Home Invader Shot by Owners of East Texas Home

By Dan Zimmerman

Here’s a pro tip for you aspiring burglars and home invaders out there in Internet Land: if you try to break into a home in rural Texas, you’re taking your life in your hands. The Lone Star State is home to more than 10 million gun owners, about 35% of the population.

That’s not the highest percentage in the country. In fact, it’s only in the middle of the pack. But when you get outside the Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin urban areas, that percentage goes up. Way up.

Unfortunately, Michael Wade McBride of Texarkana apparently wasn’t up on the latest Texas gun ownership statistics. Or maybe he was just too wasted to care.

In any case, he tried to break into a Bowie County home in east Texas last week and came away from the experience with one more orifice than when he started the evening.

According to Bowie County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Neal, Bowie County deputies were dispatched to a disturbance call in the 100 block of Bateson Lane around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. The information provided by the caller was that a white male named Wade wearing blue jeans, no shirt and a teal colored hat was intoxicated …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation