AMAZING: Armed Homeowner Scores Bloodless Victory With a .22LR and a Lot of Guts

By John Falkenberg

STATESVILLE, NC — When a man found a complete stranger in his sunroom trying to force his way into the rest of his home where his soon-to-be wife and two children were located, he knew he had to take action.

He picked up one of the less commonly-reached-for tools for defense, a bolt-action .22-caliber rifle.

But what the heck — it worked.

As the Statesville Record & Landmark reports:

What (Owen) Turman didn’t expect was a strange man in his outdoor sunroom, trying to get into the house. Turman, who lives on Culpepper Road off Wilkesboro Highway, quickly snatched his .22-caliber bolt-action rifle and went around back to confront the stranger.

“I saw him turn the handle on my door and twist real hard trying to get in,” said Turman, recounting the events of April 8. “When I saw that, I instantly put my rifle up at him.”

He asked the man what he was doing, told him to get away from the door and to lie on the ground. The stranger followed orders, but didn’t answer questions, like who he was or what he was doing. Turman, still in his underwear, called police. And he waited. His fiancé and two daughters, …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation