[VeniVidiVici]

Food for thought.

[stuartcr]

He should have put one in their legs.

[NMEwithin]

Tough call there...shoot the dude when he is begging for his life? I suppose he could have just popped him in the leg...or at least i would have.

[Kartographer]

"Why is it that those who are the first to ask for mercy are the last to give it?"
Louis L'Amour

[pnh102]

Tactically speaking, it would have been easiest to kill the perp as he was begging for his life.

[ConservaTexan]

If you don’t want me to take your life, don’t invade my home. That’s my policy, plain and simple.

[Fresh Wind]

In some states, the homeowner would have been arrested for stealing the burglar’s gun.

[MrB]

I’m sure the homeowners gave a description of the burglars to the cops.

Why wasn’t that included in the article?

[BigCinBigD]

“At that point I was going to take his life and he begged for his life, ‘’I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die, please don’t kill me, let me go,’”

Okay...BLAM! Go to Hell.

[ottbmare]

Leaving all the ethical considerations aside, these people have a really terrible security system if two guys can get into the house and point guns in their faces. Surely their security should involve motion detector lights outdoors, alarms at any potential entrance to the house, a dog, a small emergency backup dog, a locked bedroom door, and readily-accessible firearms next to the bed.

[doodad]

Not enough info in the story.

So, the homeowner let them leave AND he did not disarm them? And for his trouble he gets wounded in the shoulder. Hopefully he learned something.

[Texas resident]

Have you all noticed that there are more and more stories like this? And this government wants to disarm us at the same time. For what reason? Duh, they want chaos so enough sheeple will beg for government protection.

[Niteranger68]

If I am even in the unfortunate situation as these homeowners, you better believe I won't be saying a word to the press about it. Why immortalize statements that can come back to harm you later?

[DallasDeb]

Should have killed them when he had the chance. Wouldn’t surprise me if they come back and kill the homeowners.

[woollyone]

Prayers that the perps do not come after this couple in the future.

[ByteMercenary]

Denny Crane on guns:

http://dustinsgunblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/denny-crane-takes-on-armed-thug.html

[<1/1,000,000th%]

At least we know they were “bold.”

[bluegirl]

Afterward, the men ran off, but they turned around and shot at the house. One of the bullets grazed the homeowner's shoulder.

This is why I wouldn't convict someone who shot at a burglar when he was running away. You still may not be safe, even if they are running away.

[from occupied ga]

Food for thought.

How the heck did they get in without waking up the couple? Did they leave a door unlocked?

[TexasRepublic]

I have bars on my windows and two dogs sleeping in the bedroom. If anyone still manages to break in, they are going to die and pleading won’t help.

[SuperLuminal]

"Stupid is as stupid does!"

In this case it applies to both the invaders and the invadees....