A family was relaxing at home when their evening took a terrifying twist: a deranged man began pounding on the door and shouting obscenities. The homeowner ushered his brother, wife and children into a bedroom and locked them inside. According to police, he then loaded his double-barrel, 12-ga. shotgun and braced for the suspect's entry. The intruder smashed a sliding-glass door using a wrought iron patio chair and entered the home, but the homeowner wasn't going to let the intruder get any closer to his family. He emptied both barrels, killing the intruder. "When I heard someone tried to break in, I was just grateful he had a gun to protect his family," said a neighbor. "There's a reason the Second Amendment exists. We support gun rights and we would have done the same thing." (Roanoke Times, Roanoke, VA, 04/12/09)
Reprinted with the encouragement of the NRA
Good story. However, the second amendment was put into place so that citizens would be able to defend themselves, primarliy, against a tyrannical government. The founding fathers were wise to do this, wouldn't you agree?
Posted by: Jay Scott | July 20, 2009 at 04:46 PM