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Related: About this forumSuccessful Home Defense Using An 'Eeeeevul' Black Rifle (& a handgun too).
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20140522/LOCAL07/305229920/1002/LOCALHeld at gunpoint, home invasion suspect hides in bathroom
Chris Meyers | The Journal Gazette
FORT WAYNE – A Fort Wayne man accused of invading a home with four other men was arrested after the others left him trapped in a bathroom and the residents held him until police arrived.
Nathan L. Simmerson, 20, of the 300 block of West Williams Street, was formally charged Wednesday with burglary for what police said was his role in the home invasion in northeast Fort Wayne.
Simmerson and four others, at least two of whom were armed, went to a home Saturday evening in the 4500 block of Hartford Drive, near Stellhorn and Lahmeyer roads, where they donned masks and forced their way into the home when a resident answered the door, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Once in the house, Simmerson went upstairs and encountered a resident armed with a handgun, prompting Simmerson, armed with a crowbar, to barricade himself in a nearby bathroom, the report said.
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One of the victims yelled to the resident still upstairs to get an assault rifle, at which point all four of the would-be robbers ran out the front door, according to the affidavit.
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They said Simmerson ran farther into the house as he tried to escape, but all four residents tackled and held him until police officers arrived.
Just a bit more at the link. I did my best to cut the article down per DU rules, yet still provide the essential points for discussion.
I fully expect that some here will question the character of the burglary near-victims, but it is important to note that the full article does not even imply that criminal activity was part of this household. Whatever the character of the residents, I think that we all should be able to agree that this particular situation resolved itself without harm, thanks to armed self defense by the people who actually had a right to be in this home.
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bowens43
(16,064 posts)there is never a valid reason for a private citizen to have a firearm...
IronGate
(2,186 posts)as does court decision after court decision.
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)
... private citizens who are victims of violent crime should just roll over and take one for the team. It's for
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,482 posts)
In my best Bill Cosby (aka Noah), riiiiight! 
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)But you're okay with the police murdering and brutalizing people.
blueridge3210
(1,401 posts)The article the OP links to doesn't mention that the homeowner is a Nazi or a member of the KKK. Hmmm...
SkatmanRoth
(843 posts)Could it be the robbers were duped by the residents and fled from the mere thought of being mowed down by the most deadly weapon ever devised?
Nathan looked to be in good condition after his arrest. If four of my buddies had held him waiting for police, Nathan would probably had a couple of 'accidents' trying to escape.
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)It's absurd statements like that, that prevent the anti-gun crowd from ever being considered credible.
Here's a partial list of far more deadly weapons developed by man: nuclear weapons, biological weapons, chemical weapons, thermobaric bombs (aka fuel-air explosives), napalm, white phosphorus, guided bombs with sub munitions, etc.
Just about every mass shooting in history could have been done with your standard 5 shot, pump action shotgun or a six shot revolver with speed loaders, both firearms whose basic design pre-dates 1900.
SkatmanRoth
(843 posts)On edit I see you are already banned there, no wonder you don't read the posts.
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)with what is really happening it borders on delusional.
