[conservative in nyc]

Mr. Burglar - meet the Second Amendment, properly applied. In New York, the police would have probably arrested the homeowner for illegal possession of a weapon.

[conservative in nyc]

Ping!

[NewCenturions]

I'd like to have that man as my neighbor!

[chartnah]

Mr Shotgun, LOL. The serious sibling of Ms Purse Pistol.

[vladimir998]

Why would the idiot thieve come back to the house I wonder?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I would have shot the bastards.

[festus]

but warning others not to follow in his footsteps

Thats right because if more citizens rounded up perps on site we wouldn't need so many cops.

Its a union thing.

[Dov in Houston]

Richard Noren, Good shooting ! Very well done !

[Hot Tabasco]

The guy has more tolerance than I. I would've sicked the dogs on the guy then shot him...........

Maybe it was a carpet cleaning thing........

[zeugma]

Noren's crime fighting has Anchorage police applauding his self-reliance but warning others not to follow in his footsteps.

Why the hell not?

Perhaps they mean he should have just shot the scumbag when he crossed the doorway. 

[gcruse]

"Another man, who was in the car with Randall and who may have been Randall's lookout, was found nearby and questioned by police."

Whatever happened to the notion that lookouts were as guilty of the crime as the perpetrator himself?

[Revolting cat!]

Is Mr Shotgun his real name?

[Last Laugh]

He was right not to trust the "Police". The police can not take action until you are dead, or injured. (I'll never understand that PC nonsense).

The person who decides to break into my home will get some of the same action.

[sgtbono2002]

Its always amazing how these burglars who rob people's homes always have a prior record for doing the same thing.

It seems they are arrested: pay for a smart lawyer with funds from prior thefts and are back out before police get the paperwork done. Judges give them light sentences as lawyers who are friends with the judges make deals. Then they go out and rob people's homes again..

Few small communities dont know who the thieves in their communities are, who the drug dealers are, but slick lawyers and co-operative judges combine to keep these people on the street until they end up harming someone.
Then its too late.

Sometimes these people meet with bad fortune when caught by a homeowner who is tired of the rip-offs and takes the law into his own hands. Hopefully the homeowner isnt the one who ends up prosecuted.

One thing is a fact if you expect the law to protect you from burglars ,you are betting on the wrong horse..
99 times out of a hundred should you call the law it wil take them upwards of half an hour to get there.Most times the act is done before you notice it. The only protection a homeowner has is the homeowner themselves and their arms. Police simply are too few to patrol everywhere .

[Bahbah]

There are two Americas. This is the one I like. It works.

[cripplecreek]

He's lucky I didn't snap his neck like a damned twig.

[manic4organic]

A better ending would have been with the perp's brains splattered on the front porch, but I guess cleanup is a biatch. God bless the armed individual.

[proud_yank]

Police arrested Tracy Randall, a 32-year-old on probation with a long rap sheet, on burglary charges.

Shocking.

Thackney, do you know the homeowner? Man, I LOVE Alaska!

[GregoTX]

Mr. Shotgun gained respect I see.

[proudpapa]

Hmmm. I wonder, with the assistance of Mr. Shotgun, if he was able to negotiate a safe return of his valuables before calling the police???

[PAR35]

In New York, the police would have probably arrested the homeowner for illegal possession of a weapon.

And in Texas, the criminal probably wouldn't have been given the opportunity to continue to build his rap sheet.