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No Shots Fired: Home Intruders Decide Not to Stick Around After Seeing Their ‘Victim’ Holding an AR-15
Two home intruders, one holding a handgun, broke into a New York apartment on Tuesday and waited at the bottom of the stairs for a potential “victim” to come down. While their intentions are unknown, it is clear they were criminals up to no good.
After hearing some noise coming from the basement, Christopher Boise, a student at Rochester Institute of Technology, went to check it out.
“They were waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs,” Boise told WHAM-TV. When they saw him, the man with the gun pointed the barrel towards him.
Relying on pure instinct, Boise let out a blood-curdling scream in order to alert his roommate, Raymond, who is also a RIT student.
“It wasn’t like a, ‘I stepped by stepped on a piece of glass’ kind of scream,” Raymond said. “So, I instinctively went to my gun bag.”
In that bag was a AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, one of the very guns at the center of the current gun control debate.
AR-15 rifle. (shutterstock.com)
About five seconds after he retrieved his gun, one of the intruders began opening the door to the room where he was waiting. But he was ready.
“By the time I had it out and ready, one of the men came at my door, slowly opened it, saw that there was a barrel on the other side and from there backed out,” Raymond recalled.
After seeing the barrel of an AR-15 staring them in the face, the two men fled from the apartment. No shots were fired and no one was injured. In fact, the rifle wasn’t even loaded at the time of the incident, Raymond said.
It’s not the kind of story that always makes national headlines as bullets never went flying, but it certainly shows why so many Americans are adamant about protecting the Second Amendment as it is written in the U.S. Constitution. It also shows that, in some cases, a gun doesn’t even have to be used in order for it to protect its owner and others.
Watch WHAM-TV’s report below:
“I’m happy he saved my life. I was very thankful he had his (gun),” Boise said of his roommate.
Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard said Raymond’s gun was legal and effectively protected his property.
“We’re thankful that no one was injured,” he said.
Police reportedly found BB rounds near a broken glass window. It’s unclear if the handgun used in the home invasion was a BB gun.
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Uechi
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 8:09pmProbably the one and only place you will see this. The Marxist media is not interested in the 2nd Amendment only in control.
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piper60
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 8:19pmn.s.s.
AOMM
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 9:38pm”A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don’t have one, you’ll probably never need one again.”
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banjarmon
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:12pmDoes anyone know when it became illegal to Open carry?
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kenboo1
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:16pmAnother very good reason to protect the second amendment is: http://www.policemisconduct.net/ just read about the people who the politicians place on a pedestal… Its my responsibility to protect myself and be right… Its the donut munchers to write the report… Sorry, there are too many police who are crooked that ruin the rest…
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michaelmoron
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:38pm108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 648
To protect the right to obtain firearms for security, and to use firearms in defense of self, family, or home, and to provide for the enforcement of such right.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 5, 2003
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Police cannot protect, and are not legally liable for failing to protect, individual citizens, as evidenced by the following:
(A) The courts have consistently ruled that the police do not have an obligation to protect individuals, only the public in general. For example, in Warren v. District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department, 444 A.2d 1 (D.C. App. 1981), the court stated: `[C]ourts have without exception concluded that when a municipality or other governmental entity undertakes to furnish police services, it assumes a duty only to the public at large and not to individual members of the community.’.
(B) Former Florida Attorney General Jim Smith told Florida legislators that police responded to only 200,000 of 700,000 calls for help to Dade County authorities.
(C) The United States Department of Justice found that, in 1989, there were 168,881 crimes of violence for which police had not responded within 1 hour.
(2) Citizens frequently must use firearms to defend themselves, as evidenced by the following:
Con’t
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michaelmoron
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:41pm(A) Every year, more than 2,400,000 people in the United States use a gun to DEFEND themselves against criminals–or more than 6,500 people a day. This means that, each year, firearms are used 60 times more often to protect the lives of honest citizens than to take lives.
(B) Of the 2,400,000 self-defense cases, more than 192,000 are by WOMEN defending themselves against sexual abuse.
(C) Of the 2,400,000 times citizens use their guns to defend themselves every year, 92 percent MERELY BRANDISH their gun OR FIRE A WARNING SHOT to scare off their attackers. Less than 8 percent of the time, does a citizen kill or wound his or her attacker.
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RANGER1965
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:55am@Send the Meteors
UCLA professor emeritus James Q. Wilson, a respected expert on crime, police practices and guns, says, “We know from Census Bureau surveys that something beyond a hundred thousand uses of guns for self-defense occur every year. We know from smaller surveys of a commercial nature that the number may be as high as 2-and-a-half or 3 million. We don’t know what the right number is, but whatever the right number is, it’s not a trivial number.”
The Department of Justice’s own National Institute of Justice study titled “Guns in America: National Survey on Private Ownership and Use of Firearms,” estimated that 1.5 million Americans use guns for defensive purposes every year.
Former assistant district attorney and firearms expert David Kopel writes, “… [W]hen a robbery victim does not defend himself, the robber succeeds 88 percent of the time, and the victim is injured 25 percent of the time. When a victim resists with a gun, the robbery success rate falls to 30 percent, and the victim injury rate falls to 17 percent.
You don’t need to apologize, I wouldn’t believe its sincerity anyway. You’re just trying to score points, not have a meaningful discussion. But for what it’s worth think on this. The people you need to use a gun on, don’t respond to reason, or words. Ever. They’re broken inside, and only respect force. It’s sad, but it’s true….and when seconds count, the police are minutes away.
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IndyGuy
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:24amHey TheBlaze….You need to send this story to that idiot Piers Morgan…He keeps spouting off that an AR-15 never saved anybody in their home…
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redfish52
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 6:40amWait….did I miss something…the gun wasn’t loaded? So now these two criminals are free to try this again….possibly a woman with children while the father is out of town, an elderly couple or a young girl home alone…..the only good news from this story is the two guy’s are all right…unfortunately where these guy’s live they would have probably been charged with murder had the AR been loaded and used to rid the world of the vermin that entered theirs.
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000degrees
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 7:50amPeace through superior firepower……
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poorrichard09
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 8:14amOne of the perps had a handgun-doesn’t he know those are BANNED in NYC? sarc
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Trigus
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 8:26amThe question everyone forgets to ask: Police use to use the 6 – shot revolver (Duty Weapon.) why did they switch over to semi-automatics?
Anyone give thought to why these intruders where waiting? Think they might have known a firearm was on the premises? Do you think that was a legal handgun they had to?
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TROONORTH
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 8:52amTHE REST OF THE STORY
The Police chief in Rochester, who has publicly come out in support of an ‘assault rifle’ ban, did not release this story to the press for several days, until local talk show host, Bob Lonsberry broke it. Instead, the chief released a story from the same night where another apartment was successfully burglarized and no AR 15 came to the rescue.
Story here ; http://www.lonsberry.com/writings.cfm?go=4
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Jarhead 88
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 8:59amMeteor says, “I think you just made those numbers up and that you are a big fat liar.” Your problem is you don’t THINK, all you do is parrot other commies to get a rise out of people for your own pathetic enjoyment. I hope you are not as stupid as you act, if so, you are going to have a horrible couple of years, if you even make it that long.
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Cavallo
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:14am@Meteors, Here are two sites I have found, both estimate between 800,000 and 2.5 Million.
Both speak about academic studies, 13 of them.
http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcdguse.html
http://suite101.com/article/selfdefense-involving-a-firearm-a140512
“… the study’s authors calculated that guns were used in self-defense between 800,000 and 2.5 million times a year. The range is rather large, but even the lower bound could mean that more crimes are thwarted with guns than are committed with them.”
Self defense against criminals is only part of the reason for the second amendment, the other is to defend against a autocratic oppressive government, and it’s twisted tyrannical fascist lackeys.
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turkey13
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:20amThis is BS, everyone knows that the gun wasn’t legal.This student should be arrested unless he is a policeman or a body guard.Only police, body guards or chriminals in NY can have a gun so the police didn’t tell the truth. Eric Holder should have this investigated.
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TEIN
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:02amSo, what this article and peoples comments are equating that many lives are saved because of “assault style” semi-automatic guns?? Then would not that be “mission accomplished” by Pres. O statement that he will do what needs to be done for control to save just one life??? Did not the the current laws just saved 2 lives??? How many more lives could be saved with less gun control regulations and laws???
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frust@ted
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:20amI’m going to hold off on using this story as an example of why AR15′s are needed.
No shots fired no one arrested. This story could easily be a hoax, done by 2 students to get media attention. We have had more than enough instances of that in the last 5 years. I’m not saying that it is a hoax, just that i for one don’t want to look like a fool in 2 months, if it turns out it was. I can defend the reasons for the second ammendment without using stories like this one.
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searcher619
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:09pmmichaelmoron:
People are under the dangerous misconception that the police are there to protect you when a crime is committed. Fact is they are not. They rarely arrive at the scene of a crime as it is being committed. More often than not they arrive on the scene late and deal with the aftermath.They gather evidence for use in court if the perpetrators are ever apprehended. It’s up to each and every one of us to protect each other.
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YOURSENSEI
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:09pmThis is what you must know:
I’m sure they would have turned and run if they saw him holding a hammer.
It is so.
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AvengerK
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:15pmOh look..JZS/SENDTHEMETEORS chimes in again with his usual late-night timeframe and his all-too-familiar strawman/falsehood post.
You’re the one to demand sources JZS/SENDTHEMETEORS..during the debacle over Obamacare’s contraception/sterilant/abortion provisions on churches you cited the media matters issued “studies” by the Guttmacher Institute and the PRRI (Public Religion Research Institute). The Guttmacher Institute is Planned Parenthood’s research arm.
The PRRI is chaired by David Sapperstein. Obama appointed Sapperstein to his “Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships” Sapperstein also sits on the board of “People For The American Way” funded by…wait for it…George Soros’ “Tides Foundation”.
During the Solyndra fiasco I asked you to show me where Bush approved the loan guarantees to Solyndra, you offered me an interview with David Plouffe -Obama’s propaganda minister- instead. No loan guarantee..just an interview with Plouffe saying Bush started the programme. That’s because Obama and Stephen Chu actually approved the loan to Solyndra (heck they fastracked and subordinated the loans against analysts’ advice it too) in 2009. Cretin.
You’re an idiot JZS/SENDTHEMETEORS. You’re not very smart, you’re certainly not clever. You’re a dribbling lefty sock-puppet who spouts media matters drivel as they hand it to you.
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AvengerK
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:18pmThe way you turn and run WANGO/HORSEDANCER/PANTLOADIAN/YOURSENSEI/ENCINOM/MONICNE/SLEAZY HIPPO/KREGNEVA? Is not so?
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DontTreadOnMe45
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:57pmTo SendTheMeteors,
If you look at the top of MichaelMorons Post you will see he got the numbers from
108th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 648
and a quick internet search in the search engine of your choice will validate the information as much as the internet can.
Why don’t you try reading/researching somebodies post instead of responding like a Troll and resorting too childish name calling.
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stablepar
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:41pmsomeone is absolutely going to see it on Facebook
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smv803
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:03pmI would never shoot to kill unless provoked but, anyone breaking into my home or taking what’s mine, will be missing their knee caps and or fingers, feet…….any Body parts that will remind them, ” never take what isn’t yours!”
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desertspeaks
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:06pmNotice how quickly SENDTHEMETEORS attempts to call names and has yet to apologize!!
Can you say SOROS SHILL!!!
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pkoning
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:16pmIn response to “where do those numbers come from”?
Essentially all studies of the subject, a dozen or so, come up with numbers like that. The best one I know is by Dr. Gary Kleck, and my guess is that those are what Michael was quoting. You can find a copy of his research report here: http://www.pulpless.com/gunclock/kleck1.html (unfortunately the graphs are missing for some reason, but the content and conclusions are crystal clear even without it).
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Yeah_Buddy
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 3:56pmUnloaded AR? Good time to have a bayonet attached I guess.
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somecallmeMC
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 5:05pm@banjarmon depending on where you live open carry is legal. Check out opencarry.org
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AVATARBABY
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 5:25pmMr. Yoursensei or Ms. Bearded Circus Lady:
This I must know:
Would that be a claw hammer, ballpeen hammer, sledge hammer, M.C. Hammer? Please elaborate, as you’re no doubt an expert on hammers, too.
It is so confusing.
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DefyTYRANNY
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 6:34pmLegality of open carry depends upon the State and sometimes City you live in. In Georgia, open carry is perfectly legal. I have a permit to carry concealed. For those of you who live in bastions of Communism, we welcome all right minded individuals regardless of race to join us. Vote with your feet. For the Communists, well, we encourage you to move to bastions of Communism. You will have plenty of others like you so you can hear each other talk, and we won’t have to look at you. See, segregation isn’t always a bad thing! Segregation by stupidity, not race, that is.
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legitimatejournalism
Posted on January 28, 2013 at 2:05amit would be nice if Jason Howerton would credit Evan White for the actual story instead of implying he was the creator of this news. http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/Homeowners-Scare-Off-Burglars/7yaLSXAvCUGBkwgAZpGO4g.cspx
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DEFCON4
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:55pmAccessorize, a rifle laser makes a good non-lethal deterrent .
*Only use the laser, if the weapon is loaded.
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Fubared
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 8:09pmScrew that. Nothing like the carnage and non-litigious attitude after a 12g is utilized like it was intended to be. But I hear you. Situation dictates.
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DEFCON4
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 8:43pm@Fubared, http://youtu.be/rgIeru8ZD94
Your version is a lot more “piece-full”….lol…lol..
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mygunsweetness
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 9:40pmHave you lost your freaking mind, just use the laser.If you have a robber opening your bedroom door yes you can put the laser on them,squeeze the trigger,these two criminals are loose on the streets and now the cops are on their ****,so they are laying low or they are robbing someone else to get out of town.There is two criminals running around with illegal guns,that aren’t afraid to put them in your face and probably use them if you are defenseless.The young man needs to have a loaded mag.close to his rifle if he his going to use it for home defense.Where he can lock & load fast and be ready.
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SgtB
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:23pmBetter yet, just leave the gun in condition 3 all the time like I do and you don’t even have to worry about a magazine getting lost. The only time my guns are unloaded is when I am cleaning them. They are in my home for one reason only. To protect myself and my family. If I cannot use them in under a second, they are worthless. Therefore, the only time my guns are out of reach is when my 3 year old nephew is running around, and even then, they are just one bedroom door lock away.
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IndyGuy
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:56am@mygunsweetness…They may be laying low,but I guarantee they need to change their drawers…
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posluti
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 9:27amI whole hearedly agree. Keep that puppy locked and loaded.
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YOURSENSEI
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:43pmMr or Ms FUBARED,
This is what you must know;
My gracious, but you do seem to know a lot about guns. Thanks to you, I now know that the .45 ACP is the most lethal round ever manufactured. Thanks for that bit of insight. And, I know that 9mm is incapable of inflicting death. Thanks again. I’m grateful that the gun experts here on The Blaze are just that, experts, and that you guys would never leave a loaded pistol behind in a school bathroom. Or shoot off you own weenus. Or kill your own son outside of a gun store. But what I’m really interested in is your experience in deadly encounters. How many times have you experienced hostile fire? How many times have you defended yourself or others against hostile fire? How many aggressors have you engaged? Killed? (Here’s a hint: It starts with a Z and ends with an O.) But hey, someone has to stay behind and watch the car.
It is so.
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rolla020980
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:11pmNonsensei…
How many time has you personally defended this country from a foreign enemy? I’m guessing that’s zero also. So by your logic, we don’t need a military then?
It isn’t about how many time you have needed it, because if you don’t have a gun then you will only ever have need for it once.
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BayuzhiZERO
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 4:31pm@YourSensei (*snorts laughing*)
What?
As the owner of a .45 ACP, I can assure you that it is far from the most powerful cartridge available. Just about anything in the range of a .50 caliber puts more kinetic force per square inch than a .45 could possibly hope to. And before you say anything a Civilian can get ahold of, may I remind you of the .50 caliber Desert Eagle? Readily available throughout most of the non-retarded United States.
Hell, I’m sure that .44 Magnums put out more kinetic energy than a .45 ACP.
Try knowing what the hell you’re blabbering about before commenting again.
Oh wait, that would imply that you would be unable to post again. Meh, works for me. One less idiot on the web.
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kiowa58
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 9:43am@Yoursensei,
You asked have we ever been involved in armed conflict. I lost count half way through my first tour. And yes All of my guns are loaded at all times, of course except when I am cleaning them. When we had a window peeper at my front window spying on my beautiful wife and new son I was out the door in less than 10 seconds with my Glock. When he saw the Crimson Trace laser light up he turned fast and he and his buddies know that our house is not a soft target. To chime in on the caliber issue. All calibers can kill if used properly. I wouldn’t want my 100 # wife to wield my .40. So she gets the .410 and I sport the 12 gauge. Have a plan set yourself up in the most advantageous position. Put the bad guy in the fatal funnel and don’t ever shoot to wound. You never know how much bath salts that guy has been snorting.
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toomuchgovt
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:47pmGood thing he didn’t shoot the intruders, in NY the law abiding citizen has a duty to leave their home if at all possible, you can not injure, harm or kill an intruder unless you have no other way out. The two roomies would be looking at charges if they harmed the thieves. What a bunch of b.s, but welcome to we treat taxpayers like crap NY.
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Charles Curtis
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:57pm“An armed man is a citizen. A disarmed man is a subject.”
Anon.
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FISH_BONE
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 8:06pm“An armed man is a citizen. A disarmed man is a corpse.”
-FISH BONE
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skunkbear
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 8:07pmToomuchgovt:
“…in NY the law abiding citizen has a duty to leave their home if at all possible, you can not injure, harm or kill an intruder unless you have no other way out.”
Any law that requires a person to run from an intruder in their own home is not a law – it is an abomination of the rights of a citizen. New york is as evil a place as 1930s Nazi Germany.
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Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 8:09pmNot true, you do not have to retreat from your home in NY. There is no “stand your ground” law but inside the home, NY is essentially a “Castle Doctrine” state. No prosecutor would bring a case against a homeowner who shot an intruder who forced their way in, especially one who displays a firearm.
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murphdog
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 9:21pmFunny how they mentioned the intruders might have had BBs. BB or not, they entered a home with the intent to do harm, put the threat down.
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stopprintn
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:50pmHey, if you live in NY, just get in yer 350sqf cubical and shut the he_ll up. And oh ya, don”t take any pain relief or drink any thing larger than a tumbler of soda. Mark my word, you will not fit through the pocket doors if you over induldge.
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Perspective
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 6:59am“An armed man is a citizen,an unarmed man is a fool.”
Perspective
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HumbleMan
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:43am@SKUNK having recently been schooled on this, NY is definitely NOT a castle-doctrine state. If you can escape your home, you are legally bound to do so. And I agree, it sucks. Soon as I can sell my house, I load up the pick-up and head for Texas.
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:42pm.
The story needed at least a Pee puddle or some Poo stained drawers for effect……….
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Zipit
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 9:51pmIt’s not about Barney Frank! Spank…….
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TH30PH1LUS
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:37pmThe gun is the great equalizer and defender of life and liberty.
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
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HappyGirl99
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 8:07pmEXACTLY!
George Washington said, “Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.”
That is precisely why the Bill of Rights give us the right and civil responsibility to own guns. It ensures Liberty and protection from tyranny.
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Al J Zira
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:37pmAny attorneys on this that knows the constitution? Someone has to be a lawyer.
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taxpro4u03
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 8:09pmLawyer: One learned in the law; Verb – One’s rights as opposed to ‘immunities and privileges’ are non-delegable (i.e. Attorney — to turn over – to stand in place of — by default WAIVES RIGHTS for ‘privileges and immunities’ as the Admiralty/maritime courts see fit – doctrine of necessity cuts BOTH ways) Rights are inalienable and SECURED (not ‘given,’ which is WHY the founders wanted the Bill of Rights ‘written in stone’ – the 9th amendment merely articulates there are OTHER inalienable rights …) by the Republic’s Constitution. How does one waive rights? By implied or explicit CONSENT — part of the contract :-) How does it or does it not ‘apply,’ and when? First we have to identify what it is from its SOURCE. Only then can we have full knowledge and understanding. {NOT a lawyer (noun) nor an attorney – just someone who understands the term due diligence}
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skippy6
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:34pmGood for him, but next time have that thing chambered and 30 rounds in the magazine…
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gyro
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:32pmcool story
need to send this one to cnn
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50211bs
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:00pmWhy? They wouldn’t air it because it wouldn’t fit their narrative.
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Walkabout
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:32pmGun should have been loaded & they should have fired.
They don’t know who the intruders were. But now the intruders know the layout of the place & some of the weaponry. They can bide their time & come back in a week or 6 months. They can attempt to steal the gun, when the people are not there or they can waylay the people away from their domicile just for the principle of it (principles according to a criminal mindset).
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spirited
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 9:05pmYep, or any other creep.
>They didn’t need a (shameful) newspaper to list name and address.
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LBJDIDIT1963
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:27pman unloaded rifle is no more good than a club and does not win the gun fight.
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jessieH
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:27pmShould have taken the slimeballs out.
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ReddirtOkie
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:24pmLooks like the Glock girl has a new rival. The AR-15 guy. The bill intoduced by Fienstien MUST be defeated. The second amendment is not about hunting or target shooting, its about defense of liberty.
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1TrueOne55
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:36pmTyranny is not limited to Gov’t Dictators. Tyranny can also come from criminals in the neighborhood.
I remember an incident in a Town in WA state that involved some Army Rangers that lived “off” base. The neighborhood was close to “Gangland” neighborhoods in the town and the Rangers were at a birthday party of a friend. At the time the military allowed these Rangers to keep their weapons in their homes. And since they had done so when gang members decided to deliver some gangland justice to the neighbor they did not realize that they had engaged a hornets nest of retaliation. The Rangers treated the incident like they would any operation and took to the high ground – upstairs rooms facing the street and returned fire. It was big news at the time. And the Rangers were thanked and reprimanded, the Unit Commander then instituted a policy of no more “Military Arms” going home with Unit Members.
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Perspective
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 7:17am@1trueone55 Here’s a link to the story in Washington you noted.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2009/09/27/895048/ash-street-shootout-the-night.html
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Dismayed Veteran
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:29amI call Tacoma my hometown (I am an Army Brat). Even in the 60′s the Hill Top area was dangerous.
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Wolf
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:24pmThe thieves can come back next week when that rifle is banned and even a BB gun will be sufficient.
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Mapache
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:23pmDon’t bring a BB gun to a gun fight. I hope all the no-goodnicks understand that a lot of people have obtained guns that did not have them before. It has just gotten a lot more dangerous to be a criminal. I suggest they go to the board of elections and find the democrats who are probably in favor of excessive gun regulations.
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guns-an-bibles
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:43pmOH, Man! This should be sent to Fienstien… You know, just to tick her off!
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Whatmeworry-never
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:23pmToo bad this will never be spread nationwide. In places I have been forced to live due to economic hard times or duty restriction due to response times I have had to deter several break-ins with my 12ga pump. The best deterrent were the little Obamanites that were trying to incite fear in my family till I opened the curtains and showed them my shotty being loaded and racked. they even asked me what’s that for, I politely answered your butts if you cross my onto my lawn. Peace was brought to my house due to the show of force. Funny how urbanite thugs melt when faced with gunmetal and B-A-L-L-S.
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BlackCrow
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:21pmAn AR makes a lousy club, keep a loaded mag with if not IN the rifle.
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Mapache
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 9:06pmThat is why mine has a bayonet lug. Quite a task finding a long enough bayonet.
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OhioRifleman
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:26pm@ MAPACHE
I may have found one on Amazon. Not entirely sure of its length, but stay tuned for further, I have it on order.
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armymp
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:20pmYes, the weapon should have been loaded. When Nanny Bloomberg passes his BS laws, and this guy had a 10 round magazine, HE would have been both the victim AND the criminal.
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WarMunger_Al
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:26pmthe weapon itself is now banned under Cuomo’s law
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Dkoonz
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:30pmTo bad the story didnt end with the door opening and one shot fired and there lay a dead thug.
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BARRYS_BEARD
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:19pmFortunately the gun wasn’t loaded. We would certainly hate to see any laws broken in the Liberal Utopian state of New York.
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civilwarcometh
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:22pmIt’s all about gun safety not gun control LOL. http://weaselzippers.us/2013/01/24/biden-taking-away-guns-isnt-gun-control-its-gun-safety/
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FISH_BONE
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:29pmDrunkle Joe is talking out of his ass again.
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FISH_BONE
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:37pmAnd by the way, Barry’s Beard, you’re looking good with that new “bangs” haircut.
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Stelex
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:19pmI’m sure this story will be plastered all over the news tonight. Bet you don’t even here a peep on Fox. We are truly on our own folks.
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:18pmThe suspects should have been easy to trace. Just follow the trail.
They probably lost bowel and bladder control, after they saw that AR-15.
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Stoic one
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:11pmIt does not matter what ‘caliber’ the intruders gun was. HE IS THE CRIMINAL – a lawbreaker. criminals have no rights; until the progressives show up.
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:11pmmolon labe, beeyatcha.
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jcldwl
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:10pmGood for this guy. I am glad the criminals decided to flee. If they had decided to shoot it out, the roommates would likely be dead and an AR would be in the hands of criminals. Always defend yourself with a loaded weapon.
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WarMunger_Al
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:16pmof Course, the gun is no longer legal. So now they police will return to confiscate the evil rifle.
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oldguy49
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:17pmamen…….i alwas have a loaded clip with my weapon ready to install if needed
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progressiveslayer
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:10pmIn the idiot Feinstein’s gun free world the two law abiding citizens would be dead,just another ‘gun law’ to save lives right you communist heathen. Californians why do you insist on inflicting your POS anti American senator on the rest of America?
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civilwarcometh
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:19pmThis has been planned for a long time…U.N. need’s to go and this government…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyfkQkchlu4
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decendentof56
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:24pmSlayer….
At rense.com you will find an article written by Henry Makow Ph.D. Jan of 2005. It tells you just about all you need to know about people like Feinstein, Boxer, Schumer, etc.
Unfortunately, they are not the only ethnic group working to destroy America from within.
The Bush’s, Clinton, Obama, and more have had their hand in allowing the UN’s NWO integrate into America.
Throw in a few hundred NGO’s and Foundation’s, and you have the perfect mix to pull off the defeat of America.
Gun’s must be removed from law-abiding American’s. This is just the next step.
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Shasta
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:24pmSlayer, Feinstein and the rest of the progressives tell us that once guns a illegal, no one will have guns, including the criminals. However, the politicians know better and it has nothing to do with safety, it has to do with power and control. Theirs, not ours.
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FISH_BONE
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:36pmTo call Frankenfeinstein an idiot is an insult to idiots everywhere. Even someone with major brain damage is capable of understanding the lunacy of removing guns and ammo from law abiding citizens. There is absolutely no way anyone with an IQ higher than that of a common barn yard swine can argue safety as a reason for a ban on any gun. The sole reason for banning a gun or any weapon for that matter is power, pure and simple.
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yougottabekidding
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:09pmMines bigger then yours!
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DougHuffman
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:26pmMy house gun is a .71 caliber that fires 8 .30 caliber balls simultaneously – 12 g. 00 shot
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 7:44pmCome on, size doesn’t matter, my PS90 is small, but it can spit out 50 5.7 X .28 mm in less than a minute, and with a laser sight, very accurate. If they get through the alarm and the dog, they will face a very upset assault weapon, because you know, they kill all by themselves. I usually just sleep through it.
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EM2T93
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:14pmlol..Good one, DARMOK.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:37pmDARMOK, That is a very nice little weapon and quite effective. Back in the mid ’90s I was escorting a newly promoted general at a Warfighter Convention and as we visited an SMG range with reps from FN/USA I got the chance to fire the P90. The general had me fire magazine after magazine as he observed. That was a blast. I probably fired close to a thousand rounds on full auto, and the weapon itself makes anybody who fires it an instant expert. Part of the targets the FN reps set out where French made versions of the Kevlar helmets. It tore them apart.
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:35pmRJJ:
I love that rifle, and my tommy gun, AR, M1, Mosin Nagant, and a few others. The PS 90 is my favorite though, and it makes a really good varmit gun, those poor rabbits don’t stand a chance, they just wonder why their buddies are blowing up. (I have a friend that needs his pastuers cleared from time to time.)
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:38pmRJJ:
By the way, I am so jealous you got to shoot a fully automatic one. What I love about that round is no recoil, but one heck of a punch.
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