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But Joe says it's all good.....
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 9:54 pm
by Blaidd Drwg
“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.
Re: But Joe says it's all good.....
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 9:56 pm
by Grandpa's Spells
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
Re: But Joe says it's all good.....
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 9:56 pm
by Blaidd Drwg
Maybe he was charged with a Pistorius as well....
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.
Re: But Joe says it's all good.....
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:47 pm
by TerryB
Flagrant disregard for the law cannot go unpunished.
Re: But Joe says it's all good.....
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 6:19 pm
by Drew0786
Trevor's story sounds like horseshit to me.
Re: But Joe says it's all good.....
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 6:42 pm
by Holland Oates
Drew0786 wrote:Trevor's story sounds like horseshit to me.
Yep
Re: But Joe says it's all good.....
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 6:56 pm
by Blaidd Drwg
and......if Trevor's story is a fabrication...what public harm was done?
Re: But Joe says it's all good.....
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:15 pm
by TerryB
Blaidd Drwg wrote:and......if Trevor's story is a fabrication...what public harm was done?
He scared off the would-be burglars so they're free to burgle again.
Re: But Joe says it's all good.....
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:35 pm
by Blaidd Drwg
protobuilder wrote:Blaidd Drwg wrote:and......if Trevor's story is a fabrication...what public harm was done?
He scared off the would-be burglars so they're free to burgle again.
You're really getting the hang of things around here.
Re: But Joe says it's all good.....
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:10 pm
by Blaidd Drwg
Re: But Joe says it's all good.....
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:05 pm
by Pinky
Fortunately for crazy Uncle Joe, American politicians are rarely required to know anything about current laws before they demand new ones.
