California Homeowner Shoots, Wounds Home Invader

By Tom Knighton

It’s the scenario we all think about at some point. For some of us, it’s the sole reason why we have guns. For many others, it’s just one of many factors we consider. Either way, it’s something that the vast majority of us pray never happens.

For one California homeowner, though, it did.

A 28-year-old South Kitsap man is in an area hospital after being shot by a man whose house he was attempting to break into early Thursday.

Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of someone trying to break into a home on SE Scatterwood Lane, off Southworth Drive, at about 2 a.m. Thursday.

The caller reported hearing a loud banging sound on windows on the lower level of his home, according to a statement from the Sheriff’s Office. The homeowner, who had a handgun, also reported hearing yelling outside the house.

When he opened the door, the 28-year-old man allegedly charged at the homeowner and pushed him. According to the statement, the homeowner fired one shot at the 28-year-old man, who continued to try to enter the home while yelling “Let me into your house.”

Police found the suspect lying on the threshold of the door shivering, soaking …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms