Frankly I'm hoping Mr. Harper doesn't get a life sentence for killing one of 5 CRIMINAL INTRUDERS! I believe that's exactly what would have happened to him here.

As for everybody having a gun leading to a bloodbath. These guys were only a few feet apart!

http://www.kc3.com/self_defense/lasvegas.htm

>>>>The point you fail to see is that if the criminal sees you have a gun, he is more likely going to kill you than if you had not, because you are an inmediate threat.
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>>>That is your opinion. I doubt you have any reliable empirical evidence. Anecdotally, I have had many criminals see me with a gun and I ain't dead yet.<g>
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>>yep, but you're a cop, not a civilian. A total different matter.
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>>Walter,
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>Even so, we have countless instances of people being assaulted and defending themselves with handguns. We had one just this week:
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>Dec 27, 2005, 10:35 AM CST
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>MEMPHIS - Police in Collierville say a homeowner shot and killed one of several people who broke into his house over the weekend.
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>Police Lieutenant Greg Flint says homeowner Brian Harper was awakened by his burglar alarm early Saturday and fired at the intruders with a .45-caliber handgun, striking one of them. Flint says the others scattered and Harper doesn't know if the several other shots he fired hit anyone else.
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>Police say none of the home invaders fired a weapon, but investigators don't know if any of them had one.
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>Police identified the dead intruder from fingerprints and say he was 28-year-old Lakim Duffy.
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>His police record shows arrests since 1998 for violations including criminal trespass, especially aggravated robbery and cocaine possession.
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>Justice!