Harry Guerrilla
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Long Island Man Arrested For Defending Home With AK-47 « CBS New York- News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of NY
Please read the whole story on the link provided.
First off, the news reporters got the weapon wrong.
It's not an AK-47, it's a semi automatic variant of the full auto weapon.
Secondly, the guy being charged is bull crap.
Defending your home shouldn't be illegal.
I hate to see stories like this.
George Grier said he had to use his rifle on Sunday night to stop what he thought was going to be an invasion of his Uniondale home by a gang he thought might have been the vicious “MS-13.” He said the whole deal happened as he was about to drive his cousin home.
“I went around and went into the house, ran upstairs and told my wife to call the police. I get the gun and I go outside and I come into the doorway and now, by this time, they are in the driveway, back here near the house. I tell them, you know, ‘Can you please leave?’ Grier said.
Grier said the five men dared him to use the gun; and that their shouts brought another larger group of gang members in front of his house.
“What he’s initially charged with – A D felony reckless endangerment — requires a depraved indifference to human life, creating a risk that someone’s going to die. Shooting into a lawn doesn’t create a risk of anybody dying,” Lewis said.
Grier said he knew Nassau County Police employ the hi-tech “ShotSpotter” technology in his area and that the shooting would bring police in minutes. Cops told Guzman he was very cooperative.
Please read the whole story on the link provided.
First off, the news reporters got the weapon wrong.
It's not an AK-47, it's a semi automatic variant of the full auto weapon.
Secondly, the guy being charged is bull crap.
Defending your home shouldn't be illegal.
I hate to see stories like this.