[zeestephen]

KING 5 spoke with a man who also saw the suspect Sunday morning, rummaging through boxes on his patio. The man chased him away.

[andyk]

I would venture to guess that 90%+ of these stories are only reported by local news. It’s extremely rare to ever see these come across the AP wire. Crazy gunmen, OTOH, make it right to the top of the wire stories.

[jimsin]

'People use guns defensively about 2.5 million times a year, and 98 percent of the time merely brandishing the weapon is sufficient to stop an attack.' John R. Lott Jr., Letters, American Bar Association Journal, October, 1998

http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2002/10/17/lottbrandish/

FROGGY SEZ: Missed the BRANDISHMENT ceremoney..this one, must have... bad luck, he's suffered