Via MyFOX Atlanta:
A Decatur homeowner will not be charged for shooting an intruder Wednesday morning. DeKalb County police said 40-year-old Dexter Tucker was justified in shooting a 17-year-old who broke into his home.
Tucker said he had run the scenario of an intruder in his mind many times before, but he never thought it would actually happen.
Kudos to Mr. Tucker for running the scenario in his mind –before– such an event ever happened. Have any of you ever done the same?
Tucker said he was asleep when he heard knocking at the front door. The Decatur man said he peered through the shades but didn’t answer the door.
“Then he started beating on the door,” Tucker recalled.
Tucker said he saw a young man run to the back door and that’s when he grabbed his gun.
“I couldn’t believe he was kicking in my door and it took him like four kicks to get in so by the time he got in I was ready for him,” Tucker said.
Tucker said he shot the intruder three times, striking him once in the thigh. The homeowner said he then saw another young man running away.
What would you have done? What good would it do for you to have a phone in your hand and the 911 operator on the line when an intruder is in your home with a gun pointed at your head? This is one of the many instances where the local law enforcement is equipped –not– to protect you, but only to investigate the crime after it happens … including identifying your dead body.
From the comments to this story:
Give this guy a medal. Maybe if enough of these worthless punks are destroyed they will get the idea and quit acting like animals (with apologies to the animals for comparing them to these scum).
Would like to see EVERY homeowner be licensed to have a weapon in their home.
Amen, brother. There is a Taurus PT-1911 chambered in .45ACP strapped to my right hip as I type this post.
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