The American Spectator : Burglar Rolls Snake-Eyes in Vegas
A story with a happy ending.
KLAS-TV in Las Vegas reports that in the early morning hours of Tuesday a man in his seventies shot and killed an armed intruder who had just broken into the man’s home along with a couple of armed partners-in-crime.
After dialing 9-1-1 and alerting police to the home invasion, the man shot and killed one of the intruders. Police found the late burglar in the back yard of his intended victim’s home next to his (the burglar’s) gun. Two other miscreants, possibly three, fled the homeowner’s field of fire. On their arrival, police captured one of the would-be burglars. But a third scholar, described as a “Latin male,” escaped and is being sought by police.
This is what the right to bear arms is mainly about. Not hunting, not collecting, not target shooting, not keeping war souvenirs (though these are legitimate endeavors that the government has no business putting an end to). But the right and ability to protect oneself against predators, with deadly force when necessary, as it clearly was in this case, is paramount.
The homeowner who is invaded by someone intent on killing or doing great bodily harm to him or his family, and who does not have a gun, has limited options on what to do with the time remaining to him. Of course he can (1) dial 9-1-1 and have a polite conversation with a civil servant who doesn’t know him and who can’t very much help him anyway.
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