MaverickNH
NES Member
A gun had nothing to do with the story. A chicken-shit liberal let a criminal walk free to find a next victim. Top Comment is a “combat vet” who deplores civilian firearms - the libs love it when somebody claiming to be a veteran says guns in the hands of citizens are bad, like that proves the point.
”In late April, I was asleep in my house in the District — my spouse was on a business trip — when I opened my eyes and saw an intruder coming to the top of the stairs outside the bedroom. It was about 2:35 a.m. He passed the bedroom door and headed down the hallway.
“Hey!” I yelled. “What the hell are you doing!”
This startled the guy, who seemed disoriented, maybe drunk or high. I saw my toolbox and thought about grabbing something — a hammer, a screwdriver, anything — for self-defense, but in the same instant I also thought that might escalate things.
But I felt I needed to put him on the defensive and gain control of the situation and kept shouting at him to get out…
So I decided to get my gun.
It’s a .357 magnum Smith & Wesson revolver, which I kept trigger-locked and unloaded in a case in a walk-in closet. I retrieved the key hidden nearby but then struggled to find the trigger lock’s pinhole opening without eyeglasses. My nerves were jangling, too, as I huddled against a shirt rack, straining to hear whether anyone was still in the house and wondering where the cops were. After I fumbled with the key some more, I finally turned on a light and unlocked the gun.
I loaded the revolver, grabbed a flashlight and moved quietly toward the stairs. I left the house dark to give myself an advantage but turned on the flashlight so I could see. I was also thinking about the legality of what I was doing. Yes, I had registered my firearms with the D.C. police department after moving from Maryland to the District’s Adams Morgan neighborhood, but there was still a nagging doubt in my mind: Was everything in order? What would happen if, for example, I had unknowingly allowed the registration to lapse?
…I moved back to the stairway and crouched on a step where I could observe what was happening below. He left the sofa and headed deeper into the house. Again, I resolved that if he came up the steps, I would drop him. But then he turned around and left, leaving the front door wide open.
…Then the officers received word that nearby units had stopped someone on the street who fit the intruder’s description. They asked whether I could try to identify the person and, if he was the intruder, whether I would press charges for unlawful entry.
…I told the officers that if it turned out the person they stopped was the intruder, and he had no criminal record or any connection to other calls in the neighborhood that night about possible break-ins, I would not press charges.
..The officers told me he had no criminal record. They assured me that even if I didn’t file charges, the police now had the guy’s information on record for the future. If he was caught prowling inside another house, they said, he would not be able to pretend that the intrusion was another mistake. I declined to press charges, and the officers drove me home.”
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