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sarisataka

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Thu Apr 4, 2013, 10:29 PM Apr 2013

DGU- does it count? [View all]

Last edited Thu Apr 4, 2013, 11:01 PM - Edit history (1)

SPOKANE, Wash. (CBS Seattle) — Spokane police say a grandmother held a burglar at gunpoint at her home until authorities arrived.

KXLY-TV reports that Sandy Mize, a grandmother to 10, fired a warning shot and held the suspect, 35-year-old Sean Denny, in her living room until he tried to get away. That’s when authorities apprehended him in her backyard early Wednesday morning.

“I told him I was armed,” she told KREM-TV. “He kept coming, so I started backing up.”


Mize says she fired a warning round at the suspect but it did not hit him.

http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2013/04/04/grandmother-of-10-holds-burglar-at-gunpoint-at-her-home/#.UV4sc2V7wxg.email

13 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
Ideal situation, no complaints
1 (8%)
Shouldn\'t fire warning shots but otherwise good
9 (69%)
She should have given him another warning without shooting
0 (0%)
He was not armed, so using a gun was not justified
0 (0%)
Guns should never be used
0 (0%)
She should have just ran away
0 (0%)
This is one of those extremely rare situations where a gun evened up an unfair situation and prevented her from being a victim
0 (0%)
I always vote other
0 (0%)
A can of beans was all she needed
3 (23%)
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DGU- does it count? [View all] sarisataka Apr 2013 OP
I protest the lack of "she should have used a can of beans" options ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #1
Everyone's a critic discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2013 #2
My apologies for the oversite sarisataka Apr 2013 #3
Where's my 'hit him with a bicycle tyre' option? AtheistCrusader Apr 2013 #8
There are only so many choices sarisataka Apr 2013 #13
I would certainly call that a legitimate DGU - she had no idea what his intentions were petronius Apr 2013 #4
This woman is a fetishist who hates children and is clearly part of the problem... iiibbb Apr 2013 #5
Tough choices but -- CokeMachine Apr 2013 #6
Didn't she have a Life Alert button to press or something? sylvi Apr 2013 #7
Not legit in some states. AtheistCrusader Apr 2013 #9
According to Kellerman, S_B_Jackson Apr 2013 #10
That is part of my curiosity sarisataka Apr 2013 #14
rude toter. ileus Apr 2013 #11
All of you have it wrong Lurks Often Apr 2013 #12
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