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TX:Armed Homeowner Defends Family Against Ax Man
Gun Watch ^ | 19 August, 2013 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 08/18/2013 11:18:26 AM PDT by marktwain



An ax is a fearsome and effective contact weapon.  It is not surprising that the authorities have not arrested the homeowner.   They likely believe that this shooting will be found to be justified.  From The Courier, this brief excerpt:

Major crimes detectives and crime scene investigators learned that a disturbance involving the victim occurred at a nearby residence. He then drove his vehicle through the yard of another home making threats to the family. The man parked his vehicle in the street and retrieved an ax to confront the homeowner.

The homeowner armed himself with a gun and shot the victim, who was advancing into the yard.
 I would not call the ax weilder the victim.  He was the perpetrator.  The real victim is the homeowner, who will have to live with this justified shooting and the  notoriety that comes with it.   His solace will be that he did what he had to do to protect his family, including his small children who were with him at the time.

No one has found any evidence that the ax man and the victim knew each other or had a connection.

Dean Weingarten

Link to Gun Watch


TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: ax; banglist; family; guncontrol; secondamendment; tx
At least a full sized ax is harder to conceal than a pocket knife.
1 posted on 08/18/2013 11:18:26 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Read the headline to fast and thought it said “Taxman”, in my head I was saying right on!


2 posted on 08/18/2013 11:21:00 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: marktwain

Never bring an ax to a gunfight.


3 posted on 08/18/2013 11:24:45 AM PDT by humblegunner
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To: marktwain

Mans gotta do what a mans gotta do.


4 posted on 08/18/2013 11:25:14 AM PDT by heshtesh (I believe in Sarah Palin, the rest not so much.)
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To: marktwain

I just hope that the homeowner was not a white Hispanic and the ax man did not look like Obama’s son.


5 posted on 08/18/2013 12:16:01 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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I would not call the ax weilder the victim. He was the perpetrator. The real victim is the homeowner...

Amen, marktwain. Transposing victims and criminals is an old, old communist trick.

6 posted on 08/18/2013 12:40:47 PM PDT by Standing Wolf (No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
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To: marktwain

This is why you need the 2 best friend with you at all times. Those 2 friends are SMITH & WESSON. Now why would anyone have any conscience pangs by offing this piece of garbage? Just think of it this way, he did the world a big favor by taking him out. If every honest citizen in this country make it a point to take out one of these animals every day, this country would be a better place to live in.


7 posted on 08/18/2013 12:51:50 PM PDT by gingerbread
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This is why you need the 2 best friend with you at all times. Those 2 friends are SMITH & WESSON. Now why would anyone have any conscience pangs by offing this piece of garbage? Just think of it this way, he did the world a big favor by taking him out. If every honest citizen in this country make it a point to take out one of these animals every day, this country would be a better place to live in.


8 posted on 08/18/2013 12:52:24 PM PDT by gingerbread
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To: humblegunner

“Never bring an ax to a gunfight.”

That’s axiomatic.


9 posted on 08/18/2013 2:18:00 PM PDT by Redcitizen (.)
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But officer, it was a axident!

10 posted on 08/18/2013 3:21:22 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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11 posted on 08/18/2013 8:37:19 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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Okay son, I’ll let you off with a warning but don’t be too axestatic.


12 posted on 08/20/2013 8:58:01 PM PDT by Redcitizen (.)
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