3 Boxes of BS

Today’s defensive gun use is brought to us once again by that great site: CCW Saves Lives.

In today’s story we find out about a gun owner who doesn’t know what he is supposed to do but we’ll get to that in just a moment

Michel and his wife, Dawn, had returned home on Ivan Avenue about 1 p.m. after taking their grandson to a doctor’s appointment. The 9-year-old grandson noticed a light on in a downstairs bedroom and asked his grandmother if she had left it on.

Dawn Michel said she looked in the room and noticed some items weren’t where they were supposed to be. Then she and her grandson went outside and saw a garbage bag on the ground, along with a window screen that had been knocked out of a second-floor window. Jewelry and money were in the bag.

Dawn Michel told her husband someone had been in the house. Raymond Michel said he armed himself with a handgun and walked upstairs.

Grandmother and Grandson notice something isn’t right and immediately take the proper steps — alerting someone else and vacating the area.

Good on them. Smart because the burglar seemed ready to do violence

tems from the bedroom closet were strewn about the floor, and Raymond Michel noticed that the bathroom door was almost completely closed. He and his wife always keep that door open.

He kicked the door, and it stopped partway as it struck the intruder, Raymond Michel said. The suspect stepped from behind the door and leveled a rifle at the homeowner, he said.

The rifle was the home owners and might have been stolen had the home owners not returned. I personally might have locked it up but that is my choice.

Police soon arrived and took John Garner into custody. Police said John Garner had drugs in his possession and was wanted on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant.

Notice that the burglar was already a criminal and a drug user. He was ready to do violence — predatory violence against the home owner, the wife and probably the kids.

The home owner responded with violence that was used to protect himself, his wife and the kids. Which type of violence is acceptable, eh?

I’ll close this report of a defensive gun use with the money quote:

The south Bakersfield resident shot at a suspected burglar in his house Wednesday afternoon and held the man at gunpoint until police arrived. The suspect, identified by police as John Jenaro Garner, tried to get up twice, but Michel warned him to stay down.

“I told my wife to call the cops because (the burglar) was staying here one way or another,” Michel said.

Mr. Michel if you are ever in the area, I’ll buy you a drink or dinner. Way to go folks.

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