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[W:378] Home Intruder Clings To Life After Being Shot In Head By Young Dad Protecting His Family

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A man who broke into an Alabama home is clinging to life after sustaining a gunshot to the head by the homeowner who was protecting his family. This is another 2A success story where a good guy with a gun stopped a bad guy. And today, the homeowner’s wife and young child are alive and safe.
Charles Virgil Bowne lives in the same neighborhood as the home that he broke into. The 39-year-old was taken by helicopter to the hospital after sustaining gunshot wounds to the head, bicep, shoulder, and left leg at 4:45 AM on Monday morning.
Home Intruder Clings To Life After Being Shot In Head By Young Dad Protecting His Family

In Arkansas...

80-year-old Arkansas man shoots teen breaking into his home ; A burglary suspect is recovering after being shot while another is on the run after they tried to break into a man's house twice.Thieves broke into 80-year-old Fred Burkes' home two nights in a row.
80-year-old Arkansas man shoots teen breaking into his home

In Colorado...

Off-duty officer shoots, kills man outside Colorado Springs Carl’s Jr.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A man is dead after a shooting in the drive-thru area of a Colorado Springs Carl’s Jr. Thursday morning.
Police said the shooting happened around 3:30 a.m. at the restaurant near the intersection of Powers Boulevard and Galley Road. Police said an off-duty officer was in the drive-thru when a man approached and said he had a gun. The officer fired at least one shot, hitting and killing the man.
Off-duty officer shoots, kills man outside Colorado Springs Carl’s Jr. | FOX31 Denver

In Florida...

APOPKA, Fla. —
An off-duty deputy shot a man multiple times as the man broke into her Apopka home with an ax, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said.
Mina said around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday a man who had been attempting to break into numerous homes used an ax to break through the deputy's door.
The Sheriff's Office said the deputy, who was at home with her children and in fear for her life, shot the man multiple times but he still got in.
The deputy struggled with the man and was able to handcuff him, when more deputies arrived to the scene
Deputy shoots ax-wielding intruder breaking into her Apopka home, sheriff says
 
Hopefully this will detour others from trying the same crimes.
 
Any would be burglar would have to make it past my ten guard dogs to make it into my house....They work better than guns..
 
15 year old accidentally killed himself cleaning his gun:
Memorial snowmobile ride to be held Saturday for Medway teen killed in accidental shooting

Teen babysitter shot her nephew while taking a selfie
Houston-area babysitter accused of shooting nephew while taking selfie - StarTribune.com

Firearms instructor accidentally shot while teaching gun safety
Man teaching firearms, Saginaw woman injured in accidental shooting


Just yesterday: One man accidentally killed another man while cleaning his gun
Deadly shooting in Tamaqua | wnep.com

There was another accidental shooting in North Carolina
Person injured in accidental shooting in High Point | myfox8.com


There were 5 accidental shooting on 2/25, eight accidental shootings on 2/23... the list, sadly, goes on.
https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/accidental-shooting

Maybe next time, you should think more broadly about whether guns actually wind up making people safer.
 
"A 19-year-old was taking a video of herself with a gun when she allegedly shot her 10-year-old nephew by accident, according to Texas authorities.

Caitlyn Smith, 19, has been arrested as her nephew recovers, Deputy Thomas Gilliland, spokesman with the Harris County Sheriff's Office, told ABC News on Thursday.


The boy was is in stable condition Thursday, said Gilliland.

The shooting unfolded on Tuesday when Smith was babysitting the boy at a home in Harris County, according to Gilliland."



Babysitter takes video of self with gun, accidentally shoots 10-year-old: Sheriff - ABC News
 
Moonglow said:
Any would be burglar would have to make it past my ten guard dogs to make it into my house....They work better than guns..
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And why should you be allowed to own guard dogs and other people not be allowed to own guns?
 
Bum said:
A man who broke into an Alabama home is clinging to life after sustaining a gunshot to the head by the homeowner who was protecting his family. This is another 2A success story where a good guy with a gun stopped a bad guy. And today, the homeowner’s wife and young child are alive and safe.
Charles Virgil Bowne lives in the same neighborhood as the home that he broke into. The 39-year-old was taken by helicopter to the hospital after sustaining gunshot wounds to the head, bicep, shoulder, and left leg at 4:45 AM on Monday morning.
Home Intruder Clings To Life After Being Shot In Head By Young Dad Protecting His Family
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What a hero. He shot an unarmed drug addict.
 
Moonglow said:
It won't..
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Hate to say it but you're probably right. Like the perfect crime where you never get caught (or shot). But maybe it will help an anti gun person see that a good guy with a gun can help. To much that last sentence?
 
zsu2357 said:
Hate to say it but you're probably right. Like the perfect crime where you never get caught (or shot). But maybe it will help an anti gun person see that a good guy with a gun can help. To much that last sentence?
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Yes, but the position of the gun control lobby is:-

1. By allowing the "good" guy to have a gun you also allow the "bad" guy to get a gun

2. If guns were banned, there would be little or no need for the "good" guy.
 
AlphaOmega said:
How many lives were saved with guns last year?
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Not many. The NRA's favorite numbers on that are vastly overinflated, as they rely heavily on self-reporting. E.g. Kleck's numbers suggest that hundreds of thousands of aggressors were shot by defenders, yet obviously nowhere near that number shows up in any hospital records or anywhere else.

E.g. in most years, there are 1500-2000 defensive gun uses -- and 1600-2200 unintentional shootings. Meaning you're just as likely to harm yourself or an innocent bystander as you are to protect yourself. That's not exactly a slam dunk for defensive gun use.
Gun Violence Archive
 
Moonglow said:
Any would be burglar would have to make it past my ten guard dogs to make it into my house....They work better than guns..
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I doubt many people want to resort to ten guard dogs. A gun just takes one bullet and a pull of the trigger to protect you valuables and family.
 
=Visbek;1071423192]15 year old accidentally killed himself cleaning his gun:
Memorial snowmobile ride to be held Saturday for Medway teen killed in accidental shooting
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You don't clean loaded guns. You check and even double check. Hell I go as far as too stick my finger in the chamber. Common saying "but I didn't know it was loaded". Because I didn't check I just assumed.

Teen babysitter shot her nephew while taking a selfie
Houston-area babysitter accused of shooting nephew while taking selfie - StarTribune.com
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Has no idea how to handle a firearm. Racked slide and ejected cartridge, apparently she didn't drop the mag. first and just loaded a fresh one in the chamber. Taking selfies with finger on trigger? Plain stupid.

Firearms instructor accidentally shot while teaching gun safety
Man teaching firearms, Saginaw woman injured in accidental shooting
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OK gun jammed and he was clearing it and shot himself in the hand and bullet fragments hit the women. Almost sounds like the cartridge exploded in a manner not consistent with a closed action. Way out of battery. Ill seated primer on a reload?


Just yesterday: One man accidentally killed another man while cleaning his gun
Deadly shooting in Tamaqua | wnep.com
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Another,"I didn't know it was loaded" didn't check but I was pretty sure it wasn't.
There was another accidental shooting in North Carolina
Person injured in accidental shooting in High Point | myfox8.com
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Short on details. Probably another "I didn't know it was loaded so I'll treat it like it isn't.
There were 5 accidental shooting on 2/25, eight accidental shootings on 2/23... the list, sadly, goes on.
https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/accidental-shooting
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Maybe next time, you should think more broadly about whether guns actually wind up making people safer.
Yes guns do make you safer. But the morons that clean loaded guns and twirl them on their fingers and just take them for granted give the rest of us a bad rap. Not checking everyone of those, but did spot check and accidental I didn't know it was loaded seemed prevalent.
Kinda like one or two Pit Bulls give them all a bad name.
 
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I hope the little **** makes a full recovery then spends many years of his life behind bars for his actions.
 
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