TX: Armed Home owner Stops Multiple Home Invaders by Shooting One

Police say a group of burglars tried to break into a home at Shepard and Natalie Street.

The homeowner was inside and armed. Police say he opened fire on four men, hitting one.


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1984 Answers to a 2016 Question (Orwellian Satire)

 1984 is a famous distopian novel about the future.  It was written by George Orwell in 1949. 

On the forum freerepublic.com, a participant asked these questions about the possible effects of disarming the population:

There are other pressing questions. 1) Once all privately guns disappear into the government black hole, will there be no longer any need for law enforcement officers? 2) Once we’re all safe from private gun ownership, what will constitute our primary means of protection and defense, and what reason is there to believe it will be any more effective than the government protection industry today?

I put on my Orwellian hat and typed these replies.

As a good party member, you know there are two truths (sometimes more) that must always be concurrently believed. One truth for the masses, another for the party, and sometimes another for the party leadership, that only they are capable of bearing.
Here are the truths that apply:

Will there be any need for law enforcement officers?

This applies to the masses and the party:

Of course! How can you doubt it? There will be many more crimes to enforce, not to mention thought crime and dedicated service to running re-education centers! Law enforcement does great service for the party!

This applies to the party leadership:

We will need many more loyal law enforcement to enforce these edicts. We also need to purge existing law enforcement of those who do not fully support the program without thought. Replacements should be from loyal party members only.

What will be our primary means of defense?

For the masses - The benevolent government has always been your primary means of defense. Now that evil gun owners have been disarmed, the government will defend you by making certain that all crime thinkers will be placed in re-education centers for the benefit of society. Any resistance to redistribution of wealth will be vigorously punished. If you do not possess any excess property, if you are not white and have been a loyal party member, you have nothing to fear.

For the Party - You will be protected. As a loyal party member you may be allowed to have weapons. Your party loves you.

For the Party leaders - Your security details will be increased. You now are at slight risk while the last bitter clingers show their true colors and are eliminated. Do not believe the false reports of assassinations. The situation is under complete control.

Will it be more effective than the government protection industry today?

For the Mass - Be careful. This is close to crime think. The government is always benevolent, always responsible, and always improving. There is no other truth.

For the Party - When you see this question, you know you are dealing with a latent crime think. Check their tax records very closely. Put them on one of the appropriate lists.

For the Party leadership - You already know that your security has been improved. The more guns that are removed from outside government hands, the more that you are secure. Pay no attention to rumors of bitter clingers in the area near you. The situation is completely under control.


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PA: Armed Pharmacy Robbery Suspect Loses Gunfight

WAYNESBORO - A masked person who walked into a local pharmacy early Monday evening, brandishing a handgun and demanding money and drugs, received only gunshot injuries in return.

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CA: Gun Beats Knife in Home Invastion

Police said Mackay refused to leave even after several requests by the homeowner, and then began waving the knife, advancing toward the man.

The homeowner got his handgun and ordered Mackay to leave, who refused, police said.

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Rare AR: 11 Year Old Boy Shot by Mistake

A family member shot and seriously wounded an 11-year-old boy Sunday morning in Woodruff County after mistaking the boy for an intruder, according to Arkansas State Police.

State police spokesman Bill Sadler said preliminary witness statements indicate the boy walked from a nearby home into a residence where a family member lived in the Mayberry community west of Cotton Plant at about 12:45 a.m.

The family member's relationship to the boy wasn't available Sunday afternoon, but Sadler said the shooter called 911 to report a possible intruder before the shooting.

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Slate Writer asks for Facts on Guns and Gun Law Coverage

Rachael Larimore, a Senior Editor at Slate, has written a unusual piece for the publication.  It is titled Bullet Points.  You can be forgiven for expecting this will be another uninformed diatribe against those evil conservatives, who if they would only stop licking the boots of their NRA masters, would allow common sense legislation to pass that would prevent crime by outlawing evil guns.  The expected would, in this case, be wrong.

Ms Larimore, who has been at Slate since 2002, was, as of 2008, the only Republican at the publication.  That makes her remarkable.  She actually knows how to do research on the Internet.  The article does a good job of excoriating the leftist media for being consistently wrong about guns.  Not about policy; Rachel only hints at that.  But it follows that you are unlikely to get policy right when you do not know the most basic facts about guns or gun law.  From Rachel Larimore  at slate.com:

There are many reasons that this cycle repeats as it does. We live in a divided society where people cocoon with like-minded allies, and we’ve stopped listening to the other side. The NRA is powerful. We get distracted and move on to the next shiny thing. But one important point: The mainstream media lobbies hard for gun control, but it is very, very bad at gun journalism. It might be impossible ever to bridge the divide between the gun-control and gun-rights movements. But it’s impossible to start a dialogue when you don’t know what the hell you are talking about.

Media stories in the wake of mass shootings typically feature a laundry list of mistakes that reflect their writers’ inexperience with guns and gun culture. Some of them are small but telling: conflating automatic and semi-automatic weapons, assault rifle and assault weapon, caliber and gauge—all demonstrating a general lack of familiarity with firearms. Some of them are bigger. Like calling for “common-sense gun control” and “universal background checks” after instances in which a shooter purchased a gun legally and passed background checks. Or focusing on mass shootings involving assault weapons—and thereby ignoring statistics that show that far more people die from handguns.

Rachel gets everything right in the article.  There is only so much that you can put in a short article, and I do not expect her to be a subject matter expert. At the end of the article she suggests that Slate dedicate a staffer who is experienced with and knowledgeable about guns to write about them, just as they have dedicated people who write about sports or legislation, or judicial decisions.  Perhaps Rachel has someone in mind.  Perhaps she would like the assignment herself.  She has demonstrated more knowledge about the subject than the rest of Slate put together.

The time might be right.  The Washington Post owns Slate.  Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.  After Bezos took over the Post added The Volokh Conspiracy blog to the Post's stable.  I regularly read the Volokh Conspiracy.  Eugen Volokh is arguably the most knowledgeable and brilliant legal mind on the planet, when it comes to the Second Amendment.

Perhaps something similar will happen at Slate.  Rachel would be a welcome exception to the ignorance and bias that is routinely seen.  A discussion on the issue of reform of the gun laws, based on fact, would be a refreshing and likely, profitable, change for the publication.

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Followup PA: Video Shows Suspected Car Thief Being Shot in Arm

The homeowner's vehicle comes to a stop. The homeowner is seen getting out of the driver's side door, pointing a gun at the suspect's vehicle.

That suspect gets out of his car and almost immediately falls to the ground. Police say the man was shot in the arm.

The would-be thief the picks himself up and runs, and that homeowner is seen following. Both the leave the view of the camera.

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Followup OH: Coroner IDs Dead Home Invasion Suspect

A suspected intruder shot and killed early today was identified as Bryan Q. Lewis, 36, of Dayton, according to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.

Lewis died of multiple gunshot wounds to the chest, and his death is considered a homicide.

Montgomery County Common Pleas Court records show Lewis was convicted in 2012 of theft of a residence on Idle Wild Boulevard just a short walk from the Lindale house. Lewis had been indicted for aggravated burglary and robbery but pleaded to lesser charges and was sentenced to probation.
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Senator Murphy Reveals "Slippery Slope" Strategy on ABC's "This Week"

Senator Chris Murphy, anti-Second Amendment plotter


On ABC This Week, June 19, Senator Chris Murphy revealed what Second Amendment supporters have said was the anti-Second Amendment strategy all along.  Pass incremental infringements on the Second Amendment until nothing is left that means anything.  That is why anti-Second Amendment plotters push so hard on legislation that seems unrelated to the current terrorist atrocity.

They use it as an emotional vehicle for other legislation they normally could not pass.  In the interview, ABC's Jon Karl is questioning Senator Chris Murphy from Connecticut. From the ABC transcript:

KARL: -- there's these proposals. Your proposal would've done nothing in the case of Orlando. It would've done nothing to stop the killing in San Bernardino and in fact was -- is unrelated to the killing in Newtown.

So why -- I mean, why -- I mean, why are we focusing on things that have nothing to do with the massacres that we are responding to? 

This is a perfectly logical question.  Why is Murphy focusing on this? His answer is instructive.

MURPHY: Well, so first of all, we can't get into that trap. I disagree. I think if this proposal had been into effect, it may have stopped this shooting. 

But we can't get into the trap in which we are forced to defend our proposals simply because it didn't stop the last tragedy. We should be making our gun laws less full of Swiss cheese holes so that future killings don't happen. That trap is an impossible one.

No, it is not an impossible one.  If the Senator were dealing honestly, he could explain it.  If it would have helped somewhere else, he could make the argument elsewhere. 

The argument of the anti-Second Amendment lobby is that if the government controlled all access to guns, and strictly limited them, then terrorists could not get them, or at least it would be harder.  But that kind of control has failed, massively, all over the world, just as it did in France, in Norway, in Belgium, in Brazil, in Mexico, in Jamaica, in South Africa, in Puerto Rico, in the UK.

The plan guts Second Amendment rights, allowing for incremental confiscation over time, just as has happened in England and Wales.

Murphy continues, explaining that the Sandy Hook massacre is being used to push for unrelated infringements on the Second Amendment.

The Sandy Hook families lobby for background checks.

You know why?

Because they're just as concerned with the young men and women who are dying in our cities because of the flow of illegal guns as they are about a ban on assault weapons or high magazine clips that might have prevented the Newtown killing.

So this has to be broader than just responding to the tragedy that happened three days ago.

Except, there are no facts to support that contention.

The terrorist Watch list legislation is particularly dangerous. It sets the precedence that a person's Second Amendment rights can be stripped from them without due process by bureaucratic fiat.  There is no appeal process.  You do not know your rights have been lost until you attempt to exercise them.  It is an anti-Second Amendment schemer's dream because anyone they dislike can be put on the list, secretly.  The list can be expanded overnight to include whole groups of people.  It is a Constitutional nightmare.

The components that the anti-Second Amendment plotters are attempting to put in place are all peices of a machine that ends up destroying Second Amendment rights.

Ban people on the Watch List from owning guns. That establishes the power to strip people's Second Amendment rights from them without due process or even notification.

Universal Background Checks - Make it illegal for anyone to obtain a firearm without asking government permission, which is subject to the Watch list.

Universal Gun Registration - No gun to be legally owned unless the government knows who has it, who is allowed access to it, and where it is stored.

Mandatory notification of lost or stolen guns - Makes it legally difficult to resist incremental gun confiscation. Incremental gun confiscation has been common where universal registration has been implemented.  It has already taken place in California and NY. 

If you are not able to turn the registered gun in, you will have committed a crime and be subject to prosecution.  As more atrocities happen, more guns are declared illegal,  and/or it becomes more expensive to keep them, until there are none left.  It might take decades, but it happened in England and Wales.

All of Senator Murphy's pieces of legislation fit into an overall scheme to destroy Second Amendment rights over time.  He cannot argue for them all together. The intent would be too clear. The package could never pass the Congress. 

Incrementally, bit by bit, using the latest crime to push for unrelated legislation, they could be put in place.  That has been the plan for 50 years.  Precursor legislation, such as the 1968 gun control act, and the national instant background check system are already there.  They do nothing to actually reduce crime, but they enable future incremental steps to destroy Second Amendment rights.

50 years ago, anti-Second Amendment potters were open about their strategy.  Now they know they have to use lies and subterfuge. 

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TX: Senior Citizen Shoots, Kills, Robbery Suspect

The Angleton Police Department has released the identity of the man killed in the early Tuesday morning shooting as 23-year-old Louis Dewayne Norris. Norris was involved in a disturbance at a residence in the 400 block of West Cedar Street when a citizen shot Norris once in the chest killing him at the scene. There are no charges being filed thus far, as the shooting appears to be justified in self-defense. As is standard in all shootings, the circumstances in this case will be examined by the Grand Jury to determine whether evidence exists to proceed with any criminal charges.

This incident occurred in the early morning of Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at 12:09 a.m., when Angleton Police Department officers were dispatched to the house on West Cedar Street in Angleton after a 911 caller reported a person being shot. Officers arrived on scene and found Norris to be deceased and began processing the crime scene which included interviewing witnesses.

Detectives believe Norris is connected with other recent cases of robberies which involved elderly victims. Detectives urge Angleton citizens to please contact the Angleton Police Department if they have information pertaining to any unreported assaults or robberies, especially which involve the elderly.Source

IN: Burglary Suspect Shot

MUNCIE – City police said an attempted break-in at a northside home Friday morning resulted in the shooting of an intruder.

Emergency dispatchers received a call at 9:26 a.m. from a person in the parking lot of the Aldi store, at 108 W. McGalliard Road, who reported hearing gunshots nearby.
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TN: Homeowner and Bank Robber in Gunfight, Both Die

A Cottontown homeowner was killed in a shootout with a suspected Kentucky bank robber who was hiding in his home Wednesday afternoon, according to Sumner County investigators.

The Sumner County Sheriff's Office has not yet released their names, but they have identified the two dead bodies found in a home on the 2800 block of Highway 25 as the homeowner and a suspected bank robber who was hiding from police in the home.
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PA: Victim Chases, Shoots Car Thief

MORRISVILLE, Pa. (WTXF) - A man caught trying to break into a car ended up being chased and shot by the car’s owner, according to police in Bucks County.

Morrisville police chief George McClay told FOX 29’s Dave Kinchen it started at about 5am Thursday when the victim saw the man breaking into car, so he got his weapon.
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AL: Wife Shoots Estranged Husband

A wounded veteran.  Terribly sad case.

A Decatur woman in divorce proceedings with her estranged husband shot and killed him early Tuesday in her Southeast Decatur home, claiming self-defense, authorities said.
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AL: Homeowner Shoots Home Invader

Hartford police responded to a home invasion late Tuesday night during which the homeowner shot an intruder trying to burglarize his home.

Hartford Police Chief Annie Ward said police officers responded to a home invasion and shooting between 11:15 and 11:30 p.m. on North Fifth Avenue.

“It was an attempted home invasion and the home owner shot the suspect,” Ward said.

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AL: Self Defense Shooting Investigated

The investigation revealed this incident is an ongoing altercation between two individuals and does not involve any of the businesses around this location.

Police also say this assault was not random and believe the shooting occurred as an act of self-defense.

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LA: Armed Victim Shoots Robbery Suspect, both Wounded

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -

Police say a teen robbery suspect thought a man carrying a purse was an easy target, but soon learned that the victim was carrying a weapon of his own.

"The victim reached down into his purse and pulled out a gun," notes the arresting officer in the probable cause report. "The victim fired one shot into the left leg of the defendant."
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Gun Used to Kill British MP was Sawed Off .22 Rifle

.22 Sawed Off Rifle Found in Australia

The Sun in the United Kingdom has reported that the firearm used in the murder of MP Jo Cox was a sawed off .22 rifle.  The picture above is an example of a .22 sawed off rifle that was found in Australia. From thesun.co.uk:

Last night a source said the gun used to kill married mum-of-two Jo, 41, was a sawn-off .22 rifle.

The gunman was said to have held it illegally and did not have a licence.

 When we obtain an actual photograph of the weapon/weapons used, we will report it here.

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OH: Gun Beats Hammer in Home Invasion

DAYTON —

A Dayton man lying in bed Friday morning shot and killed an intruder at “point-blank” range, according to a 911 call made by the Lindale Avenue resident.

The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office identified the deceased as Bryan Q. Lewis, 36, of Dayton. Lewis died of multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and his death was ruled a homicide.

“They came into the bedroom saying do you want to die, mother (expletive)? Do you want to die, mother (expletive)?” the 911 caller told dispatchers. “I pulled a gun out of my nightstand and shot him twice. I’m pretty sure he’s dead.”

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Ken Emanuelson says:

If you really want to understand how stupid and silly things have gotten in the gun control debate, keep in fact that the Administration is now SIMULTANEOUSLY:

A. Denouncing the availability of SMALL-caliber semi-automatic non-military rifles (e.g., .223 AR-15s) to civilians while

B. Actively selling LARGE-caliber semi-automatic military surplus rifles (e.g., .30-06 M1 Garland's) to civilians.

I'm in favor of the Civilian Marksmanship Program, by which the government sells surplus military rifles to civilians, but if military guns are a problem, why is the government selling them?