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Imagine sitting at home, minding your business, when someone starts smashing your door down in the middle of the night. You warn them you’re armed. Their only response? “You’ll have to kill me.”
That’s exactly what happened in Scott County, Missouri.
According to Sheriff Derick Wheetley, a homeowner shot and killed 31-year-old intruder John Fisher after he forced his way into the house on County Road 244.
The homeowner fired four shots, ending the threat on the spot. Authorities quickly determined it was a clear-cut case of self-defense under Missouri law.
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Colion Noir broke down the incident. Breaking into someone’s home while they’re there, then arrogantly saying “You’ll have to kill me,” shows how delusional some criminals are.
Noir said criminals often count on victims being helpless. This time, that assumption got Fiser killed.
He explained that while he’s remained silent in similar situations, he understands the instinct to give a warning before shooting.
“I can’t say I wouldn’t have done the exact same thing that the homeowner did,” he said.
Yet he recalled the last time someone tried to break into his home: “I didn’t say a damn word. I just waited silently at the top of the stairs, gun in one hand and the police on the phone in the other.”
But he warned that in states like California, a homeowner in this situation could end up arrested and prosecuted, even when acting in self-defense.
“Mr. Glastetter acted in self-defense in accordance with Missouri Revised Statutes Section 563.031, which governs the justifiable use of force in defense of persons,” said Wheetley. “This appears to be a tragic but clear case of self-defense.”
Noir agreed, noting Missouri got it right. But in anti-2A cities, homeowners might face charges for defending themselves against violent criminals.
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Until the muddle headed left leaning politicians pass a law making it illegal to protect one’s self all the normal everyday citizens need to carry on….
I LOVE happy Endings,
I mean – seriously? He breaks into someone’s home and dares the homeowner to shoot him? If there’s a better argument for our 2nd amendment rights, I’ve never heard of it. I guess you anti-2nd amendment dumbasses can call the cops, cower in the corner, and await your fate.
Although I live in California, I live in one of the rural counties where, if I shoot someone breaking into my home, the sheriff will say “Good work.”
Are you sure? Living in the Peoples Republic of Kalifornistan you HAVE no rights, but you continue to vote the same losers like Grab’em Newscum into office, then complain about the way illegals are treated better than the people that fund their life style.
That depends on where you live in California; up here it is mostly red. We have plenty of rights, just not enough gun rights. By the way, Newscum plans to run for President. If he is elected, what will you say then?
YOUR state may vote on that POS, but don’t forget what happened during the last election. Americans have spoken. The Peoples Republic of Kalifornistan may be the largest and most populated state, for now, but people are leaving that shit-hole faster than they can rent U-hauls. So ‘Kali’ is rapidly loosing representation. Don’t believe it? Just wait until the next census.
The left has completely gone off the rails and lost touch with what our great country stands for. People are tired of the anarchy. They are tired of where the ‘demoncratic’ party has taken them. This isn’t the same Kennedy era democratic party I was once a member of. The mid-terms will tell the tale. The days of the socialist ‘rulers’ like Grab’em Newscum, DEI hire Karen Bass, Pelosi, and NYs’ Chuck Scummer, and others, are coming to and end. Your state in particular is bankrupt, financially AND morally, and mass majority of Americans don’t support you. It’s really a shame the way the socialist/communist party has destroyed your once beautiful state.
So let that dirt-bag run for prez. Killery Clinton has a better chance of winning.