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Related: About this forum93-year-old man shoots home intruder, fends off others near Los Angeles
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93-year-old man shoots home intruder, fends off others near Los Angeles
A 93-year-old suburban Los Angeles homeowner, who a relative said was frustrated over being the victim of numerous home break-ins, shot and critically wounded a burglar and scared off the would-be thief's accomplices, according to authorities.
The retired plumber, identified as Joe Howard Teague by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, turned the tables on the group of home invaders early Wednesday when he grabbed his gun and confronted them inside his house in Moreno Valley, the sheriff's office said.
He said the suspects, who entered his home after kicking open his door, began throwing things at him as he tried to hold them at gunpoint.
Teague called 911 at about 12:30 p.m. and reported a burglary in progress at his home, the sheriff's office said in a statement. As deputies responded, Teague told a dispatcher he was holding several suspects, according to the sheriff's department.
93-year-old man shoots home intruder, fends off others near Los Angeles
A 93-year-old suburban Los Angeles homeowner, who a relative said was frustrated over being the victim of numerous home break-ins, shot and critically wounded a burglar and scared off the would-be thief's accomplices, according to authorities.
The retired plumber, identified as Joe Howard Teague by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, turned the tables on the group of home invaders early Wednesday when he grabbed his gun and confronted them inside his house in Moreno Valley, the sheriff's office said.
He said the suspects, who entered his home after kicking open his door, began throwing things at him as he tried to hold them at gunpoint.
Teague called 911 at about 12:30 p.m. and reported a burglary in progress at his home, the sheriff's office said in a statement. As deputies responded, Teague told a dispatcher he was holding several suspects, according to the sheriff's department.
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93-year-old man shoots home intruder, fends off others near Los Angeles (Original Post)
PTWB
Jul 2022
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LoisB
(8,776 posts)1. Good for him.
CivicGrief
(171 posts)2. Well, that settles it.
Guns for everyone. Where should we start handing them out?
PTWB
(4,131 posts)3. They're available for purchase at an FFL dealer near you.
AndyS
(14,559 posts)4. YEA! You found one. Almost as rare as rainbow farting unicorns!
Meanwhild YTD 790 people were shot "unintentionally" which I suppose means by accident.
572 children under the age of 11 were shot.
42,720 were killed or injured by guns.
Weigh all that against the 595 unicorns, er I mean defensive gun usages.
Then there's this from the NIH:
Individuals in possession of a gun were 4.46 times more likely to be shot in an assault than those not in possession. Among gun assaults where the victim had at least some chance to resist, this adjusted odds ratio increased to 5.45.
Like I said, a rainbow farting unicorn.