Man gets robbed at gun point trying to buy vintage cards on ebay

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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)

I really hate to give tips out on what to do in the case of a home invasion, but.

If you are a home owner and you have a gun you can go to prison for shooting someone that broke into your home (obviously while they're in your house). I subsrcibe to the idea that if someone breaks into an occupied home then all bets are off on how people will react, especially if both parties are armed. So, with that said here's some really bad advice:

You discharge your weapon twice. When the police arrive tell them you fired a warning shot into the ceiling and the unwanted visitor made some type of move that scared/startled you and you shot the person. You damn well better know that the person is someone that shouldn't be there and not someone you know or you'll be living with that the rest of your life.

First shot - kill the assailant

Second shot - the warning shot into the ceiling

I know that sounds pretty bad but why take a chance with the lives of your family. This may sound ignorant and stupid but maybe, just maybe those idiots that feel that they have to break into peoples homes to steal (or whatever else is on their mind) will think twice or three times about doing so if their is a sharp rise in the number of people that get killed doing so.

Barry, I understand what you're saying about just letting the thieves have what they want but what if they're not satisfied and they did some unspeakable things to you or your family members. Could you live with yourself knowing that you could have prevented it? Everybody is different and will react differently to a given situation.