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Old 01-20-2006, 03:08 AM   #130 (permalink)
dksuddeth
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Location: bedford, tx
With the rising crime rate, I would rather have the gun and not need it, than to need it and not have it. Boy scout motto, right?

http://rdu.news14.com/content/top_st...asp?ArID=79317

A Raleigh man shot during a Hillsborough home invasion is now behind bars.

Orange County deputies arrested Franklin Wade Davis and took him from the hospital to jail on Tuesday. He is being held on a $1 million bond.

They say 62-year-old homeowner Carlton Whitted, Sr. shot Davis and another man with his 22-caliber rifle.

Deputies say Davis shot Whitted's wife and daughter in the legs and that's when Whitted opened fire.

Davis is being held on two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and inflicting serious injury.

Davis's alleged partner in the crime remains hospitalized at Duke University Hospital. He faces the same charges once he is released.

Police also took out warrants against a third man, who they said was at the home and took the two wounded men to the hospital. Investigators identified that man as Delmar Delonte Mitchell, 19, of Hillsborough.

Orange County Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass says no charges will be filed against Whitted.


With the speed that your safe after dinner family movie can turn from uneventful to nitemarish, even though the odds dictate you might never experience it, it's better to have it and not need it, that to need it and not have it. With the increase in public shootings at areas like malls and shopping centers, I'm not willing to risk the lives of my family when I can increase the chances of surviving a violent encounter SHOULD it occur.

http://www.khou.com/news/local/stori...g.6cdec88.html

Houston police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in the 8400 block of Broadway Boulevard on January 14, 2006 at about 10:45 p.m.

The victim is identified as Jimmy Torres, 28, of 3101 Spencer Highway.
Police said a man was leaving the apartment complex and saw Torres standing in the parking lot and noticed that he was holding a pistol. They said Torres raised the pistol and fired at the man, striking his vehicle.

The man returned fire and Torres suffered gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to HPD.

The man left the apartment complex and drove to a nearby location to call the police. He returned to the scene with police. Charges will be referred to the Harris County District Attorney.


Had this potential victim NOT been armed, we might be reading a different outcome with the guy just going to his car ending up dead.

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/13121933.htm
A 66-year-old grandmother shot an intruder in her north Arlington home early Wednesday as he grabbed for her gun, she told police. Susan Gaylord Buxton said the training she received to earn her concealed-handgun permit saved her life.
"If I didn't have a gun to protect myself, I probably wouldn't be here," she said.

Handguns ARE defensive weapons, it can be the difference between life and death for anyone who is just minding their own business if someone decides to try to victimize them.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?se...cal&id=3656088
A homeowner shot and killed an intruder who broke into a home near Memorial Park.
The suspect jumped a fence and broke through the side door of a town home on Lacy at Dettering just north of Memorial Drive. He had a baseball bat.
A man was home with his wife and child. He warned the intruder that he had a gun. That didn't stop him.
HPD's Mike Walker said, "(As he) began to make his way through the residence the homeowner secured his wife and child. As he tried to go upstairs he shot him."

The intruder died at the scene. Police say classify the case as a justifiable homicide.
Police are also checking out reports that the suspect may have had an accomplice. Witnesses heard a car speed off after the homeowner fired shots.


Had the homeowner NOT had a gun, this could have resulted in 3 deaths. As it is, his family was not injured because he had a gun.
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