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A group of masked suspects learned the hard way that breaking into an occupied home can go very wrong.
Police in Darien, Connecticut are investigating a home invasion attempt that ended with a homeowner opening fire on three intruders early in the morning, according to reporting from WFSB.
The incident happened around 6:00 a.m. on Five Mile River Road, when police received a call reporting a burglary in progress.
According to investigators, the homeowner told police that three masked suspects were attempting to break into the residence. At least one of the intruders was reportedly armed.
When the suspects forced their way through the front door, the homeowner responded with gunfire.
That’s when things quickly unraveled for the would-be burglars.
After shots were fired, the suspects immediately fled the scene, leaving the property and disappearing into the area.
But the story didn’t end there.
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A short time later, police say a young man matching the description of one of the suspects showed up at Bridgeport Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound.
He was rushed into surgery.
Investigators believe the injury may be connected to the attempted home invasion and are continuing to piece together what happened.
Authorities have not yet released the identities of the suspects or announced whether any charges have been filed. Police are also working to determine the roles of the other individuals involved in the attempted break-in.
For the homeowner, however, the outcome could have been far worse.
Situations like this highlight a harsh reality: home invasions often unfold quickly and violently, leaving homeowners with only seconds to react. In this case, the resident was armed and able to defend the home when three masked individuals allegedly forced entry.
Police say the investigation is ongoing.
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I believe they picked the right house and it should be a lesson for these scumbags about being a pos criminal, Will they learn it? doubtful.
I’d like to know the time stamp of when the call was made and the police showed up. Please pass that data on to the anti-gun crowd and ask them to put themselves in that homeowners position. Particularly ask them what they believe would’ve happened to them without a gun.
Wait, a homeowner was still able to defend his home in a jurisdiction with common sense gun violence legislation? I was told all those bad Connecticut laws from like 10 years ago would leave innocent law abiders at the mercy of roving swan-eating Venezuelan gangs?
Seriously, though, this homeowner worked within the system and it sounds like nobody was killed. The system can work with an eye to both public safety and the right to self-defense.
Many details are still undisclosed, and the final legal outcomes could take months or longer. The homeowner seems to have prevailed despite the laws NOT because of the laws.
Can you list any gun laws in the US that you would concede defy “common sense.”
There were some proposed regulations late in the Obama admin that seemed a bit over the top, like regulating wet nitrocellulose. That was a bit extreme. Every other law actually on the book that I can think of, they feel justified in the name of public safety and health. Honestly, I wish Texas would do a bit more, starting with closing the gun show loophole (I realize that it is neither limited to gun shows or is a loophole but that is the popular shorthand for private transfers done without background checks) and universal background checks. Hi cap mags are another good place to start.
So, you want to treat the law abiding like criminals because you won’t punish the criminals. You call that common sense?
The thing calls itself “he/him”. That should be your queue to not waste your time trying to communicate with it.
Blue you fucking idiot, have you ever been to a gun show? There exists no gun show loophole as years ago the ATF closed it. With almost no exceptions the people selling guns at the gun shows are FFL holders and do a NICS check on all sales, you moron.
Richard, it sounds like your locale has better rules about gun shows than mine. Because the gun show loophole is still allowed in my state and there are still some individuals selling from private collections at local gun shows. Yes, the majority of vendors and tables are FFLs that are required to run checks. There are also attendees that bring guns to sell still, walking around with guns to trade hands with no background check on the buyer.
I even know guys who go around buying guns for the sole purpose of reselling them for a profit at shows, putting new rifles, unfired still in the box, on their table for sale without a background check. Guys who clearly fall on the side of the vague “in the business” who should have an FFL and a tax number. They tend to be the same guys that go buying up ammo in shortages to price gouge their fellow firearm enthusiasts. You know, they who like to do unto others.
Hi-cap mags…you mean like, those +hundred million out there already? Those hi-cap mags that if they were a problem for anyone but purple-haired septum-pierced squalling yentas of both genders, we’d all know it?
gun laws are designed for advantage criminal and to criminalize the law abiding!
No truer words were ever spoken, Paul gets it.
“A group of masked suspects learned the hard way that breaking into an occupied home can go very wrong.” sounds like it went right for the home owner!