TX: Fed-up homeowner shoots would be thief neighbor in the groin

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Around 9 p.m., the neighbor shot the 40-year-old man after he caught him breaking into his home on Cypress North Houston Road and Cathy Drive, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

A neighbor told police this isn't the first time the 40-year-old suspect has tried to break into the home and the neighbor had enough of it. The homeowner who shot the suspect cooperated and waited for police to arrive.
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That will definitely make someone reconsider their career choice. :cryin
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Jusme wrote:That will definitely make someone reconsider their career choice. :cryin
This information makes me NEVER want to attempt to break into this man's home!
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Hmmm, did he miss his eye or what?

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Oldgringo wrote:Hmmm, did he miss his eye or what?

Ive never been shot *knocks on wood* but I bet a headshot hurts less than a manberry shot.
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Shot placement. :shock: Wow!
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FastCarry wrote:
Oldgringo wrote:Hmmm, did he miss his eye or what?
Ive never been shot *knocks on wood* but I bet a headshot hurts less than a manberry shot.
I've actually seen it a couple of times, and yes, the word "uncomfortable" is far too mild a word. [lol]manberry!!![/lol] "rlol"
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No warning shots. Okay, that was a good one. But still
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Just a note that, if my handgun has to be deployed while I'm at manual-engagement range (i.e., "bad breath distance"), the pelvic girdle is going to be my primary target. Several solid reasons for this, but since TAM (and others on the Forum) had to stand on a range several years ago for an hour listening to me pontificate on the subject--and I don't want to make them suffer again--suffice it to say that I think the old "rock and lock" pistol presentation technique went out with disco. That the pistol is going to stay pressed against my ribcage, unsighted, indexed at a point somewhere between the bad guy's navel and the top of his thighs until I can extricate myself by at least five feet.

Not knowing more about the specifics of the incident, it may very well be that the homeowner went through some of the same training as me during the last 15 years. It sounds ludicrous for that to be a sighted shot (ignoring Hollywood) but could quite realistically happen at contact distances. I wonder how many rounds were fired?

Thank you once again, Houston Chronicle, for giving us nothing but a headline and about 100 vacuous words that tell us next to nothing...then failing to follow-up on the next-to-nothing over a day later.
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"unlawfully and with force entered, or was attempting to enter unlawfully and with force, the actor's occupied habitation"

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Skiprr wrote:.....but since TAM (and others on the Forum) had to stand on a range several years ago for an hour listening to me pontificate on the subject.....
And you should know that I've never forgotten either the demonstration, or the lesson. In fact, TAW and I were talking about it just a few days ago. That, and the "get off the X" exercise we did that day.
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One Range Officer I knew recommended the pelvic girdle to stop a person . He emphasized "breaking bone".
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IIRC, if one can break or fracture the pubic symphysis the whole thing comes crashing down. Or at least can't put up any more of a fight because it is kinda like the superglue that holds the foundation together. Or something like that.
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WTR wrote:One Range Officer I knew recommended the pelvic girdle to stop a person . He emphasized "breaking bone".
There is a LOT going on inside the pelvic girdle, and while you might well break bone, it may not be necessary. The descending aorta bifurcates into the two femoral arteries. The internal structures of the genitalia and urinary tract. The ascending and descending colon. Major nerves. Etc., etc. Put a bullet into someone's bladder, and the spasms alone ought to drop them like a microphone. Hit a sciatic, femoral, or pudendal nerve, and the fight's probably over.
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The Annoyed Man wrote:
Skiprr wrote:.....but since TAM (and others on the Forum) had to stand on a range several years ago for an hour listening to me pontificate on the subject.....
And you should know that I've never forgotten either the demonstration, or the lesson. In fact, TAW and I were talking about it just a few days ago. That, and the "get off the X" exercise we did that day.
The demonstration in which some smartalec in the class had years of Shotokan experience? ;-)

TAW was in that class? And I didn't know enough to even say "hello"? Arrrgh!

Please tell your lovely wife--whom I met but didn't know it--that I hope we all might meet again.
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