Houston police — the real ones — are investigating a lethal home defense shooting that took place late Friday night in the southeast part of the city. Two men knocked on a homeowner’s door claiming they were police officers and were there to serve a warrant.
Atlanta homicide detectives said their investigation determined the case should be classified as a felon killed by a private citizen. Police said Reaves was in the middle of an armed robbery when he was shot.
“What we do know is that her husband was able to stop the killer from committing further violence because he had a firearm with which he was able to fight back.”
In Weatherford, a father was able to protect his family because the law was appropriately applied. But in too many Texas counties, gun owners have discovered that justice ends where politics begins.
If it were possible to stop the threat consistently and reliably without the attendant tragedy of ending another human life, that’s what virtually all current gun owners would choose.
Guns are necessary, but while we iterate on the Model T and make it better, we should also be pushing the industry forward and trying to invent Teslas. That’s the only way that self-defense will truly go mainstream.
You carry a gun so you’re harder to kill. You need to know the law and how to articulate the threat so you’re harder to convict.
They were everyday people who had simply taken the initiative to educate themselves and prepare for an unthinkable scenario. Three of these brave individuals had attended the USCCA training event, “Protecting Your Church,” just days earlier.
Folks, if you wait until you see the bad guy’s gun pointed at you when they’ve got their finger on the trigger, you’ve waited too long.
While residents were away, police say Mitchell Platt decided he would burglarize some area homes. Unfortunately for Mr. Mitchell, one homeowner’s son noticed an open door and investigated…with his six-shooter.
