Posted on 12/24/2007 4:28:49 PM PST by Horatio Gates
A Kent man who shot and killed a suspected intruder inside his home Saturday was armed with his own handgun when he walked in the door and found the stranger inside his home, police said. A man and woman came home to their condo on Kent's East Hill at 6 p.m. Saturday to find another man inside. The 28-year-old homeowner used his own gun to shoot the suspected intruder, said Kent police spokesman Paul Petersen. It's unknown why the homeowner had a handgun, Petersen said. Police aren't releasing the homeowners' names. The dead man, believed in his mid-20s, has not been identified. Neighbors reported four to five gunshots, but there were no witnesses other than the homeowners, Petersen said. After the man was shot, he ran through a broken sliding-glass door and died in the backyard. He was carrying a bag that contained some stolen property from the couple's home, Petersen said.
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Because Washington state has a decent concealed carry law, despite the best efforts of those ninnies at the Seattle Times?
ROFLMAO
Washington state is very liberal, but the citizens have a very broad authority to use deadly force:
RCW 9A.16.050
Homicide By other person When justifiable.
Homicide is also justifiable when committed either:
(1) In the lawful defense of the slayer, or his or her husband, wife, parent, child, brother, or sister, or of any other person in his presence or company, when there is reasonable ground to apprehend a design on the part of the person slain to commit a felony or to do some great personal injury to the slayer or to any such person, and there is imminent danger of such design being accomplished; or
(2) In the actual resistance of an attempt to commit a felony upon the slayer, in his presence, or upon or in a dwelling, or other place of abode, in which he is.
It's Christmas Eve and all, but I'm still pi$$ed!!
Merry Christmas! :)
Yes, outrageous.
Merry Christmas to you too.
Knives are something we need to be looking at too.
I think a 3rd grader wrote this article..
The same guy that writes this:
"he ran through a broken sliding-glass door"
I mean WTF does this have to do with anything?
Yeah, that’s the ticket.....
Maybe the dog can fetch the burglar some slippers while he waits, too.
Merry Christmas to you!
Also, things that are blunt are banned, and things that are heavy are banned, and things that are blunt AND heavy are RIGHT OUT AS WELL!!!
Well, lets see... that about cover it then???
He probably couldn’t figure out it was the suspect that broke the glass to begin with to gain entry, and just ran back out the way he entered before dropping dead.
Someone is auditioning for the currently open position of publisher at the Star Tribune.....
No one should be allowed to touch anything more dangerous than a pillow. And I’m not even sure about that because a pillow can be used to smother someone. I suggest all people henceforth be required to sit quietly with their feet on the floor and their hands folded neatly in their laps. ;)
Pity about the door.
This statement came from the Kent police spokesman??? It's astonishing that Washington is a shall issue state. At least for now.
That was a short and sweet article,,
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