Self protection

[ChrisLynnet]

How in the world did the neighbor know that it was him and that it was his screwdriver?!

[Awsum59Elcamino]

PLEASE NO NOT ASSOCIATE SELF, FAMILY, & HOME PROTECTION WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN FLORIDA.  IN NO WAY SHOULD THAT SCUM BAG, SO CALLED NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH INDIVIDUAL, GET AWAY WITH BLATANT MURDER.  I HAVE MORE INTELLIGENCE THAN TO RUN AROUND LOOKING FOR TROUBLE.  MY FAMILY, MY DOMAIN, MY LIFE ARE IN MY HANDS, AND I WILL DO WHATEVER TO PROTECT THEM UNDER THE LAW.  THANKS TO THOSE WHO RESPOND WITH UNDERSTANDING

[wrongone2messwith]

Not known who neighbor had at her door. Just that someone was. There's more than just one loser doing this I'd imagine.

[Mrs. Hillbilly]

PLEASE NO NOT ASSOCIATE SELF, FAMILY, & HOME PROTECTION WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN FLORIDA.  IN NO WAY SHOULD THAT SCUM BAG, SO CALLED NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH INDIVIDUAL, GET AWAY WITH BLATANT MURDER.  I HAVE MORE INTELLIGENCE THAN TO RUN AROUND LOOKING FOR TROUBLE.  MY FAMILY, MY DOMAIN, MY LIFE ARE IN MY HANDS, AND I WILL DO WHATEVER TO PROTECT THEM UNDER THE LAW.  THANKS TO THOSE WHO RESPOND WITH UNDERSTANDING

I hear you.  And I am all for you to be able to protect yourself, family & home.  I was just pointing out the Florida story due to the gun law that they have.  I believe 16 other states also have the same "stand your ground law."  It gives the aggressive gun owners a scapegoat.  I sure hope the grand jury in this case makes the right decision based on ALL of the evidence.  And if Zimmerman is lying, I hope he gets his for taking the life of an innocent kid.

Also, it's real easy for people to sit back and say "I'll shoot the SOB if they come in my house!"  But when it happens, it's a whole surreal ordeal.  I worked with a guy who legitimately shot an intruder while he was breaking into his house through a window.  The intruder survived and claimed my co-worker came out of his house and confronted him on the street and shot him.  Fortunately for my friend, the evidence proved the truth that he was in fact shot while climbing through the window of the house.  I guess if you're going to shoot an intruder, you better aim so it's not just a flesh wound!   

[ChrisLynnet]

I keep thinking of the recently widowed young woman with a baby who blew away the guy that broke into her trailer. The young mom was on the phone with 911 dispatchers while the guy was trying to get through the barricaded door, they have the 911 tapes. She checked to see if she could legally shoot the guy (this is Oklahoma). The dispatcher told her that she couldn't advise her to shoot someone but "Do what you have to do to protect your baby." Well, she did.

[wrongone2messwith]

My house has gotten a make over...looks like a compound with all the lights I have put up on sensors. Takes the potential charm out of the house but gettin no complaints from my awesome neighbors.