>>>>>>Hey if the guy is breaking into a house then yep he stands the chance of getting shot.
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>>>>>>A few things I don't get though - first of all the guy was outside & from what I understand you can't shoot a burglar unless he's...ummm..ya know - like INSIDE your house. Secondly not only was he 'slumped on the back doorstep of the couple's house' - but he was there for FOUR HOURS? So why was he there for so long? Guy hears someone at his back door - then shoots the guy - then decides to wait 4 hours to make a phone call? I dunno it sounds kinda fishy to me.
>>>>>>And speaking of 'criminal' - the homeowner is technically a criminal too - Chicago currently has a statute outlawing the possession of handguns.
>>>>>>So is that what your boo-hoo-ing about? Don't feel sorry for the 80year old criminal with an illegal handgun who shot a guy for trespassing?
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>>>>>A homeowner defended his property. I applaud his actions.
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>>>>>He did it in apparent violation of liberal laws designed to protect criminals and make their jobs safer. Again - I applaud his actions.
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>>>>>>>http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/26/year-old-chicago-man-kills-armed-home-invader/?test=latestnews
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>>>>He was indeed wrong to have the handgun....
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>>>>Home protection should be done with a shotgun. I reitereate my personal pitch for a Franchi SPAS-15 which takes the uncertainty out of intruder success - or egress.
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>>>> http://world.guns.ru/shotgun/sh06-e.html
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>>>>I've asked Santa for an AA12 ( and a class III FFL <bg> )
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>>>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ebtj1jR7c
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>>>>( betcha John Harvey puts one on his list too <s> )
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>>>remind me not to knock on your door if I've got a flat tyre late at night.
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>>Knocking on the door is not a problem. Breaking a window to get in would be a very bad idea <g>
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>Is that automatic shotgun used for pheasant shooting. Wouldn't be much left to eat afterwards. I think you'd have to make a rather gritty pate. Its a sort of gun equivalent of the humvee and (I think) very American. :-)

<g> I believe Gritti Pate is the name of an Afghan warlord ... ( who are not very good eating in any case )

How would you like to be a professional home-burglar knowing there was a very cranky old man in the house looking for a reason to try out one of these <s> ( or for that matter pushy door-to-door evangelist or a rude neighborhood child who tended to rudely disregard "keep off the grass" signs .... )

It's the American way of encouraging a more polite society <g>

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