TN:16-Year-old Girl has Gun Snatched after She Stops Burglary

Gun Watch ^ | 2 August, 2013 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

It is a common mistake to get too close to someone who is held at gun point. Action beats reaction, so the first to decide to act has the advantage.

[NonValueAdded]

The young lady needs to study Tuco’s Law.

[KarlInOhio]

It's a sad commentary that when I first saw the headline "TN:16-Year-old Girl has Gun Snatched after She Stops Burglary", I thought that the gun had been snatched by the police as part of the investigation/post burglary retribution and that her parents better buy her a new one.

I didn't even consider the idea of the burglar snatching it.

[marktwain]

I have used Tuco’s example numerous times in my classes. Movie examples work well, because most people have seen them.

[marktwain]

“I didn’t even consider the idea of the burglar snatching it.”

It is very rare. I read of it happening every few years. I read of victims snatching guns from criminals and using it on them several times a year.

[BitWielder1]

She also needs to understand gun laws.
Shoot an invader in your home - good.
Run after an invader and (attempt to) shoot or threaten him - not good.
It's much harder to claim self defense in the second case.
Not impossible but it's a much steeper uphill battle and outcome far from certain.
Especially if you're 16 and not supposed to have unsupervised access to guns at all.

[EEGator]

I always wondered what happened to Arsenio Hall.

[marktwain]

“Especially if you’re 16 and not supposed to have unsupervised access to guns at all.”

I do not believe that is the case in Tennessee.

However, there is a federal law that requires that you have written parental approval to have a pistol in your possession if you are under the age of 18.

I bet Eric Holder will not prosecute the parent(s) of this girl for violation of that law.

[IYAS9YAS]

I didn't even consider the idea of the burglar snatching it.

Same here.

[rarestia]

I bet Eric Holder will not prosecute the parent(s) of this girl for violation of that law.

Because she's black?

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Davasha Chambers, 16, grabbed her mother's pistol and pointed it at him as he was halfway through the window...

Feets don' fail me now!

[Sioux-san]

Not to be nitpicky, but how is this guy a burglar when people are in the house and threatened? Once this idiot knew people were in the house and proceeded to enter, doesn’t that make him a “robber?”

[SampleMan]

Presuming she didn’t go outside with the gun holstered, she had it taken away because she was unwilling to pull the trigger. Joe Biden tactics don’t work.

[IYAS9YAS]

Not to be nitpicky, but how is this guy a burglar when people are in the house and threatened? Once this idiot knew people were in the house and proceeded to enter, doesn’t that make him a “robber?”

Yes, Robber would be correct.

[marktwain]

“Not to be nitpicky, but how is this guy a burglar when people are in the house and threatened? Once this idiot knew people were in the house and proceeded to enter, doesn’t that make him a “robber?”

You are correct.

[Secret Agent Man]

citizens have the law on their side in defense of home or self...

tell that to george zimmerman.

[marktwain]

“citizens have the law on their side in defense of home or self...

tell that to george zimmerman.”

It is true that you always have to worry about political prosecutions (persecutions). It is also true that he was acquitted.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

21 feet!

[SWAMPSNIPER]

There was once a time when offering American citizens as sacrifices to the mob was unthinkable.

On another forum a businessman from Sanford Florida tried to convince me that arresting George Zimmerman, no matter how it was done, was a noble act because they didn't want a "mini L.A". This guy obviously sees himself as a good citizen, a pillar of the community, but he is really a gutless mewling coward and I wouldn't trust him further than I can spit.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

He was saved by a crapshoot, and the grace of God's hand on the dice. Please don't get all confident because of the acquittal.

George still has a price on his head, and the mob still wants to burn Sanford to the ground.

I suspect that some Sanford city commissioners would shoot George Zimmerman if the mob threatened to break their windows.