Defensive Gun Use of the Day: BB Gun-Wielding GA Teen Scares Off Two Burglars

By Robert Farago

We often point out that the vast majority of defensive gun uses (DGU’s) end without shots fired. The armed defender shows the bad guys his or her gun, the perps fear perforation, and exit, stage right. fox5atlanta.com has an example . . .

A quick-thinking teenager stopped a burglary at his Coweta County home. He came downstairs with a realistic looking pellet gun and took aim. The two hooded men threw up their hands and ran out the front door.

Bayne Sample, 16, admitted it was a bit improvised, but said he didn’t have a choice. Good thing the Airsoft rifle looked the part. Bayne said it is a replica of a real assault rifle.

Bayne was home alone with his little brother. Their dad told FOX 5 News he was proud of himself and credits Bayne’s ROTC training at East Coweta High School for giving him both the courage and calmness.

Oh look! An AR-15 involved in a DGU! Didn’t what’s-his-name, the British guy that Jeremy Clarkson punched in the nose, say that never happens? OK, it wasn’t really an AR. In the video above, the reporter jokes about young Master Bayne’s BB ballistic …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns