Who Ya Gonna Call?

By Jenn Jacques

Guns can and do save lives, that’s not something I have to tell regular Bearing Arms readers. So let this story be a lesson to those of you who may not own guns or have access to a firearm in a critical situation.

Number one, I’m sorry you had to find out this way that having a gun for self defense is a good idea and number two, please have the first phone call you make go to the police.

Sgt. Jason Houck, a spokesman for the King County Washington Sheriff’s Office, said deputies received a call of a disturbance early Tuesday morning around 2:15 a.m.

Houck said after two female residents of a home on Renton Avenue South in Seattle heard someone breaking into their house, they didn’t call 9-1-1, they called a male relative who lives nearby.

The male relative then called a friend and together, the two men went to the house to investigate, Houck said.

However, as the friend was running up the driveway to the residence, he was shot in the stomach and arm by one of the alleged home intruders.

Then they called the police.

Although the three suspects fled, one was later tracked by K-9 units. While …Read the Rest

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