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On or about Dec 9th, 2008, at 1:00 in the morning, a Vietnam Vet and his wife were suddenly awakened by noise outside there secluded rural home. He got up, hurridly dressed, and grabbed his handgun, which is licensed and he has a concealed weapon permit, went out into the dark to investigate. It should be noted that they live at the end of a dead end road and the nearest neighbor is about 1/8th mile away. They have no yardlight and choose this peaceful area for reasons many veterans would understand.
He encountered a man trying to load his daughters car onto a flat bed truck. He approached and asked, "what's going on", at that moment the man at the truck hollored to him. 'STOP'. and pushed him abruptly on his right shoulder, enough to compel the veteran to draw his handgun and defend himself. At that moment he saw another man on the other side of the truck and instantly saw a metallic twinkle off something in his hand. The veteran swung his handgun onto that man and ordered him to drop it immediatly. He then crossed over the bed of the truck and held that man at bay with his handgun. He ordered the two men to unload the car, which they did. and then he ordered one man to get in the truck and drive down to the gate of his property as he escorted the second guy along side. When they got to the gate about 150 feet down the drive. He asked the one guy to read the sign, plainly posted next to the gate, He complied and read the No Trespassing sign out load. The vet then told them to get in the truck and 'don't come back'. He holstered his handgun and walked back to his house. when he got to the place they had been he noticed a shiny silver ' Red Bull' can on the ground. He just left it lie there and went inside.
He questioned his adult daughter who had less than a month earlier had returned to live with them while she attended nursing school. She assured him that she was not late or delinquent on any payments and in fact had mailed a payment just the previous Friday.
At that time (5-7) minutes later a deputy pulled up. The veteran went outside and a rather heated conversation between the two occurred, when the Deputy, drilled the veteran on rather he had drawn his gun, The Response was three times yes, I was defending my property. The deputy placed the homeowner under arrest. When they left his property they met the 2 guys in the truck about 1/4 mile down the road. The deputy stopped and talked with them a few minutes and assurred them that 'the threat had been removed'. He also instructed them that since they didn't have any paperwork it would probably be wise they return to town and get some before returning to try and repo athe car. Then the deputy drove off and with the veteran screaming that he wanted his family protected, watched as the 2 guys turned around and went back on the property.
The veterans wife and daughter were terrified as the 2 men knocked on the back door, they apologized for the incident and told both of them, "they would not file charges if they would just give them the keys". The wife was crying and the daughter threw thr keys at them. They drove off with the car.
The veteran was driven to the county seat and arrested for 2 counts of Felony Aggravated Assault. The bond was stiff enough, but his family luckily was able to raise the money and get him out. He pled not guilty and insisted on a Jury trial. 9 months later, after 2 delays because of a judge dismissing himself and 2 prosecuting attorneys dismissing themselves on conflict of interest. Then Friday, before Labor Day he was called by his public defender attorney and instructed the trial was set for Tuesday morning. It started at 9am.
a full day of testimony was taken, there were only a couple people able to attend, but one was the newly elected Sheriff,
On the second day, after a very confusing trial, the jury was sent to deliberate. 1 hour and 15 minutes later they were done, They found the homeowner, Guilty on both counts.
What the Hell, Even the Judge shook his head in disbelief, when he read the verdict. No one in the courtroom, except the Prosecution (and the idiots on the Jury) even found a shred of evidence to convict on. What has happened to the system?
Is this a sign of the future for gun owners? What about self-defense rights? After all, the homeowner did nothing more than any rational man in the similiar situation would have done. Probably a lot less than most. By the way, the deputy, refused to listen to or grant to the Vet his rights to press charges against the 2 men, There was witnesses to this fact and that evidence was suppressed as irrelevant.
And to make it even worse, They tell him he can't Appeal. No Grounds,
We have to get this out to every Veteran, Homeowner, Gun Owner, Red Blooded American and Gerry Spence that we can before he is put away. He is facing 10 years in prison and 10K fine. Probably won't get that much, but no one thought he would be found guilty either.
This is real, not a made-up fairy tale. Check it out if you want.
3rd District Court, Owyhee County.
Forward to everyone and if you want to help or comment:
email to: occag@aol.com
or email Mark directly @ majolle@yahoo.com
On or about Dec 9th, 2008, at 1:00 in the morning, a Vietnam Vet and his wife were suddenly awakened by noise outside there secluded rural home. He got up, hurridly dressed, and grabbed his handgun, which is licensed and he has a concealed weapon permit, went out into the dark to investigate. It should be noted that they live at the end of a dead end road and the nearest neighbor is about 1/8th mile away. They have no yardlight and choose this peaceful area for reasons many veterans would understand.
He encountered a man trying to load his daughters car onto a flat bed truck. He approached and asked, "what's going on", at that moment the man at the truck hollored to him. 'STOP'. and pushed him abruptly on his right shoulder, enough to compel the veteran to draw his handgun and defend himself. At that moment he saw another man on the other side of the truck and instantly saw a metallic twinkle off something in his hand. The veteran swung his handgun onto that man and ordered him to drop it immediatly. He then crossed over the bed of the truck and held that man at bay with his handgun. He ordered the two men to unload the car, which they did. and then he ordered one man to get in the truck and drive down to the gate of his property as he escorted the second guy along side. When they got to the gate about 150 feet down the drive. He asked the one guy to read the sign, plainly posted next to the gate, He complied and read the No Trespassing sign out load. The vet then told them to get in the truck and 'don't come back'. He holstered his handgun and walked back to his house. when he got to the place they had been he noticed a shiny silver ' Red Bull' can on the ground. He just left it lie there and went inside.
He questioned his adult daughter who had less than a month earlier had returned to live with them while she attended nursing school. She assured him that she was not late or delinquent on any payments and in fact had mailed a payment just the previous Friday.
At that time (5-7) minutes later a deputy pulled up. The veteran went outside and a rather heated conversation between the two occurred, when the Deputy, drilled the veteran on rather he had drawn his gun, The Response was three times yes, I was defending my property. The deputy placed the homeowner under arrest. When they left his property they met the 2 guys in the truck about 1/4 mile down the road. The deputy stopped and talked with them a few minutes and assurred them that 'the threat had been removed'. He also instructed them that since they didn't have any paperwork it would probably be wise they return to town and get some before returning to try and repo athe car. Then the deputy drove off and with the veteran screaming that he wanted his family protected, watched as the 2 guys turned around and went back on the property.
The veterans wife and daughter were terrified as the 2 men knocked on the back door, they apologized for the incident and told both of them, "they would not file charges if they would just give them the keys". The wife was crying and the daughter threw thr keys at them. They drove off with the car.
The veteran was driven to the county seat and arrested for 2 counts of Felony Aggravated Assault. The bond was stiff enough, but his family luckily was able to raise the money and get him out. He pled not guilty and insisted on a Jury trial. 9 months later, after 2 delays because of a judge dismissing himself and 2 prosecuting attorneys dismissing themselves on conflict of interest. Then Friday, before Labor Day he was called by his public defender attorney and instructed the trial was set for Tuesday morning. It started at 9am.
a full day of testimony was taken, there were only a couple people able to attend, but one was the newly elected Sheriff,
On the second day, after a very confusing trial, the jury was sent to deliberate. 1 hour and 15 minutes later they were done, They found the homeowner, Guilty on both counts.
What the Hell, Even the Judge shook his head in disbelief, when he read the verdict. No one in the courtroom, except the Prosecution (and the idiots on the Jury) even found a shred of evidence to convict on. What has happened to the system?
Is this a sign of the future for gun owners? What about self-defense rights? After all, the homeowner did nothing more than any rational man in the similiar situation would have done. Probably a lot less than most. By the way, the deputy, refused to listen to or grant to the Vet his rights to press charges against the 2 men, There was witnesses to this fact and that evidence was suppressed as irrelevant.
And to make it even worse, They tell him he can't Appeal. No Grounds,
We have to get this out to every Veteran, Homeowner, Gun Owner, Red Blooded American and Gerry Spence that we can before he is put away. He is facing 10 years in prison and 10K fine. Probably won't get that much, but no one thought he would be found guilty either.
This is real, not a made-up fairy tale. Check it out if you want.
3rd District Court, Owyhee County.
Forward to everyone and if you want to help or comment:
email to: occag@aol.com
or email Mark directly @ majolle@yahoo.com