From westernjournal.com
A young Kentucky resident was more than a match for two men who broke into a home on Saturday.
Shortly before 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, Kentucky State Police were informed of a shooting that took place in Manchester after the Manchester Police Department wanted assistance, according to a news release from the Kentucky State Police.
The news release said two men forced their way into a home and were seeking to steal guns from a safe.
“During the break-in, a juvenile resident of the home discovered the intruders and saw them holding firearms,” the release said.
“The juvenile, acting in self-defense, retrieved a handgun and shot both men before escaping through a bedroom window,” the release said.
The dead men were identified as Roger Smith 44 of McKee, who died at a nearby hospital, and Jeffrey Allen 51 of Manchester, who died at the scene..
Manchester Police Chief Jeff Couch told NBC that no one else was at home at the time of the incident.
Couch said the gun belonged to the father of the teen who fought back.
The teen was not taken into custody, he said.
Police did not say how old the juvenile was who killed the would-be robbers, according to WSAZ-TV.
Across America, homeowners rely upon the Second Amendment for protection, as noted by Amy Swearer in an Op-Ed for the Heritage Foundation.
“The right to keep and bear arms is based on the natural, immutable right to defend oneself and one’s liberties from crime and tyranny,” she wrote.
“Unfortunately, too many well-intentioned people today advocate severely restricting the ability of law-abiding Americans to defend themselves and others with the most effective firearms.
“They believe that Americans rarely use firearms to protect their rights and liberties, and they think commonly proposed gun control laws will meaningfully address gun-related violence. But the reality is quite different,” she wrote.
“Americans use guns in self-defense on far more occasions than criminals use them to commit crimes. Yet those defensive gun uses rarely receive the amount of attention given to criminal gun uses,” she said, calling everyday Americans who defend their homes “underreported good guys using a gun.”
“Most lawful gun owners understand the gravity of taking another human life, even in lawful self-defense. They pray the day never comes when they must rely on their Second Amendment rights to protect themselves or others, because it will likely be the hardest moment of their lives,” she wrote. source
Jolly good for the kid! I can only think of two very good reasons for stealing guns: either to use in violent crime oneself, or sell to those who will use them thus — both excellent reasons for being shot if one tries to pinch them.
Amy Swearer is absolutely correct in all she says, and firearms aren’t just vital tools for such a nasty situation as this one, but they are also a lot of fun to shoot — both for sport, just knocking targets and things about for fun, and of course very necessary in helping keep the balance of nature in various ways, when natural predators aren’t numerous enough to keep down creatures like rabbits, foxes, rats, &c.
The control freaks are after one thing only; not safety for people, or anything like that, but only safety for themselves FROM people they want to oppress with impunity.
I don’t know if I’d call it “Jolly good”. I’m thankful the boy’s alright, and that the intruders were neutralized. And I’m all for gun ownership, and home defense. But he’s going to likely have PTSD the rest of his life. I was reading the other day in Ezekiel about the priests that weren’t to be near anyone who had died (with some exceptions for close relatives). Death is unnatural, incredibly sad, and a curse and outcome of sin. I can’t wait for it to be scrubbed in the new heavens and earth where righteousness will reign. What a day that will be!
Amen, Andrew. What a day that will be!
Yes, that is so. ‘Jolly good’ in this meant, not that I thought it physically good for him having had to do it, but rather that in having to face up to the situation, he had the grit to do so, and that it turned out well for him 🙂
Amen, Tiffy girl!!
What’s missing from the usual & expected turn of this event? 1. Demoncrats aren’t running our Fed gov’t…2. otherwise the kid would be in jail for murder or manslaughter..3. the thieves weren’t illegals (so far) & therefore if that were true the families or gang buds would be due big $ from our sympathetic demoncrat judges (although they love to kill babies) because the illegals have been a protected class with special rights until now. I like the change. Think I’ll get my weapon out & clean it.
I like the change too.