I don’t see it very much anymore, but often the people who use “Gun Death” use that metric to not only demonize guns, but also give the illusion of safety. “Why do you NEED a gun, we have almost no ‘Gun Death’ here!”
A 25-year-old homeowner shot a 26-year-old intruder Wednesday morning after police said he broke into the home on Mardale Avenue by smashing a window.
Bedford Heights detective Ken Hatcher said police were notified around 11 a.m. by the homeowner that moments earlier he had looked outside and seen the intruder breaking flower pots at a neighboring home.
Hatcher said the intruder then saw him and had broken a kitchen window and crawled in.
The homeowner, who had called 9-1-1, did not hang up the phone. He then confronted the intruder, who then grabbed a knife from the kitchen and threatened the homeowner.
Hatcher said the homeowner then grabbed a 45-caliber semiautomatic pistol and shot the intruder once in the chest area.
He grabbed a kitchen knife, that’s a deadly weapon. The homeowner grabbed a .45, that’s a better weapon, and then good guys win.
Of course those who pitch the metric of “Gun Death” would rather the intruder have all the advantages. They’re pro-criminal. Hell many of them ARE ACTUAL criminals, and they’re just showing professional courtesy.
Also for those of you in the caliber war, so much for the .45 ACP being the fist of an angry God. I remember hearing say to somebody “You shoot somebody in the hand and they’ll fall down!” Yet this fella took a .45 to the chest and the story doesn’t even say he was in “Critical Condition”. All handguns suck, but they’re nice to have when you need one!
Seems there was a lot of grabbing going on.
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