Here's a minor case of a breaking and entering by a couple of 17-year-old goofballs.
But the reason is was minor is that the quick-to-action dad performed in exemplary fashion to protect his kids.
And he was aware of
HankT's Postulateof Civilian Self-Defense (HPCSD):
It is a bad strategy to shoot an unarmed person.
The dad DID take care of business,ending thethreat, but
without shootingany unarmed persons. The final resultwas optimal,since the everyone is safe and perpetrators are now in custody and will be dealt with by society's criminal justice system.
This is
yet another case which
fully supports
HPCSD.This conceptualization is truly a marvel for modern times!
2 teen burglars caught in Chandler home
Mike Sakal, Tribune
September 2, 2009
A 13-year-old Chandler boy who was home alone escaped from his house to have a neighbor call police after two burglars forced their way inside on Wednesday. The boy's father eventually apprehended one of the burglars at gunpoint.
Police responded to the burglary about 7:30 a.m. in the 800 block of West Elgin Street and arrested the suspects, two 17-year-old boys, according to police.
The two boys had knocked on the door of the home, but since the 13-year-old inside said he didn't know them, he did not answer the door. When they forced their way inside through the back door, the boy ran to a neighbor's house. After the neighbor called police, the father arrived and was told two burglars were inside the house.
The father went inside, got his gun and apprehended one of the boys, police said. The other boy jumped from a second-floor window of the home and later was caught by police.
The names of the two suspects were not immediately available.
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