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Intruder calls 911, afraid homeowner may have gun
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/08/...ex.html?hpt=T2
This time it was the intruder who called 911. A man who broke into a house in Portland, Oregon, called police -- afraid the homeowner may have a gun. The suspect, Timothy James Chapek, was in the bathroom taking a shower when the homeowner returned to the house Monday night, Portland police said in a statement. Accompanied by two German shepherds, the homeowner asked Chapek what he was doing in the house. Chapek locked himself in the bathroom and made an emergency call, police said. He said he had broken into the house, the owner had come home, and that he was concerned the owner might have a gun. The homeowner also called the police to report that he had found a man in the house. Police with dogs took Chapek, 24, into custody "without incident," they said. He was booked for criminal trespass. They did not say if the homeowner did in fact have a gun. |
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03-08-2011, 12:26 PM | #46 |
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I'm thinking almost all of you must live completely alone or else there are going to be a lot of dead houseguests let in by other residents.
Or maybe a lot of you are just FOS. {placeholder for pending "Internet Tough Guy" picture} |
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03-08-2011, 12:29 PM | #47 | |
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03-08-2011, 12:38 PM | #48 |
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I'm amazed at the amount of people that would be ok with someone breaking into their home. Hell, do you even lock your doors at night....I bet 1% of the time those pesky burglars are just there to take a dump and a shower. Let's invite them to hold hands, sing kumbaya, and start them a savings account.
He was in the guys house using his shower for crying out loud....excuse me if I don't buy the whole gee, I didn't know this wasn't my house....well except my underwear drawer isn't where it's supposed to be, that's not my brand of soap, and hell this toilet doesn't feel right???? How many of you believe had the guy not gotten home and caught him that the poor misguided criminal would have just tidied up his mess and left without stealing anything??? |
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Forgive me for not clicking all the links, Im on my phone, and it would take an hour to load all your links. I don't blame anyone for perceiving an intruder as a threat though. Im sure if i had my pc i could find some stats backing up my argument that most people who are shot while in someone else's house are there with criminal intent. |
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03-08-2011, 01:13 PM | #52 | |
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You take risks in one direction (waiting to act does entail risk, after all), others will take risks in the other direction. It's not going to always be the 'right' decision either way. Also, some of the links you cited were examples of good shoots. |
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03-08-2011, 01:27 PM | #54 |
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The way I see it, if you don't want to get shot, don't break into peoples homes. It's really not all the ****ing hard of a concept.
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I can sort of see both sides to this one. On one hand people definitely have a right to protect themselves and their families. However, I have an uncle with Alzheimer's and an autistic sister, and I can very easily imagine either of them accidently/unknowingly wandering into the wrong house by mistake. The shoot-first attitude could very easily result in tragedy.
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03-08-2011, 01:45 PM | #57 |
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the guy in the article should've taken a shower at Ted Nugent's home.
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