Reply #11: No but I shot a burglar in the ass with a pellet gun [View All]

[tularetom]

and I gotta tell you it's a good thing the pellet gun was the only thing I could reach or I probably would have at least seriously disabled him. I drove up the driveway and caught him coming out of my garage with my chain saw in his hand. He took off. The pellet gun was under my car seat. I grabbed it and chased him. As he ran around the corner of the barn I chased him while I pumped the gun yelling at him to drop the saw. Finally I got close enough to get off a shot. I aimed for his hand hoping he would drop it but missed hitting him in the "upper thigh". He hollered and dropped the saw but kept on running. By the time I stopped and retrieved the saw he had got out to the road and got into his car and drove away. The sheriff caught him later when he went to an emergency room for treatment. I was severely chastized by the cops for not just letting the guy go and calling them but they never filed any charges.

I took a ration of shit from a lot of people for shooting a guy in the ass. I don't think I would do that again but if I saw someone in my hallway coming toward me with any type of firearm I'm afraid I'd do exactly what that homeowner did. Maybe I'd feel like shit about it later but it seems to me it's a life or death situation.