Homeowner shoots suspects during home invasion

[NutmegYankee]

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) -

Hartford police said a home owner shot two suspects who attempted to break into his Tredeau Street home late Saturday night.

Police said they received calls just before 11 p.m. Saturday reporting a home invasion in progress at 109 Tredeau St. and that shots had been fired.

When officers arrived they discovered the homeowner was approached by two suspects who pointed a gun at him.

The homeowner, who is a legal pistol permit holder, was armed at the time of the incident and used his firearm to shoot the suspects several times.
http://www.wfsb.com/story/29969675/homeowner-shoots-suspects-during-home-invasion?autostart=true

This was on the morning news today. The two suspects had zips ties, which is a bit scary. That signals intent to bind the occupants of the home.

[Duckhunter935]

1. But we all know DGU

is a myth

[bowens43]

2. all three of them should be spending time in jail.......

[DonP]

3. That's the worst piece of crap flame bait I've seen here in 10 years.

The home owner should be in jail for defending his home and family from 2 armed criminals?

In what F'ing alternative universe, that you obviously reside in, is that a crime?

[Travis_0004]

4. Give the homeowner a medal

Put the other 2 in jail.

[840high]

30. ...^ that

[hack89]

5. What crime did the home owner commit? Nt

[sarisataka]

6. Failing to roll over

some people don't like non-compliant victims- Paul Quander, David Hemenway, Michael Bloomberg... others

[Nuclear Unicorn]

14. Bloomberg has no problem being a non-compliant victim as he has bought himself

a coterie of armed mercenaries to guard his precious well-being.

Us proles on the other hand do not deserve such privileges. We're too icky and unruly.

[Ghost in the Machine]

7. *WHY*, in your own words, should the homeowner be in jail?? You have several responses waiting

for you, why won't you answer? No need to feel embarrassed, just state your position and debate it.... or should we just listen to the crickets??

Peace,

Ghost

[Lurks Often]

21. It'll definitely be crickets

That one and a couple of others, will come into a thread, excrete a disgusting comment and then run away and not respond to any posts.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

8. You should be spending time on ignore

[ileus]

10. Wrong...the owner he was the only one hurting folks.

Why gun owners are so cruel and hateful to the under privileged is beyond me.

[Lurks Often]

17. What a truly disgusting and vile thing to say

You should be ashamed and embarrassed to say that the homeowner belongs in jail.

[sarisataka]

18. Gun control culture speaks

Loud and clearly by the silence of its proponents to this comment.

I can confidently say that had a "gun culture" poster said "the home owner should have killed both of them" there would be many refutations of such a statement.

[Duckhunter935]

23. It's deafening

[beevul]

19. Ahh, another 'reasonable' gun control proponent.

Ahh, another 'reasonable' gun control proponent.

Pay close attention, folks, to all the gun control proponents disagreeing with our interlocutor here.

'Deeds not words'.

[AtheistCrusader]

20. You want to throw the homeowner in a concrete cage?

For trying to defend himself from other people who apparently sought to bind him up as well?

How's it feel to keep social company with the home invaders? Feel good?

[Eleanors38]

22. Then there is the calling of the Fart Fairy...

that scourge on college campuses everywhere what turns the erotic, over-wrought myth of the Succubus upon its head. In this modern-day nocturnal visit, the Fart Fairy steals himself into the bedroom of the unsuspecting victim (whose mind already careens under the gauzy haze of drink), and lets fly a pumble at close range, tee-hee-hees as the horrified recipient sputters into a more terrible full consciousness, then escapes, closing the door to more concentrate the leavings.

[tymorial]

26. I'm completely disgusted by this comment

You are one seriously screwed up individual if this is anything other than flame bait.

[ileus]

9. How rude....shooting guests just because they were uninvited.

Gunners are just wanting to shoot people, didn't he have a can or beans of something? There was no need to be rude to society...

If his firearms had been locked up at the armory like they were supposed to be this would never have happened.

[TeddyR]

11. Isn't Connecticut the place

Where a few years ago two men broke into someone's home, bound the entire family and then murdered the family, prompting Connecticut to reconsider its death penalty ban? Sometimes having a firearm for home protection doesn't help, but sometimes, in an instance like this, it does.

I too am curious to know what you think the homeowner did wrong, other than shoot a felon who was breaking into his home.

[linuxman]

32. Only after they raped the man's wife and little girls.

At least the burglars weren't shot, right?

[SecularMotion]

12. Some interesting comments at the link

Let's see.....two suspects come all the way from Lawrence Mass and just happen to pick this place to rob ???? Must be some connection there !

Agree w the first comment. This isnt a target community for a home invasion. Theres a connection and this guy knew they were coming.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

13. They also came with zip ties. Perhaps conspiracy to kidnap. Do you think the homeowner

should have been disarmed by force of law?

[SecularMotion]

15. Home invasion or robbery? Authorities discuss the difference

The term “home invasion” itself creates confusion between the general public and police, which can have differing opinions on what it means.

A home invasion typically is described deals with a group of armed individuals between three to ten who target a home where they know that high value items such as drugs or cash are being stored, Rodriguez said.

“This particular crime has a nexus to certain criminal activity; If you were to have one or two people steal one or two thousand pounds of marijuana it would take you 20 to 45 minutes to load all of those bundles,” Rodriguez said. “On the other hand, if you have a larger group, you are able to load them faster.”

Another reason for the larger groups deals with the possibility of the individuals at the home fighting back to protect their loads, Rodriguez said.

http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_682037ac-d552-11e2-8efb-001a4bcf6878.html

[Nuclear Unicorn]

16. Relevance? The question is -- should the homeowner have been previously disarmed by force of law?

[friendly_iconoclast]

25. Your question is obviously being dodged...

[Duckhunter935]

28. You noticed

that seems to be normal

[oneshooter]

24. Do you have ANY original thoughts?

Or is cut/paste your means of communication?

[Demit]

27. Yes, doesn't sound random.

Sounds like the burglars had prior knowledge of something of value in the house, to drive two hours to get there. Drug-related? The stories mention the homeowner has a business but not what kind.

[branford]

29. Possibly, but it really wouldn't much alter the self-defense analysis.

I would note that even in anti-gun Connecticut, the homeowner had a legal gun permit (non-felon), his wife and child were in the hose, there is video surveillance, and he was not arrested or detained.

If there was any evidence of a criminal enterprise in the home or if the homeowners gun was not legal, at the very least, the homeowners would have been detained for questioning.

It might very well be a targeted crime, but the reasons may be personal or due to knowledge of legal valuables, rather than related to drugs or crime in any way.