He brought a gun to a knife fight, and lost

[jaysouth]

They threw the gun away!!!!!

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-01-13-0229.html

[Guest HogMan]

They were lucky.

[Guest TargetShooter84]

Family was lucky....the robber deserved it though.

[ZenDog]

"Smart" and "Home Invader" rarely go together. Dumb dead bad guy. Lucky family. I hope they bought a better door.

[strickj]

i dont think smart was it,i think he was just over-powered by so many.

where was this at,did i over look it?

[Guest bkelm18]

i dont think smart was it,i think he was just over-powered by so many.

where was this at,did i over look it?

Richmond, VA. Nasty town to begin with.

[Guest Halfpint]

. . . why did they throw the gun out? It seems like common sense would say, "Pick it up, align the sights, front sight just under bad guy's nose, pull trigger, call police to pick up the leftovers."

Oh well, that little detail aside, at least they're safe and no one who didn't deserve it was harmed.

[Guest bkelm18]

. . . why did they throw the gun out? It seems like common sense would say, "Pick it up, align the sights, front sight just under bad guy's nose, pull trigger, call police to pick up the leftovers."

Oh well, that little detail aside, at least they're safe and no one who didn't deserve it was harmed.

The might not have been comfortable with a gun. I'd rather them throw it out the window than try to fire it and accidentally hit one of the other family members.

[musicman]

Good point, bkelm. I guess we gotta remember that not everyone is as familiar with guns as we are, even if they should be!

Thankfully this story had a happy ending anyway.

[Guest flyfishtn]

Glad that one ended better than it started.

[saintsfanbrian]

The families comments about this scum bag being sorely missed are wonderful.

Here is the true tragedy of the situation

"It was not intended," Belle said, "but when they told me he was deceased, I was thinking, 'How will I live with this for the rest of my life?'"

Everyone is concerned with the BG's rights and family etc. What about the VICTIM's? They have less rights and concern for their well being and they did NOTHING wrong.

[musicman]

I wonder if that statement was more for the lawyers than anything else. What would it look like if she said "Man, that was a rush wasting that bad guy! I'm so glad he broke in... I've been wanting to kill somebody for a long time!"

THAT would look pretty bad!

I agree with the underlying idea of your post. I just think that a lot of times people say things like this to keep the pressure off of themselves after a homicide.

[analog_kidd]

Call me paranoid, but I have gotten into the habit of locking my doors ALL THE TIME just because of events like this.

[Daniel]

my wife likes all our doors locked at all times. i have to get up in the middle of the night at least once a week to go check because she "heard" something.

[r1mattrr]

I sleep better when I have a gun beside my bed.

[Guest canynracer]

idiot...some sensless Bullsheeeet...glad the family is ok.