies say the intruder may have encountered Harris earlier in the day at the bank.

“When he (Johnson) broke in he said give me your money, I know you’ve been to the bank,” said Bristow.

By the way, did I mention that Mr. Harris is 74 years old? Yep, look at the picture of the brave thug who was willing to take the money of an elderly person.

Did the thug consider that might be what kept Mr. Harris fed, what bought the prescriptions needed to keep him alive? Stealing a person’s money can endanger their life even if just the money is taken.

Of course the dead thug had a peculiar way of asking for help.

According to deputies, Lee Andrew Johnson broke into 74-year-old Hosie Harris’s home and started hitting him in the face and head.

We are told time and time again that it isn’t worth killing someone over money — wonder when the antis will spend time in the homes of thugs like Lee Andrew Johnson preaching that message — maybe they can convince the criminals to give up violence. What do you think?

Some in his neighborhood say they are often worried about crime here. One woman told me she won’t open the door at night — and she reads her bible hoping for some divine protection.

And I have some advice for the neighbor– read the Bible and act on it as a whole. Armed Self Defense is divinely sanctioned.

Another passage of Scripture in Exodus tells us that protecting your family and possessions by using physical force when an intruder enters your home at night is legitimate: ” If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.” (Ex. 22:2-3). This passage simply means that one can defend his home and life and that of his family if a thief or intruder comes in at night and threatens them. If it is during the daylight hours and the situation is not life threatening then lethal force can NOT be used.

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One of the complaints some anti-rights advocates have with Defensive Gun Uses is knowing if they are truly a Defensive gun use or not.

FORT WORTH — A 34-year-old man who died early Monday after police say he was shot by his ex-girlfriend’s husband had assaulted and threatened the woman for years, according to police reports she had filed.

Julio Cesar Salazar, who had a child with his ex-girlfriend, died at a Fort Worth hospital shortly after being shot at his ex-girlfriend’s residence on Rickenbacker Place in southeast Fort Worth.

Police had initially stated that the woman’s father shot Salazar during a domestic disturbance, but they said Wednesday that the woman’s husband was the shooter.

The report states that when the husband returned home, he ordered Salazar to leave. When Salazar threatened to kill the entire household, the husband went inside and retrieved a revolver and told Salazar again to leave, according to the report.

The report states that Salazar reached behind him as if getting a weapon and “charged” the husband, prompting the shooting.

Once again the great site CCW Saves Lives provides us with today’s Defensive Gun Use.

This anecdote busts a couple of the memes thrown out there by the antis.

Beatrice Turner said the man pounded on her door early Tuesday. Despite being told he had the wrong house, the man used his fists to break through the wood door.

1. Guns are bad news for women — guess that isn’t always the case, eh?

So we have a man banging on the door trying to break it down — as a home owner, you have just seconds to decide why he is trying to break it down.
Given that he continued about being told it was the wrong house, we can assume that he wasn’t there for any proper social purpose.

The 89-year-old Turner says she grabbed a handgun and told the man she would shoot if he came inside. When the man entered, she fired a single shot.

2. Gun owners will shoot at the slightest provocation–  guess that isn’t always the case either, eh?

Here we see a typical defensive gun use, in my opinion. The gun  owner did everything she could to avoid using the firearm. She tried to stop the criminal from breaking into her home, from causing her harm by warning him off……which he ignored.

Story doesn’t say but I bet there was a lot more said before the final warning, wouldn’t you agree?
How many times does a person have to be told to go away, to stop banging on a door, to stop trying to break in before the home owner can conclude they are in danger?

A neighbor called police, who found 37-year old Nelson McAlpine standing on Turner’s front lawn. The uninjured McAlpine was arrested on a charge of second-degree burglary.

3. Gun owners just want to kill people — guess that is another meme that doesn’t stand up to reality.

Gun owners work to stop the threat. This is a classic example of that. The home owner fired a single shot because a single shot was all that was need to stop the threat to her.

What I don’t understand is why some folks want to make it more difficult for people like Ms Turner to own firearms.

Nelson McAlpine didn’t need a firearm to commit violence -physical strength was sufficient for any purpose he had in mind. Until he met a person who was willing to use an equalizer — a firearm — to protect herself.

Why do some people focus on such a small percentage of the total violent crime picture ?

90% of all violent crime does not involve a weapon, much less a firearm. Yet for some that is all they focus on — firearms.

Is it really worth depriving so many people like Ms. Turner the means of effective self defense to try to reduce crime by less then 10%?

I say less then 10% because we can’t stop firearms from being used in crime. Heck if we can’t stop tons of drugs from being smuggled in, we definitely can’t stop firearms from being smuggled in.

So, Antis — why do you focus on the tool instead of the violent crime?

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By the way — excellent job (1 shot, 1 hit) Ms Beatrice Turner. If you are ever in the area, I’d be honor to buy you a cup of coffee or the drink of your choice.

Well folks, a year ago for my first ever blog post I showed my 2009 B.A.G. Day purchase — my Taurus Millennium Pro PT-145.

Since, I have my up close and personal defensive needs taken care of (for them moment), I decided to buy something with a little more reach.

Introducing my newest B.A.G. Day Purchase – a Maverick by Mossberg Security 88. This is the 6 shot model.
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Friend Weer’d Beard was mighty close with his guess of a Mossberg 500, this is the entry version of the same shotgun.

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A slightly different view

I’m already looking at what customization I can do; mostly to reduce recoil.

Anyone have any experience with the Knoxx SpecOps stocks?

I like the length of pull adjustment operation, especially since I’m 6’2 and the Lovely Lady Who Lets Me Make Her Coffee (aka the wife ) every morning is only 5’7″.

And thank you all so very much.

One year ago, I fired up 3 Boxes of BS for the first time. I am amazed and humble to have approximately 3,900 visitors to the Blogspot site and 21,500 visitors to this site.

Thanks again folks

Just because it is your house that doesn’t mean you can call in a bulgary in process

I received a phone call from my security company on Monday at 2:55 pm that a broken-glass alarm had sounded in my house. A few minutes later, the same person called me back to say that an open-door alert had occurred. Clearly, a robbery was in progress. As I rushed home, the alarm company tried to contact the Dallas Police Department but was unable to get through on the number alarm companies are required to call. I called 911 and was told by the dispatcher that I was not allowed to report the robbery, and that only the alarm company could do it.

“Wait, there’s a robbery happening right now, in my house, and you say I can’t report it?”
“That’s correct, sir.” (emphasis mine)

Now, I (unlike some of the antis) realize that the plural of anecdote isn’t data but what is this had been your house?

It took the alarm company 15 minutes to get through to the police. By that time, I was standing in my backyard, nervously approaching my open back door. The police arrived a few minutes later.

The home owner beat the cops to his house — luckily for him the criminals had taken off.

Luckily the police who responded did not verify this bit of 911 insanity. but 15 minutes for a response!!

Criminals can do a lot in that amount of time — how much?

But the police, as well as the DPD detective who is investigating the case, said they were shocked to hear about the way the dispatcher treated me. They said they had never heard about any such rule in the past. The police told me that they were just down the block when the robbery was in progress. Had the dispatcher contacted them, they easily could have been to my house and, in my opinion, could have caught the robber in the act. The robber was in my house long enough to ransack four closets, three bedrooms and an office.

I’m considering getting an alarm system installed at home but this different shows that I can not count on the police or the alarm company for a timely response.

I’ll say it again and again for the slow folks, I am not knocking the cops. They can not and should not be on every street corner and in front of every house.

It is the system that is broken.

Here is a perfect example of that system issue (from a follow up blog post)

In the effort to make the 911 call system work more efficiently, he explained, “Sometimes, common sense gets thrown out.” As soon as the dispatcher heard me mention my alarm company, she immediately reacted with the response she was trained to give, without considering the extenuating circumstances (burglary in progress, I’m the homeowner calling because my alarm company can’t get through, etc.).

Crawford says the Dallas 911 system gets about 1 million calls a year, and alarm company calls are routed through a special group of dedicated lines specifically because a huge percentage of those calls turn out to be false alarms.

Could it have been a false alarm, possibly — but highly unlikely. Not with multiple sensors reporting a break in.

This is a consideration for me because I’m thinking about putting in an alarm system at my place.

My minor son or 20 something daughter are often home alone during the day time or even some evenings.

Would my city have the same response if they called while the alarm was going off? This is something those alarm companies don’t mention in their frequently seen and often derided television ads.

I think that eventually I will put in an alarm system but probably won’t have it monitored. I trust my neighbors to respond fast then an alarm company or the police department.

I also trust my family to be able to defend themselves with the firearms we have at home. (note to self — family refresher training time – again)

For me, this is just one more reason to obtain your carry permit and to carry where ever and when ever you legally can.

I hope Mr. Robberson (there is some irony for you) realize how lucky he was. I certainly won’t be in the position of being effectively disarmed in case something happens at my home.

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After a very full weekend of having family over every day, taking my Tennessee Father In Law out for a little recoil therapy, having the entire wife’s side of the family over for Easter — I’m a little tuckered out.

Pictures to follow if I can get permission and copies.

Short Summary of Tn Father In Law at the range — they start those Tennessee boys young and they don’t forget the skills. Don’t tick off this 76 year old gentleman.

Now, On to Monday’s Defensive Gun use – brought to use by that great site CCW Saves Lives.

Tulsa County deputies say a Turley man shot and killed a sword-wielding intruder in the man’s home

Okay, intruder in a home where he doesn’t belong — anyone think he is there to invite the folks out for tea?

And the sword was clear intention of violence or just a bit of having fun with the folks?

Capt. John Bowman says the homeowner and his wife arrived home about 10 p.m. Thursday and heard a noise coming from a bedroom.

Think about it and how many of the antis feel that requiring a firearm to be locked up and left at home is reasonable.

Here is someone already in the home and the antis feel it is acceptable to tell a person they should go to the bedroom or closet, unlock a safe, load a magazine, load it in the firearm — and then if they aren’t skewered be ready to defend themselves……How is the world is that reasonable?

Bowman says the homeowner found the man carrying a sword that belonged to the homeowner and shot him three times when the man refused to stop.

So much for the image of gun owners shooting at first sight .

The home owner told him to stop – in the presence of a lethal threat — the home owner still took the time to tell him to stop -just like most of us would.

Unless of course you view all gun owners as liars (psychological projection?), then the home owner probably lured the thug into his home just so he could shoot him without warning.

Authorities say the homeowner has a concealed carry permit and was not arrested.

Do you think the story would have turned out with more or less violence had the home owner not had a Concealed Carry Permit?

Personally, it is my opinion that the wife and the husband would have been the victims of violence. With a firearm in the hands of the law abiding, only one person — the one who brought the violence on himself — suffered from the violence.

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