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fubar
The Intruder.

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Call me Columbo, but...

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Yes...

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Don't feel guilty ... he was in your house with a gun, he would have killed you without remorse if he saw you first, and maybe your family.

Heavy shit...... but you did the right thing an protected you family.

The most shocking thing for me is I thought you were gay. I'm rubbish at this forum.

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I don't think anything in my post would indicate that I am not gay.

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My hopes and dreams are smashed.

'My daughters are screaming 'daddy' and my wife is asking me why I didn't want to come in and see them.'

I'm going to cry myself to sleep now.

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All that drama smacks of faggotry, if you ask me.

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What happened after the police turned up?

In the UK, you'd be looking at 15 years imprisonment!

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The guy seemed to be surprised that I had shot an intruder. I don't know what the dispatcher had told him.

He asked for my weapon and I unloaded it and handed it to him. That seemed to upset him a little. He informed me that it was too much for home security.

Shortly after I let the policeman in the door, the wife came out of the bedroom and screamed. She was actually complaining about the mess and asking the policeman who had to clean it*.

The ambulance and about five more squads cars arrived at the same time. One EMT checked me out while the other one went inside to check on the body.

I was speaking to police the majority of the time, and was in the front yard when the gurney came out of the house. By this time, neighbors were lined up in the adjacent yards trying to get a look. I never spoke to any of them about it.

I found out later that the guy had PCP in his system. And they never found out who the other guy was.

As for UK, you'd be looking at life. Or the lack of it. In a pine box.



* Turns out you have to pay a hazmat crew to clean it up. We re-deco'd the kitchen shortly after that.

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Dude I don't think I can live in that house any more. Are you still there?
But then again I bet burglars don't bother you after that if you had stayed.

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Yeah, I'm sure the other guy put up a notice on the local burglar bulletin board.

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Yup.
It had to have been on the news though or in the paper.

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In Dallas? It barely made the papers, and no TV crews showed up. I was never mentioned by name, nor was the body.

We sold the house (because we couldn't afford it) that August for about 20K less than it would have been worth otherwise. Luckily, we still made enough to pay off most of our debt.

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Sorry about those nasty emotional scars and psychological torture, but you're now officially my hero.

Have a Dickel.[p]

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Hell of a thing, fubar. I won't tell you not to feel guilty - you are guilty. Guilty of doing the correct thing to protect your family, to whom you owe vastly more than any stranger, especially one invading your home with malicious intent.

I hope you can sleep very well.

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after reading that i lolled at the ad at the bottom of your blog...

'singlemumsanddads.com'

huge props to you fubar. that was a harrowing read and i'm glad you shared with us what you went through.

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He asked for my weapon and I unloaded it and handed it to him. That seemed to upset him a little. He informed me that it was too much for home security.

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I was raised by a cop and hunted religiously. I grew up with and around guns. I have firsthand experience with what different calibre rounds do to thin-skinned animals (and humans are just that).

I had been leery of using that particular gun for home defense just because I thought that if I had to use it, I might wind up killing my next door neighbor as well. Maybe a 9mm or .40 cal would have been better.

Considering what the guy had in his system, a smaller round like those would likely have gotten me shot. Hell, considering how much damage a .44 round did, it only knocked him out for a few seconds before he was able to gather his senses and use his arms to move around the kitchen.

I honestly don't think the cop had ever fired a weapon before he joined the force, and had probably never drawn his weapon in the line of duty.

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quote:

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after reading that i lolled at the ad at the bottom of your blog...

'singlemumsanddads.com'

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quote:

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He informed me that it was too much for home security.

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It was what it was.

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We're missing a moron as far as I can tell.

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No, no. I'm still here.

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Don't fret, you're were the faster moron.

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...now did you ever see, did you ever see what a 44 magnum pistol can do to a womans face?..i mean it'll fucking destroy it....just blow it right apart...that's what i'm gonna do to her face...now, did you ever see what it can do to a womans pussy? now, THAT you should see!

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