I read a post earlier by Monkeyleg "taking on NBC" and in the post someone mentioned the AARP's current support of GCI. The author stated correctly that as we age our physical capacities diminish and that the gun can be the great equalizer. Here are two local examples that happened in the Charlotte area while the NRA was in town. The first was in Charlotte:
CHARLOTTE (AP) One day before gun rights advocates took to the streets of Charlotte with signs and T-shirts proclaiming “guns save lives,” a Charlotte man shot and killed an intruder who broke into his home.
Roy Parker told police he was awakened about 1:30 a.m. Friday by the sound of shattering glass, his mother screaming and a family dog barking.
Armed with a handgun, Parker crept downstairs and saw an intruder using an iron chair to break through the sunroom window.
Parker, 51, said he fired at least two warning shots, then shot the intruder in the neck.
“He just kept coming,” Parker said. Charlotte-Mecklengurg police found the body of Mitchell Regis, 24, lying on the back patio of the two-story house. Police would not say how many times Parker fired his gun. Regis was unarmed.
“I’m just devastated that I had to use deadly force to keep someone from killing me,” Parker said, “It was by far the most dreadful thing I’ve ever had to go through I was left with no choice. May God help anyone else who has to go through this.”
The shooting marked the 3rd time this year that a home owner or business owner in Charlotte has killed an intruder. Under N.C. law, homeowners have the right to use deadly force if they fear that their lives are in danger. (Actually in N.C. the use of deadly force comes into play once the person gets into the house. You can shoot through a wall or door etc. if you believe someone is trying to break into the house without using the deadly force law!) Parker said Regis, who had a criminal record…… (Another defenseless child killed by a handgun!).
The second report comes from the big city of Grover N.C. (45 minutes west of Charlotte) Population less than 1000 as published in the Shelby Star May 21,2000.
GROVER -- three men were shot Friday night after two men broke into a home on Mallard Drive, said the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office.
About 9:30 p.m. James Charlie Panther of 302 Mallard Drive, Grover, N.C. 28073 (I published his address with zip which wasn’t in the paper some of you folks write him a letter to help in his recuperation) who is 68 years old, heard a knock at his door. Thinking it to be his neighbor, he opened the door, said CC Sheriff’s officer Scot Chapman.
A man wearing a ski mask then hit Panther in the head with his fist, knocking him down. Then another man cam into the house, Chapman said.
The man with the ski mask took Panthers wallet and began to wrestle with him. Panther then started shooting his gun and the second man ran down Panther’s hallway. During the struggle between Panther and the man wearing the ski mask, the man took Panther’s gun and shot him in the wrist.
Panther was treated at Cleveland Regional Medical Center and released. One suspect, Derrick Adams of Deep Green Drive in Shelby, underwent surgery and remained in the hospital in stable condition late Saturday. Adams, shot in the chest and abdomen, was located in a gully at Mallard Drive and Lavender Road by Grover Police Chief Ed Pheagin. Another suspect, Darius Ross was shot in the elbow and deputies were still looking for him. (Note in the same paper two pages over, was a list of unsolved county crimes 6 were home and car break-ins in the little town of Grover. I think Mr. Panther just might have stopped a crime spree! I plan to call or go visit tomorrow).
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CHARLOTTE (AP) One day before gun rights advocates took to the streets of Charlotte with signs and T-shirts proclaiming “guns save lives,” a Charlotte man shot and killed an intruder who broke into his home.
Roy Parker told police he was awakened about 1:30 a.m. Friday by the sound of shattering glass, his mother screaming and a family dog barking.
Armed with a handgun, Parker crept downstairs and saw an intruder using an iron chair to break through the sunroom window.
Parker, 51, said he fired at least two warning shots, then shot the intruder in the neck.
“He just kept coming,” Parker said. Charlotte-Mecklengurg police found the body of Mitchell Regis, 24, lying on the back patio of the two-story house. Police would not say how many times Parker fired his gun. Regis was unarmed.
“I’m just devastated that I had to use deadly force to keep someone from killing me,” Parker said, “It was by far the most dreadful thing I’ve ever had to go through I was left with no choice. May God help anyone else who has to go through this.”
The shooting marked the 3rd time this year that a home owner or business owner in Charlotte has killed an intruder. Under N.C. law, homeowners have the right to use deadly force if they fear that their lives are in danger. (Actually in N.C. the use of deadly force comes into play once the person gets into the house. You can shoot through a wall or door etc. if you believe someone is trying to break into the house without using the deadly force law!) Parker said Regis, who had a criminal record…… (Another defenseless child killed by a handgun!).
The second report comes from the big city of Grover N.C. (45 minutes west of Charlotte) Population less than 1000 as published in the Shelby Star May 21,2000.
GROVER -- three men were shot Friday night after two men broke into a home on Mallard Drive, said the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office.
About 9:30 p.m. James Charlie Panther of 302 Mallard Drive, Grover, N.C. 28073 (I published his address with zip which wasn’t in the paper some of you folks write him a letter to help in his recuperation) who is 68 years old, heard a knock at his door. Thinking it to be his neighbor, he opened the door, said CC Sheriff’s officer Scot Chapman.
A man wearing a ski mask then hit Panther in the head with his fist, knocking him down. Then another man cam into the house, Chapman said.
The man with the ski mask took Panthers wallet and began to wrestle with him. Panther then started shooting his gun and the second man ran down Panther’s hallway. During the struggle between Panther and the man wearing the ski mask, the man took Panther’s gun and shot him in the wrist.
Panther was treated at Cleveland Regional Medical Center and released. One suspect, Derrick Adams of Deep Green Drive in Shelby, underwent surgery and remained in the hospital in stable condition late Saturday. Adams, shot in the chest and abdomen, was located in a gully at Mallard Drive and Lavender Road by Grover Police Chief Ed Pheagin. Another suspect, Darius Ross was shot in the elbow and deputies were still looking for him. (Note in the same paper two pages over, was a list of unsolved county crimes 6 were home and car break-ins in the little town of Grover. I think Mr. Panther just might have stopped a crime spree! I plan to call or go visit tomorrow).
Pass this on wherever you think it will do good!
) and it was their magazine. Anyway, all the statements were of the "Guns hurt people, to keep from being hurt, you should not have guns. We know best, you Simple Moron." type.