Oh well...

[bruiser]

0730- Phone rings. Neighbor "did i wake you up?"
me "yeah, but I had to get up anyway".
Neighbor "did you hear anything this morning?"
Me "Just Kris snoring. why?"
Neighbor "You didn't hear gun shots?"
Me "No"
Neighbor "Guy was shot trying to break in the storage shed behind the trailer down the street"
Me "Really, what happened?"
Neighbor "Young girl heard a noise, saw the shed door open, went out and yelled at the guy, he started after her and she shot him 3 times".
Me "Good for her. Is he alive?"
Neighbor "They air evaced him to Vidant".
Me "Good, sorry she wasn't able to finish the job".

Left for an appointment @ 0930. Trailer is three doors down from us. Deputies all over the place. Young lady is on the front porch with family/friends. Came home, deputies and the High Sheriff himself are there as are news crews. Found out full story. Sheriff said no charges, self defense. She shot him one time, center mass with a Glock 380. There is more to this, but I'm not going in to that. I really don't know the young lady that well other than to wave to when she is outside. I feel sorry for her having to do what she did. But glad that she had the cojones to do it.

We've had some issues lately with vehicle break ins in the area. The neighbor that called me just had a 10 foot stainless steel restaurant type sink taken from his back yard. This is generally a quiet area. But some unsavory folks have moved in. Think I may invite her to go throw some lead downrange this weekend. No sense in wasting three rounds for one hit.

 

[ValCruzSpyder]

This could have ended another way

Glad she is okay, glad she had the composure to confront the intruder with a firearm...and glad she had the training to properly send lead down-range!!!

 

[ARtraveler]

Scary stuff when it happens close by in the neighborhood. :yikes:

 

[boomboom1]

Gee. I must have missed something. I thought this forum was abut Spyders and Spyder riding.:yikes:

 

[bruiser]

Uh, this thread is "OFF TOPIC". like in Off Topic Board.

 

[mowin]

Gee. I must have missed something. I thought this forum was abut Spyders and Spyder riding.:yikes:

Guess you dont know the meaning of "off topic". Look at the threads in in this section few have anything to do with spyders.

 

[Bob Denman]

She should have ended the miserable ESSOBEE.. :gaah:
glad that there are no charges pending!
:congrats: To the young lady! :cheers:

 

[PrairieSpyder]

I'm glad the gal is OK, and good on her!! A firearm is very feminist!

 

[bruiser]

Confirmed by very reliable source this evening that she will not face charges. He on the other hand...

 

[prmurat]

So she shot someone 'cause he was breaking in a storage shed??? And the usual gun-toting-lets-kill-everybody are happy?? Hope she'll do some time to learn what self-defense means!

 

[Gray Ghost]

So she shot someone 'cause he was breaking in a storage shed??? And the usual gun-toting-lets-kill-everybody are happy?? Hope she'll do some time to learn what self-defense means!

According to the OP, she yelled at him because he was breaking into her storage shed. If at that time he had fled, then shooting him would not have been self defense. But when he decided to come after her instead of fleeing then it became the definition of self defense.

 

[jcthorne]

So she shot someone 'cause he was breaking in a storage shed??? And the usual gun-toting-lets-kill-everybody are happy?? Hope she'll do some time to learn what self-defense means!

Sorry you feel this way. She was perfectly within her rights to protect her property with deadly force if she felt it necessary. Self defense is not only defense of ones person but of property and home as well.

 

[wyliec]

Think I may invite her to go throw some lead downrange this weekend. No sense in wasting three rounds for one hit.

:thumbup:

 

[Bob Denman]

So she shot someone 'cause he was breaking in a storage shed??? And the usual gun-toting-lets-kill-everybody are happy?? Hope she'll do some time to learn what self-defense means!

No... NOT, "Let's kill everybody." :thumbup:
Only the criminals that habitually refuse to follow the rules of our society...
And her unfortunate encounter, is the PERFECT definition of a defensive situation...
100% righteous shoot! :thumbup:


"...she'll do some time..." Are you actually expecting someone who has followed the parameters set by our laws; to go to jail???? :shocked:
I REALLY hope that I've just taken the wrong interpretation of your statement...

 

[prmurat]

No you did not.... As you do not respect life.

 

[Bob Denman]

Technically; that's incorrect...
I respect the lives of those who choose to obey the laws, and act as productive members of our society...
I even respect the lives of those with differing opinions...
It just kind of seems to me that you're trying to place an EQUAL value on the life of a criminal over a non-criminal, and then punish a property owner for acting completely within the guidelines imposed by society...
:shocked: I'm stumped... :shocked:
Are you also inferring that only the Law Enforcement Officers in each jurisdiction should be allowed to use deadly force?
EVEN THOUGH... it has been shown that their response to most crimes, is only reactive,, and not proactive?
Everybody should be allowed the right to defend themselves; can we agree on that? :dontknow:
(Mathod and manner notwithstanding...)

 

[wyliec]

So she shot someone 'cause he was breaking in a storage shed??? And the usual gun-toting-lets-kill-everybody are happy?? Hope she'll do some time to learn what self-defense means!

At what point do you think she should have waited to defend herself? Maybe she should have retreated into the house and locked the door? Then when he broke in, she should have retreated further? I guess we'll never know how another scenario would have played out. This one played out just fine, and the law agreed.

Bob D.,

I must be changing because I normally do not agree with you on these types of threads.

 

[Bob Denman]

Bob D.,

I must be changing because I normally do not agree with you on these types of threads.

:yikes:

:roflblack:

Have a GREAT weekend! :thumbup:

 

[prmurat]

Another empty discussion: if "protecting" a shed allows you to shoot people the case is close! Lets move to break in my car, then touching my Spyder : I shoot you! like the "no respect for people breaking the LAW!!": death penalty (which of course you are for) for speeders: life time jail for badly parked vehicles and flogging for adulterer/esse... It is called the Sharia (but you must be against it for sure!).

 

[Pennyrick]

Another empty discussion: if "protecting" a shed allows you to shoot people the case is close! Lets move to break in my car, then touching my Spyder : I shoot you! like the "no respect for people breaking the LAW!!": death penalty (which of course you are for) for speeders: life time jail for badly parked vehicles and flogging for adulterer/esse... It is called the Sharia (but you must be against it for sure!).

Let's elaborate on your examples.

Someone is breaking into my car or touching my Spyder. I confront them and tell them to stop. They then come toward me and make a threatening move to assault me. I issue a warning telling them to stop, that I intend to protect myself if they move any closer. If the person continues to make aggressive moves toward me, I have three options....

1. Try to run (poor choice if I am elderly or not in great physical condition).
2. Stand my ground and be assaulted (poor choice if the aggressor is larger or possibly armed with a weapon).
3. Use deadly force to protect my person. (a choice I will take every time).

We don't know the circumstances surrounding this lady's decision but I believe the OP said he came toward her in a threatening manner.