good guys with guns 10-16-09

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Oops, Wrong House, Louisiana Version: A would-be robber is recovering
from gunshot wounds as Caddo sheriff's deputies work to determine who,
if anyone, helped him during a home invasion early Thursday. Dion
Lewis, 30, was shot by the owner of a home in the 1100 block of Oak
Grove Lane in south Caddo when Lewis broke the dwelling about 3 a.m.,
Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator said. The homeowner, one of three people
asleep inside, "was awakened by someone kicking in the front door of
his house," the sheriff said. "He armed himself with a handgun. And
when the suspect appeared at his bedroom door, the homeowner opened
fire several times." Deputies say Lewis fled and, about 30 minutes
later, showed up at Willis-Knighton Pierremont with wounds to both
legs. He later was transferred to LSU Hospital in Shreveport, where he
remained later Thursday… (Note the wounds to the legs. Many people
have a tendency to jerk or push their shots low.)
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20091016/NEWS03/910160347/Homeowner-shoots-intruder
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Oops, Wrong House, Nevada Version: An intruder was shot dead by a
resident in a northwest valley home Thursday night. Las Vegas police
said four men broke into a house at 3025 Red Bay Way, near Cheyenne
Avenue and Buffalo Drive, about 9:30 p.m. One of the four intruders
was shot and killed. The other three fled the scene. Nobody else was
injured, according to police, who gave no motive for the break-in.
http://www.lvrj.com/news/intruder-fatally-shot-at-lv-home-64478517.html
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Further Details on Florida Shooting: Tired from a long day at work,
brothers Anthony and Peter Julien arrived home Tuesday night to find a
bedroom light on and two bicycles in front of their Pine Hills home.
Anthony Julien went inside through the garage, a 9mm gun in his hand.
One intruder was in Julien's bedroom to the right. Another man was
pointing a gun at him from the dining room on the left. Julien dropped
to one knee, knowing it was the stranger or him. "When I saw he had a
gun in his hand, I bent down and, 'pow,' I shot him right here,"
Julien said. Both brothers opened fire. One intruder was killed, and a
second was wounded. The Orange-Osceola State Attorney's Office will
decide whether charges should be filed against Anthony Julien, 50, or
his brother, Peter, 57. Under the state's Castle Doctrine, however,
residents can legally use deadly force to protect themselves against
intruders… (All's well that ends well but many of us who were
influenced by Jim Cirillo counsel against using kneeling or prone
positions without cover because, as noted earlier, poor shooters tend
to jerk or push their shots low. Thus, going low, without cover, may
actually put more vital organs in the path of the assailant's bullet.)
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-burglary-shooting-death-101509,0,3040052.story
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