Recent research has shown that most Americans own firearms for self-defense reasons. A recent armed citizen episode in California is living proof of how owning a gun and knowing how to use it when the chips are down saved the life of one Golden State grandfather—and his grandchildren.
According to a report at kcra.com, the 70-year-old man and two grandchildren, ages 14 and 4, were at his business in Rancho Cordova, California, when an early-morning break-in on November 24 changed his life forever.
The man, who manages the business, stays in the building. That night, his grandchildren were asleep in the back with him. At about 1 a.m., his older grandchild shook him awake, telling him someone was trying to break in.
“All of a sudden, the guy kicked the door,” the man said. “Boom and boom! It was that quick.”
As the man rushed into the building, the grandfather knew he had only two choices—to become a victim or defend himself and his family.
“We’d have been dead if he would have got my gun when I pulled it out because he continued to go towards me, he wasn’t afraid of me,” the man said.
In the aftermath, the man said he didn’t want to shoot the intruder, but that was the only choice left to him since he had to protect himself and his grandchildren from harm.
“Am I upset about him?” the man said. “Yes. I didn’t want him to break in, but I’m very happy that my babies are alive.”
While the break-in and shooting remain under investigation, a sergeant with the Rancho Cordova Police Department said break-ins are common, and local citizens are getting tired of being victims.
“Residents are fed up,” said Sgt. Amar Gandhi. “Residents don’t want to be a victim. Business owners don’t want to be victims anymore, and they’re taking their matters into their own hands.
“This isn’t something that we’re encouraging vigilantism by any stretch, but at the same time, you have to applaud him. He demonstrated restraint. He did what he had to do to protect the people inside and including himself,” Ghandi said.
Officers arriving at the scene found the unidentified intruder, said to be in his 30s, dead of gunshot wounds inside the building. The investigation into the shooting continues, but investigators said they do not believe the grandfather will be arrested or face any charges in the matter.
Just give them your possessions it’s the smart thing to do.
Nothing I own is worth killing someone over.
No one can be certain the intruder would have harmed anyone.
In fact once he had the possessions that he was after he would have departed the business.
Now a man is dead because the electric toaster was more valuable then a life. Lives cannot be replaced, electric toasters can.
Have pity because
whenever a gun is involved there is always violence.
Guns make people violent.
Hmm. Guns = violence?
I unholstered once when a man told me he was going to seriously harm me, and aggressively moved toward me to begin acting out his intentions. He saw my weapon, stopped, and left the scene. Gun presented and involved, but no violence.
Curious, that, no??
To match your irony with an utter lack of it on my part, good. On all points.
“Nothing I own is worth killing someone over.”
Spoken like a true comfortable slave. The government will kill you. If you steal or vandalize government property.
Ignore that. It just went over my head. 😵
He is either really good or terrible 😋
“No one can be certain the intruder would have harmed anyone.”
How can Anyone be certain the intruder would NOT ham anyone?
“In fact once he had the possessions that he was after he would have departed the business.”
A fictitious fact or at best an ill founded assumption. No guarantee the intruder would leave afterwards.
“Now a man is dead because the electric toaster was more valuable then a life”
A man is dead because be made poor decisions and the grandfather valued his life and the lives of his grandchildren and took action to protect their lives.
“Have pity because
whenever a gun is involved there is always violence.
Guns make people violent.”
The intruder didn’t show pity and was committing a crime of breaking and entering and in so doing encountered a man trying to protect himself and his grandchildren. The gun did not make the grandfather suddenly become violent because he was a gun owner. There is NOT always violence when a gun is present. Guns cannot get involved no more than a gun can make a person violent.
The intruder made a bad mistake and paid the ultimate price and the deed is on his head.
I think you missed the sarcasm/
Was the intruder intoxicated on legal marijuana??? Or some other substance?
Probably legal alcohol.
More like meth.
But the deceased thought risking their life was worth whatever small reward they may have gained.
Since they l e.g-al ize-d stealing in california all the crime was supposed to go away.
That’s the l3ftist way. Either redefine what is crime or pretend crimes against certain “class enemies” never happened.
The other favorite saying of gun grabbers is, “Insurance will pay for anything that was stolen.”
But insurance never makes you completely whole. Most times, insurance companies will just outright deny a claim.
That’s because it’s common knowledge among insurance companies that many (maybe even most) homeowners won’t fight the first denial. I think some insurance companies make it a habit to just do a first denial on any and all new claims. And then the second denial happens, and the third denial. It only stops when the insured gets his attorney involved and we start having court dates.
good shoot ..also Gandhi approves