“A 22-year-old man found himself facing a summons after he told officers he fired his shotgun repeatedly upon finding masked suspects leaning in his window.” Huh? But the Vice President of these here U-Nited States said firing warning shots with a shotgun is the sine qua non in home defense strategy. Ol’ Double Barrel Joe even confided that he advised his own wife to do just that if she ever felt threatened in their home. Guess that doesn’t apply in Virginia. Trevor Snowden of Virginia Beach “told police his dog was acting strange. When he walked to his bedroom, he said he saw two masked suspects leaning in his open window” . . .
Man charged for firing gun in home
Updated: Monday, 25 Feb 2013, 1:27 PM EST
Published : Monday, 25 Feb 2013, 1:27 PM EST
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - A 22-year-old man found himself facing a summons after he told officers he fired his shotgun repeatedly upon finding masked suspects leaning in his window.
According to Grazia Moyers with the Virginia Beach Police Department, officers responded to the 500 block of Mango Drive around 10:30 p.m. Saturday for a report of shots fired.
There, they spoke with the resident, Trevor Lamont Snowden, who told police his dog was acting strange. When he walked to his bedroom, he said he saw two masked suspects leaning in his open window.
Snowden told police the suspects pointed weapons at him and told him to shut the bedroom door. Thinking the suspects were going to rob him, he moved into the hallway and retrieved a shotgun.
Moyers said Snowden fired through his bedroom door, then opened the door and fired several more rounds toward the window. Any suspects fled the area and could not be located by officers.
No one was injured and there were no reports of damage to other property.
Snowden was charged with reckless handling of a firearm in the incident and released on a summons.
"He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that." JS Mill
Firing "towards window" seems a lot like firing "out window". Unless the shots are landing on your own property, this seems like a reasonable thing to get busted for
One of the downsides of the Internet is that it allows like-minded people to form communities, and sometimes those communities are stupid.
The Classic South African Defense (closing the door before firing) is really a more polite way of dealing with an intruder who wishes to not be disturbed.
"He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that." JS Mill
Fortunately for crazy Uncle Joe, American politicians are rarely required to know anything about current laws before they demand new ones.
"The biggest problems that we’re facing right now have to do with George Bush trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through Congress at all."
