Dallas man finds burglar stealing guns from his home

fisherchris · Post by **fisherchris** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:33 pm

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/w ... 33f2f.html

I would bet the bad guy would be in even worse shape if the homeowner was already there instead of happening upon the bad guy when he arrived home.

It also sounds like this is a habitual problem but I bet he will think twice before trying to get into another house again.

Venus Pax · Post by **Venus Pax** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:43 pm

That homeowner is braver than I am!

seamusTX · Post by **seamusTX** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:50 pm

I love the mope's earrings.

- Jim

HighVelocity · Post by **HighVelocity** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:05 pm

I don't think I'd have entered the house. Seriously, I am safe outside, BG inside, no family inside with BG, I'm calling the cops and watching to make sure he doesn't get away.

But, I wasn't there and can't know for sure what would've been running through my mind if I were.

The homeowner is very lucky there wasn't multiple BG's in the house and that the the BG was a crumby shot.

seamusTX · Post by **seamusTX** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:08 pm

HighVelocity wrote:I don't think I'd have entered the house.

I agree with you, but I think the homeowner blew his stack.

I wonder how old he is. The article said his wife had passed away, which may indicate he wasn't a young guy.

- Jim

flintknapper · Post by **flintknapper** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:15 pm

"When police arrived, they found the unconscious burglar in a pool of blood on the hallway floor."

Sounds like the home owner opened up a #303 can 'O Whup Butt on him.

It may not be advisable, it might have been tactically incorrect, it could have turned out differently another time, but.......man I love this!

age_ranger · Post by **age_ranger** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:51 pm

*sniff* I love happy endings *sniff*

G.C.Montgomery · Post by **G.C.Montgomery** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:17 am

flintknapper wrote:"When police arrived, they found the unconscious burglar in a pool of blood on the hallway floor."

Reminds me of the Monday after I came home to find my house burglarized. "Honest officer, I just found him that way. His ears were bleeding and he was just a whining and carrying on....But, looky here, I see my wife's stolen earing on the ground next to him!"

wrightcrew · Post by **wrightcrew** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:49 am

I agree with you guys -- I wouldn't have gone in the house. The homeowner was lucky, but it certainly makes for an interesting story! That particular BG will not soon forget that experience! But, unfortunately, there's no guarantee that the experience will cause a change in his future behavior.

MrDrummy · Post by **MrDrummy** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:07 am

The BG can't get into more trouble for firing that shot?

phddan · Post by **phddan** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 4:20 am

Should have 3 burglaries and attempted murder charges.

One more thug off the streets.

Next!

Dan

Liberty · Post by **Liberty** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:43 am

Money can't buy the type of quality education this perp received. Maybe he learned something from this experiance.

Incident reminds me of G.C's sig.

Paladin · Post by **Paladin** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:29 am

"Mr. McKinney went into the home through the window and confronted the burglar. Police said the suspect fired a shot at Mr. McKinney, but it hit a wall instead. "

It does sound like Mr. McKinney got lucky here. He entered a house with an armed criminal who was willing and able to shoot, without a gun of his own? While everything turned out okay, since Mr. Mckinney's family wasn't home, he should have called the police.

A while back an armed CHL got killed under similar circumstances (the CHL killed the armed burglar in return... both died)

I'm sure that even the police wouldn't have gone in unless they had to. And if the criminal wouldn't come out on his own, it would have been a SWAT team going in.

Greybeard · Post by **Greybeard** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:57 am

I suspect the burglar may think long and hard before doing that again ...

Just glad it turned out the way it did.

One of my initial CHL students had a similar incident several years back - and was also very fortunate that things shook out as they did. Homeowner weighed well over 400 pounds and had the proverbial "32 gun in his pocket for fun" - with all of his other guns locked up in house where burglar had kicked out sliding glass door.

20/20 hindsight says he too should have called 911 ... Particularly due to the fact that one of the pieces of evidence found in posession of the BG was the thick half of homeowner's pool que, which the BG was probably planning to use on homeowner's skull if needed to escape ...

jbenat · Post by **jbenat** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 12:26 pm

What's really supprising about this article is that The Dallas Morning News didn't refer to the burgal as the victim and the home owner as a crazed gun owner with HUNDREDS of rounds of ammo stockpiled to kill school children.

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Dallas man finds burglar stealing guns from his home

Dallas man finds burglar stealing guns from his home

DMN missed their chance....