Another intruder shot--online poll about defensive shootings

This guy ain't out of the woods yet.

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Don

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The alleged intruder is allegedly dead.

Just in case the link goes away --

Alleged intruder shot, killed in southeast Charlotte

CHARLOTTE -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say a homeowner shot and killed a man who was trying to break into his house in southeast Charlotte Friday morning.

"I feared for my life, the life of my wife and the life of my mother," said a tearful Roy Parker at a news conference later in the day. Police say no charges will be filed because the homeowner was acting in self defense.

Officers originally responded to a break-in in progress on Summerlin Place off of Rea Road around 1:30 a.m. They arrived to find the wounded intruder on the patio and pronounced him dead at the scene.

Police say break-in suspect Mitchell Regis attempted to enter the house through a rear window. The noise of breaking glass woke up Roy Parker, who interrupted the suspect during the break-in.

"The homeowner was armed, and he fired several shots defending himself, and the suspect was struck," said Todd Walther, homicide investigator for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.

Police removed a window screen from the home as evidence Friday morning. They say that is where the intruder entered the house.

Mitchell Regis, the intruder, had a criminal record. He was charged twice in 1993 with simple assault. In 1995, Regis was convicted of felony cocaine posession. He has also twice been charged with trespassing.

According to North Carolina law, a property owner has a right to defend his property, particularly if the owner is also defending himself or herself.

The district attorney will review this case to make sure that the proper amount of force was used.

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Well at least we know there's at least one real man aroud there.

Good guys - 1
bad guys - 0

CMOS :)

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Reminds me of these two scumbags who tried to sue a homeowner for
damages after they went inside his house. They did not find out until
after entering his house that he was a dog breeder.

Oh well, american Staffordshire Terriers are quite territorial. :)
 
The interviewed was a short snippet showing the tearful homeowner telling us he was afraid for his and his wife's life.

My take from what I've seen (news article and interview) is that in a place like PRK or PRMA, the homeowner would be toast. Here in the South, he's probably OK.
 
Mr Parker is out of the woods. This happened about the time of the NRA convention in Charlotte. The district attorny refused to refer charges. The details are as follows: This intruder was jacked up on crack. He started to pound on Parker's door about 2 am wearing nothing but underwear. Afther being to to leave the man became enraged and attempted to use a iron patio chair to break in the front door. Parker fired a warning shot and the man just kept coming. He fired a second shot and hit the man in the arm and he kept coming. he fired a third shot and put the mad-man down. Mr. Parker has been reported to be a member of the NRA by the Charlotte Observer!!!! As of this point no Civil suits have been filed.
 
Voted, its at 91% currently. However, notice how the question is phrased. As if you immediatly go to deadly force? Whatever. Even with a skewed question like that the common sense side is still clearly winning.
 
Still at 91%.
Even with the way the question was worded, nine out of ten proper responses is not too shabby!
RR

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DONE.

And I'm glad that one more scumbag isn't on the streets anymore! This guy had a LONG criminal history. Anyone breaking into MY house is gonna get him/herself full of lead. PERIOD.

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Done - 91%

What kind of ridiculous wording is that...as if there is some magical "non-lethal" alternative that will stop a man jacked up on dope as effectively as a round in the chest - without putting the defender in a VERY dangerous situation like closing to within 10 feet of the perp...

&#*%$@ media a**h****
 
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