Thieves

[Burnin' oil]

Originally Posted by gtc

Don't worry, I was mostly kidding, and besides that my gun is just a little .22lr pistol.

Exhibit 2 . . .

[lane912]

"i yelled to get the perps attention and had my pistol drawn. the perp looked up and reached into his pocket. i feared for my life and shot one round, hitting him in the head" the dead have no voice-

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Originally Posted by lane912

"i yelled to get the perps attention and had my pistol drawn. the perp looked up and reached into his pocket. i feared for my life and shot one round, hitting him in the head" the dead have no voice-

A lawyer would have field day with that...

"Oh, so you confronted someone with a gun drawn? How exactly were you not looking to use deadly force in the defense of property then? What exactly were you planning on doing with that gun?"

FWIW I wish more people WOULD just shoot thieves dead. It would start fixing the problem, but of course our system doesn't want that. They want to have justification to keep siphoning money out of everyone's pocket in order to subsidize ineffective (and expensive) law enforcement efforts. Allowing the citizenry to be self-reliant only means people are less dependent on the government and its employees - and that cannot be tolerated.

[ruf-porsche]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

What in the hell are you thinking leaving $3k worth of stereo equipment in your car?

Sounds like you were asking for it. Not terribly wise.

Putting 3000 dollars worth of stereo equipment in a car that is worth 2500 dollars, now that is not very wise. Trying to explain to the insurance company that the car is worth 5500 dollars priceless.

[lane912]

[QUOTE=Porsche-O-Phile;4766728]A lawyer would have field day with that...

"Oh, so you confronted someone with a gun drawn? How exactly were you not looking to use deadly force in the defense of property then? What exactly were you planning on doing with that gun?"

"sir i was naked and had no way to conceal the weapon"

[Joeaksa]

[QUOTE=lane912;4766826]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

A lawyer would have field day with that...

"Oh, so you confronted someone with a gun drawn? How exactly were you not looking to use deadly force in the defense of property then? What exactly were you planning on doing with that gun?"

"sir i was naked and had no way to conceal the weapon"

Pictures or BAN!

[lane912]

You realy don't want to see that

[Hugh R]

Originally Posted by lane912

the interesting thing is that there are several countys that have stated that tey will not show up for property crimes nor will they prosicute for it due to lack of funds.

George Will wrote an interesting piece years ago regarding the NYC subway shooting by, I think his name was Bernard Getz, or something like that, who shot two blacks who were threatening him.

Will's piece spelled out the logic that we as a population make a deal with government that if the government protects us and prosecutes and punishes evildoers, we, Society, won't act as vigiliantes. We government shirks its responsibilities, we should reclaim our right to be vigiliants.

[Heel n Toe]

Originally Posted by dhoward

Sometime over the weekend, sombody got into my unlocked truck IN MY DRIVEWAY, and took all of the 'door pocket change' and my GPS out of the center console. Didn't take the mount or the power cable.
What's the world coming to?

It appears the world is coming to your neighborhood looking for unlocked vehicles.

In other words, "easy pickin's."

Enter the new millenium with the rest of us and lock that thang and you'll stop 99.5% of it from occurring.

BTW, the fact that they had to come IN YOUR DRIVEWAY to do it is nuthin.' That's just a few extra steps... they couldn't care less they were trespassing.

[dhoward]

200 yard driveway.

[dhoward]

Ok. Not really.
You're right.

[Groesbeck Hurricane]

.22LR is a deadly round, especially in the hands of a good shot. My Wife's Great Uncle helped take out a German squad. He was out of .45 rounds for the rifle, all he had left was his .22LR HS. The Germans died, he lived.

Game Wardens in Texas will tell you the .22LR is the calibre of choice for poaching.

[mossguy]

Originally Posted by gtc

Don't worry, I was mostly kidding, and besides that my gun is just a little .22lr pistol.

Same as Bond, James Bond's original weapon!

Best,
Tom

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Originally Posted by ruf-porsche

Putting 3000 dollars worth of stereo equipment in a car that is worth 2500 dollars, now that is not very wise. Trying to explain to the insurance company that the car is worth 5500 dollars priceless.

$3000 of stereo in ANY car is ridiculous. Unless you're building one of those setups they use at car shows to demonstrate what can be done with all the latest razzle-dazzle equipment, I fail to see how it would EVER be a good idea.

Hell, if I had ten million dollars and a Lamborghini, I still doubt I'd put $3000 worth of stereo in it. Heck, my 911 has the best stereo a 911 can have - NONE! Music by Porsche!

[Jim Bremner]

Originally Posted by 944EMT

Was looking forward to getting my 944 up in the Sierra this summer now that the snow is gone only to find out some tweekers busted my hatch and stole roughly 2800.00 dollars worth of stereo equipment, if that wasn't bad enough they destroyed my console where all my climate control is or was, just had to vent.

GOOD NEWS!!!! YOUR car is now lighter!

[ruf-porsche]

Originally Posted by lane912

You realy don't want to see that

+1

not unless you're into such thing.

[nynor]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

Just tell them that you're about to shoot the SOB that's breaking into your car. That should get their attention.

you tell them you already shot him. the helicopter will be there in a matter of minutes.