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Homeowner: No time to think, only time to shoot
Knoxville News Sentinel ^ | 11/12/7 | Don Jacobs

Posted on 11/12/2007 8:09:32 PM PST by SmithL

2 interlopers arrested after one wounded in neck in South Knoxville --

Horace Garland didn't have time to think when two men claiming to be police officers tried to force their way into his South Knoxville home.

He didn't have time to consider why cops would be screaming and yelling on his front porch about midnight Sunday. He didn't have time to be scared. The 63-year-old man only had time to react with the .38-caliber Police Special he kept at his bedside.

Garland, a Vietnam veteran, said he started shooting at "anything I could hit."

"I'm glad he did," said Garland's live-in girlfriend, Kay Cupp. "I believe those guys would have killed us in bed if they could have gotten in."

One of the men, Jeremy Johnson, did get in the house. Garland, who stands 5 feet-9 inches tall and weighs 122 pounds, shot the 21-year-old Johnson through the neck.

Garland and Cupp said they moved to the Chestnut Street house less than two months ago. Garland has relatives in the community, so the couple had no trouble settling into their new neighborhood.

The couple had been in bed about an hour Sunday night, but weren't yet asleep when they heard a commotion on their porch.

"A boy just came up on the porch, hollering and yelling he was KPD," Garland said. "I told 'em I had a pistol."

(Excerpt) Read more at knoxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: armedcitizen; banglist
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To: matthew fuller
...and if he had a video camera in his hand instead of a gun, he and the woman might now be dead.

I go with the gun. It worked for him.

Oh, you were joking!

21 posted on 11/12/2007 11:17:21 PM PST by IIntense
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To: IIntense

I meant like a mounted security cam, AND the gun. A bigger gun, if he can handle it.


22 posted on 11/12/2007 11:24:32 PM PST by matthew fuller (Crop-circles, killer rabbits and UFO'S are caused by GLOBAL WARMING!)
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To: adm5
The Judge Video - got to get me one of them!
23 posted on 11/13/2007 2:43:22 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: SmithL

They were lucky they didn’t break into Lumpy’s house... LOL


24 posted on 11/13/2007 3:20:14 AM PST by cva66snipe (Proud Partisan Constitution Supporting Conservative to which I make no apologies for nor back down)
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To: Magic Fingers

25 posted on 11/13/2007 3:28:46 AM PST by ReignOfError
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To: Charles Martel
Well, that dude Shaft *was* a bad mother...

Shut your mouth!

26 posted on 11/13/2007 3:30:12 AM PST by ReignOfError
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To: bajabaja
Blood still marks the spot on the front porch where Johnson hit when he was shoved through the broken window. Then Sellers opened the front door and walked out.

Still LMAO at the vision of this...

"He was sticking the gun through the window and shot at me.

Attempted murder, wanton endangerment, criminal misuse of firearm, felony possesion etc etc etc... and dont forget 'tampering with physical evidence' for the above 'disposal' of the shot accomplice...

28 posted on 11/13/2007 5:54:50 AM PST by Gilbo_3 (A few Rams must look after the sheep 'til the Good Shepherd returns...)
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To: adm5

That’s a very nice toy to have.


29 posted on 11/13/2007 6:24:36 AM PST by wastedyears (One Marine vs. 550 consultants. Sounds like good odds to me.)
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To: SmithL
He had a potato stuck on the end of his as a silencer."

Giggle!

30 posted on 11/13/2007 6:33:08 AM PST by ctdonath2 (The color blue tastes like the square root of 0?)
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To: SmithL

as it should be!


31 posted on 11/13/2007 7:02:09 AM PST by woollyone (tazers...the 21st century version of the rusty bed frame, car battery, & clamps)
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To: Patriot Hooligan

A true Tennessee Gentleman.


32 posted on 11/13/2007 8:13:49 AM PST by Old Mountain man (Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice!)
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To: tioga
Good Shootin’ ........

Not really.......1 out of 3 at 4-5 feet..ain't very good.

33 posted on 11/13/2007 8:17:39 AM PST by Osage Orange (If you draw a gun, be prepared to fire it. And if you shoot someone, shoot to kill.)
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To: bajabaja

How about attempted murder????


34 posted on 11/13/2007 8:19:17 AM PST by Osage Orange (If you draw a gun, be prepared to fire it. And if you shoot someone, shoot to kill.)
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To: SmithL

Good. No government can take this right away from us.
Hillary will try.


35 posted on 11/13/2007 8:22:36 AM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: Osage Orange

LOL.........I wondered how long it would take for someone to catch that.


36 posted on 11/13/2007 8:23:04 AM PST by tioga (Winter is coming soon.)
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To: coloradan
He had a potato stuck on the end of his as a silencer.

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
There was a thread over on a Glock forum of people doing this.

37 posted on 11/13/2007 8:36:05 AM PST by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: DaveLoneRanger

Garland and Cupp need to pick up a used 12 gauge. Then they need to do some close range practice.


38 posted on 11/13/2007 8:39:06 AM PST by B4Ranch (( "Freedom is not free, but don't worry the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share." ))
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To: SmithL

Excellent work!


39 posted on 11/13/2007 10:14:50 AM PST by monkeycard (There is no such thing as too much ammo.)
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To: Osage Orange

No, you are right, I am not a lawyer, but even I could spot a few charges that were not filed. It may become a new game on these threads: how many legitimate charges can be filed against the burglar/assailant/almost murderer that were not filed. The homeowner/self-defender was quoted as worrying about charges being filed against himself. Not in a just world.


40 posted on 11/13/2007 12:04:16 PM PST by bajabaja
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