The Armed Citizen

[David]

Sheriff Praises Homeowner for Using Firearm to Protect Against Intruder: 'He Shot Him a Lot.'

https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/flori ... N7JBGrdE7s

[David]

More People Use a Gun in Self-Defense Each Year Than Die in Car Accidents

https://fee.org/articles/more-people-us ... accidents/

More people are exercising their right of personal self defense than at any time in our nation’s history!

https://www.secondcalldefense.org/self- ... tatistics/

[David]

Grandfather Of Teen Killed By Homeowner During Burglary Claims AR-15 Made Fight “Unfair”

https://crime.awm.com/grandfather-of-te ... ht-unfair/

Here is a good example of a 'journalist' not really being qualified to write an article. For two reasons; first, she really doesn't know the subject matter, secondly, because several points in her article don't make sense.

For example:

Jacob died because he was outmatched by the AR-15. Now, the teenage victim’s grandfather, Leroy Schumacher, wants everyone to know that his grandson would not have been mowed down by a slew of bullets from a raging AR-15 assault rifle.

• Is there some requirement to be evenly matched in an armed home invasion?

• The second sentence doesn't even make sense. Read it, it doesn't form a complete thought. Additionally, how many is a 'slew of bullets'? The author neglected to state how many rounds were fired. Also, an AR15 is not, and never has been an 'assault' rifle. That's according to the governments own definition of an assault weapon (not to be confused with a politicians definition).

Next point:

Jacob Redfearn, 17, thought it would be easy to break into a home and steal everything of value. Because he was armed with a weapon – brass knuckles – Jacob thought he would be able to overpower anyone who happened to be in the house when he and two teenage friends broke in to commit armed robbery.

According to the grandfather, his grandson would not have died during the robbery if the homeowner’s son had not been equipped with the deadly weapon – but had been in possession of a firearm more at the same speed as the gun Jacob was using during the armed robbery.

Okay, so was Jacob armed with brass knuckles or a gun? The author of the article has conflicting information with no explanation. Also, the definition for using deadly force is generally along the lines of preventing grave bodily harm and/or death. Can brass knuckles cause grave bodily harm? Yes, they can which is why they were invented. So deadly force was appropriate to the situation and the resident was in no way required to put away his AR15 and meet the threats (he was outnumbered 3 to 1) with brass knuckles of his own.

“Brass knuckles against an AR-15, come on, who was afraid for their life,” he said.

Apparently the grandfather has never been hit with brass knuckles.

Although Jacob Redfearn was mowed down and mutilated by the spray of bullets from the AR-15, police were able to respond to the scene.

Another sentence that makes no sense. He was 'mowed down'? Really? And mutilated by a 'spray of bullets'? Is that factual or the author attempting dramatic flair? And it's a good thing the police were still able to respond even though he was 'mowed down'. This is really bad writing on the author's part.

Wagoner County officials did not charge the shooter with any crime – although he took at least one young life. After an investigation, deputies reported that the homeowner’s son was acting in self-defense when he opened fire on the teens with brass knuckles.

Self defense is legal, the author might want to do some actual research on the topic before attempting to write an article. Oh, and now Jason is back to having brass knuckles again?

So basically, three criminals attempted an armed home invasion on a resident that was properly armed and apparently knew how to defend himself. Self defense isn't suppose to be 'fair' and in fact if it's 'fair' you aren't doing it right. The criminals made a poor life choice and suffered the consequences of their actions. The person that wrote the article needs to take a course or two on how to actually write an article and needs to learn how to do some dispassionate research on the topic.

So bottom line is good guy '1' and bad guys '0' and the 'author' needs more education on how to write.

[bdcochran]

Grandpa and article author need to go into the back room and each take one to the jaw with a pair of brass knucks and then come back and answer what they would take to a "fair fight".

[tom mac]

Waiting to see how a "self defense " goes here local....
seems like the neighborhood kids were running up to rear doors and knocking and running away, guy who had prev been attackes shot thru glass door ( shotgun ) wounding one of the kids.
Arrested but waiting to see how this will fold out... maybe a chance of defense.

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A Long Island man was arrested after allegedly shooting a 14-year-old boy who rang his doorbell as a prank on Thursday night, reports said.

James Moshier, 64, was charged with assault and recklessly injuring a child with a deadly weapon after allegedly shooting the teen in the arm on his Laurel property around 9 p.m., according to WABC-TV.

The teen knocked on Moshier’s front and back door several times, causing a woman who lived in the home to believe it was being burglarized, News 12 reported.

She woke up Moshier, who went to his backdoor and allegedly fired a shotgun at the teen, according to the article.

Several other teens who were at a sleepover with the shooting victim told the cable outlet he and another friend were bored and had picked a random home in the neighborhood to “doorbell ditch.”

“Sometimes what we think are harmless pranks turn into major incidents,” Southold Police Capt. James Ginas reportedly said, urging people to “be smart.”

The teen was treated at a hospital. Moshier was freed on $20,000 bail ahead of a court date next week, News 12 reported.

Southold detectives did not immediately return a request for comment from The Post.

[David]

https://www.fox23.com/news/three-killed ... 506461840/

In my link above, all three home-invaders were shot and killed. Two inside the home, the third was shot inside, ran out and died in the driveway when the female get-away driver drove off and left him.

[David]

In this incident, which happened back in 2017, the female driver was convicted and sentenced to three 45-year sentences to run concurrently. She plead out to 2nd degree murder charges as well as burglary charges.

https://www.newson6.com/story/5e35d56d2 ... three-dead

[David]

UPDATED: Compiling Cases where concealed handgun permit holders have stopped likely mass public shootings

https://crimeresearch.org/2022/07/uber- ... -shooting/

[David]

Armed Daughter Turns Back Trio of Colorado Springs Home Invaders

https://www.ammoland.com/2023/05/armed- ... -invaders/

[David]

Intruder beat chest, ate grass, then twice punched holes through door's glass; homeowner shot him each time, but he kept getting up. Fatal shots came after he busted door down.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/intruder- ... -door-down