"only meant to scare the intruder away"

[unixronin]

I have two thoughts on this incident in San Antonio, Texas:

1. If you're not prepared to shoot someone when the situation demands it, you shouldn't be carrying a gun.  If you're not prepared to use it, it may end up being taken away from you and used against you or someone else.
2. It's all very well for the perp's cousin in this case to sputter and bluster about how the perp was in a wheelchair and couldn't possibly have robbed anyone, but it's pretty inarguably clear that's exactly what he was trying to do.  People don't break and enter at 4am because the owner accidentally left a light on when he locked up.  If the perp was in a wheelchair and still tried to burglarize the place in the middle of the night, he must have been pretty damned determined about his choice of a life of crime.

(Crossposted to guns)

Comments

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

Given that the owner will almost certainly be sued by the victims family, I hardly expect him to be jumping around saying, "I got me one!"