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Lebell · 07-22-2003, 09:21 AM

Charlatan,

I haven't found any statistics on home invasions, but I did find these newspaper excerpts for the month of April, 2003:

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI, 03/29/03
David Franklin’s crime spree through a Milwaukee, Wisc., neighborhood was cut short when one of his intended victims produced a gun and shot him. Milwaukee police said Franklin was suspected in six break-ins within blocks of his home. He apparently chose to break into homes where women lived; and if he caught a woman alone, he raped her. If the woman was not home, he would burglarize the house. Women in three of those cases were raped at gunpoint. The tables were turned on Franklin when he broke into a house and the woman resident shot him in the arm. He was arrested at a local hospital after police interrogated him as to how he had been shot.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock, AR, 04/02/03
Artelia Withers, a 72-year-old Little Rock, Ark., resident, returned from a church service one night to discover her home had been burglarized. The living room window was broken, and several items, including a cell phone and a television, had been stolen. Police investigating the burglary suggested Withers, who is affectionately known as “Big Momma,” stay with relatives overnight. But Withers said she was not afraid to stay in her own home, even though she suspected the burglar might return for her other television sets and VCR. Her suspicions were validated at 6:20 the following morning when a man climbed through her living room window. Withers shot the intruder twice with a .25-cal. pistol, and police arrived shortly thereafter to arrest the man, identified as Dennis Smith, a former boarder in Withers’ home. Lieutenant Hayward Finks said Smith would be charged with burglary and that the shooting appeared to be justified as Withers had felt threatened. “She had every right to defend herself,” Finks said. Withers reiterated that she is not afraid to stay in her home alone. “I’ve got another pistol,” she said.

Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia, MO, 04/19/03
When a Rocheport, Mo., woman noticed a stranger outside her home banging on her doors and windows, she dialed 9-1-1. The man then broke a window and entered the home. Upon hearing the glass break, the homeowner grabbed a pistol and went out the back door to seek shelter in her garage. When the intruder entered the garage carrying a cooler filled with beer and food he had stolen from the house, the homeowner drew her gun and held the burglar until deputies arrived to take him into custody.

The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC, 04/10/03
Tyrone McKnight, a Charlotte, N.C., man with a record of some 30 offenses committed over eight years, picked the wrong target for what would be his last crime. McKnight broke into an East Charlotte apartment about 2:30 a.m. Resident Jerene Haron O’Neal, awake and armed, pointed a gun at McKnight and fired at least three times, according to Charlottte-Mecklenberg police. McKnight was taken to a local hospital where he later died.

The Northern Light, Blaine, WA, 04/03/03
One Sunday evening, a Custer, Wash., resident noticed a strange vehicle parked near a storage shed on his property. Seeing that the shed had been broken into, he picked up a shotgun and went to investigate. As a man came out of the shed, the armed homeowner confronted him. The trespasser then grabbed a gun out of his own car and pointed it at the homeowner who responded by shooting the burglar. Sergeant John Barribal reported that the suspect, Matthew Brown, was treated for facial wounds and booked on suspicion of first-degree burglary and assault.

The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA, 04/18/03
According to New Orleans police, an armed man entered Harrison Grocery in Lakeview, La., at 8:15 a.m. and demanded money from the owner, Ambrose Plakotaris. The grocer exchanged gunfire with the would-be robber, who died later at a local hospital. Plakotaris, who suffered a gunshot wound to the arm, was treated and released.

The Sun, San Bernardino, CA, 04/25/03
In an apparent home invasion gone wrong, suspected burglar Deandre Williams was fatally shot by his intended victim. Juan Carlos Garcia, his wife and their two small children had been sleeping when Garcia was awakened by an intruder. Arming himself with a pistol, Garcia went into the living room to investigate. There he encountered an armed man standing by the front door. When the intruder fired at Garcia, striking him in the arm, Garcia returned fire. Williams then ran outside. Garcia followed, and Williams, who was waiting for him, fired at Garcia, hitting him several times. Garcia dropped to the ground and fired one more shot, fatally wounding Williams.

I'll also repeat that the Second Ammendment was not written for "hunters", but so that the people would not be disarmed in the event of a tyranical state, so the notion of "the police and the military" only having guns is exactly what the Second Ammendment is designed to avoid.

BTW, it would be helpful if you put "Canada" in your profile, just so people don't have to guess.