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Gun Control & RKBA

X_Digger

(18,585 posts) Sat Jan 21, 2012, 09:54 PM Jan 2012

TN: Invasion suspect, homeowner identified [View all]

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/jan/13/kcso-shot-in-butt-during-break-in-suspect-dumped/?partner=popular

[div class='excerpt']KNOXVILLE — A Curtis Road homeowner shot and seriously wounded a burglar early this afternoon, according to the Knox County Sheriff's Office.

The burglar was hit twice with a 12-gauge shotgun.

Suspect Christopher Wayne Reno's wounds, which include an injury to the buttocks area, "appear to be serious," KCSO Chief Deputy Eddie Biggs said.

Despite those wounds, the burglar ran out of the house and was driven away in a car driven by a companion who then abandoned him outside the McDonald's Restaurant on Millertown Pike.

Insert your own Forrest Gump joke..

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TN: Invasion suspect, homeowner identified [View all] X_Digger Jan 2012 OP

Not much in the way of facts available. ManiacJoe Jan 2012 #1

Probably loaded with 7's or 8'...next time load up with 00 ileus Jan 2012 #2

Things turned out OK, but you think he should have used more lethal shot. Hoyt Jan 2012 #4

If he was capable of running away, he was capable of attacking. n/t PavePusher Jan 2012 #6

He was running away. Not easy for him to attack you. Calm down. Hoyt Jan 2012 #7

Calm down? Errr, from what? PavePusher Jan 2012 #11

Sorry, I should have said "get rational." You can't even be satisfied with stopping a robbery. Hoyt Jan 2012 #14

"Guts flowing out in the street?" Well, at least it's not blood anymore. SteveW Jan 2012 #20

Yea, I can hear you guys eating up your instructor's words -- "shoot the fucker in the back." Hoyt Jan 2012 #23

guts kinda just drag in the street...the don't flow very well ileus Jan 2012 #26

Yeah, and running through them is problematic. nt SteveW Jan 2012 #28

Not at all. I pointed out a potential flaw in someone's choice of action/preparedness. PavePusher Jan 2012 #30

ok but not ideal...what if he was to return ileus Jan 2012 #9

Lord man. "Self-defense" is not shooting someone when they are down. Hoyt Jan 2012 #13

So you think people should use the least effective ammunition in their self defense firearms? Jean V. Dubois Jan 2012 #15

Sounds like it was VERY effective to me. Just not enough blood/guts on ground for some of you. Hoyt Jan 2012 #16

What's your public policy solution to this "problem", if any? Jean V. Dubois Jan 2012 #19

I would like to know burf Jan 2012 #17

I think the point was that the thug was NOT "down," but still on his feet... SteveW Jan 2012 #21

He was stopped, which is what self defense is about. Whatayouwant -- a head to mount? Hoyt Jan 2012 #22

"He was stopped?" Uh, he was running. With both legs... SteveW Jan 2012 #24

He was no longer a threat -- well to rational people. Hoyt Jan 2012 #25

So much for the noble idea of self-defense... ellisonz Jan 2012 #31

No, according to the OP link, he was manifestly not "stopped." nt SteveW Jan 2012 #29

Sure as heck was. He was fleeing. Then again, I haven't invested a lot in preparing to shoot people. Hoyt Jan 2012 #32

My boss has a Hydra-Kinetic bean bag chambered and 00 after that. ileus Jan 2012 #27

Vaudville at it's best. rl6214 Jan 2012 #33

I would have thought that you would prefer rocksalt. oneshooter Jan 2012 #12

Almost certainly birdshot in this case, given that the perp ran away after being hit twice. Jean V. Dubois Jan 2012 #5

I've seen that in CDT ileus Jan 2012 #8

Lawsy. If that don't do it, nothing will. nt rrneck Jan 2012 #34

Reno's accomplice was a real partner. burf Jan 2012 #3

Of course he was steamed one-eyed fat man Jan 2012 #10

I guess it depends on what burf Jan 2012 #18