Minn. man says he 'fired more shots than I needed'

[DeafBadger]

The problem for me with your theory is your acting like a victim. You let them get away so they can rob another day and maybe kill someone else because you are afraid. Even if you get your way, how will you feel about living where you live or anywhere else after being violated?

How would you feel about living in a home where you shot and killed an intruder? Is that better or worse than a home where you evaded an intruder? In both cases, the invasion has occurred. The choice is call 911 and evade (best chance of personal survival for me and my family), or shoot (end result really depends on the situation).

Not me-I shoot and learn to live with it afterwards. At least I wont live in fear and wonder if they will ever come back again like the two kids did in this old mans house.

(You don't know that these kids were the ones who broke into his house before.)

Better make sure you know you can live with it. You will not get a chance to do it over. I read a story once of a WWII veteran who for decades went to confession begging forgiveness for the enemy soldiers he shot and killed in the war. Time and again he got forgiveness from the priest, and he was still wracked with guilt. He could never get rid of his personal feeling of guilt.

On the other hand, I read of a man who shot someone who attacked him and it disturbed him that he never felt any remorse about it. He thought something was wrong with himself.

You will not know how you will respond until it happens. You will never get another chance to do it over.

Plus-had this old man done it right and just wounded one of them instead I dont think these kids would ever rob any one else ever again.

All self-defense training courses I've heard of teach that one shoots to kill. Because you should not have the illusion that when you shoot you are going to merely wound someone. When you shoot, you must be prepared for the fact that it will kill. When you shoot, you must be prepared for the fact that YOU have killed someone. If it turns out that it was a non-threatening wound, that was a "lucky" shot. Even a shot intended to merely wound can cause someone to bleed out.

To me its not about material things in my home. Material things can be replace, my trust and safety of home is not. My home is my sanctuary, my safe haven from the stress of work and life. You break into my house, you violate me far worse than anything else I could imagine. Plus I dont know if your here to harm me, execute me, or harm my family.

So it's about punishment as well as protection?

It isn't about preventing the invasion.

The home invasion has occurred and would have occurred whether you fired a shot or not.

I can understand having a gun for protection.

I'm saying, I would get out with my family first if I could.

I can move to a new place. I can replace property. I can't replace myself or my family or my kids.

 

[Angel1989]

I read an article the other day that had a pretty good idea.

When you go to bed bring your car keys with you and place on your night stand. Most have alarms with a panic panic button. If you hear someone in your garage or front yard hit the panic button and the car alarm just might run them off.