Helping the police respond...

[holster]

This is the true story of George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi, who was going to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the shed. George opened the door to go turn off the light but saw there were people in the shed in the process of stealing things.

He immediately phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?" and George said no and explained the situation. Then they explained that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be there when available.

George said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again.

"Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now because I've just shot them all."

Then he hung up. Within five minutes three squad cars, an Armed Response unit, and an ambulance showed up. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed.

One of the policemen said to George: "I thought you said that you'd shot them!"

George said, "I thought you said there was nOBody available!"

[Crushmaster]

That is hilarious. Thanks for sharing, brother.
God bless,
Joel.

[JerryNumbers]

Snopes says its.

[holster]

Snopes says its.

That's why I posted it under "Humor" - I didn't even consider it to be real....

[JerryNumbers]

I didn't even notice what it was posted under, just read it!

I've done mine for the day too.

[irishman]

Hey, I actually had a real incident similar to that! Years ago, when I and my wife were first married, we rented in a bad neighborhood. We came home late one night (usually home by dark) and found that someone was in our basement! I made my way to the bedroom and got my .357 Magnum, and phoned the police. They asked if he was still there, and I said I don't know,
They actually told me to go see, and call them back if he is!

I did not tell them I had a .357 Mag, but said "Ok" and went downstairs (I was young and stupid-er then, now I am just old and stupid!) Fortunately for both of us, the intruder was gone.

The details leading up to it would have been funny if they were not true!

Gotta get ready for church...

[holster]

Hey, I actually had a real incident similar to that! Years ago, when I and my wife were first married, we rented in a bad neighborhood. We came home late one night (usually home by dark) and found that someone was in our basement! I made my way to the bedroom and got my .357 Magnum, and phoned the police. They asked if he was still there, and I said I don't know,
They actually told me to go see, and call them back if he is!

I did not tell them I had a .357 Mag, but said "Ok" and went downstairs (I was young and stupid-er then, now I am just old and stupid!) Fortunately for both of us, the intruder was gone.

The details leading up to it would have been funny if they were not true!

Gotta get ready for church...

wow...... unbelievable.... Hey.. at least you got your priorities right! "got my .357 magnum [then] called the police!

[4everHis]

This is the true story of George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi, who was going to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the shed. George opened the door to go turn off the light but saw there were people in the shed in the process of stealing things.

He immediately phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?" and George said no and explained the situation. Then they explained that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be there when available.

George said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again.

"Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now because I've just shot them all."

Then he hung up. Within five minutes three squad cars, an Armed Response unit, and an ambulance showed up. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed.

One of the policemen said to George: "I thought you said that you'd shot them!"

George said, "I thought you said there was nOBody available!"

2funny! thanks for the laugh!

[irishman]

wow...... unbelievable.... Hey.. at least you got your priorities right! "got my .357 magnum [then] called the police!

The entire affair was hilarious...now! At the time it was pretty scary. I had just returned from Vietnam not long before (Couple of years I guess) and all I could think of when I first made my way through the house was how ironic it would be to be killed with my own gun! Getting killed would have been bad enough, of course, but to add insult to injury--with your own gun? I would have hated that!

I left out some for sake of making a long story short, but I have to say that there was one part of the ordeal that was rather funny; when we returned home (from her parents house) I dropped her off, but she insisted that I check the house for burglars. I looked real quick through the house, and then went downstairs and stood at the bottom of the stairs so she thought I was looking around. I yelled "Come out you old bogey man" just to tease her about being scared! I then left to get some milk. Boy, if someone would have come out then I prOBably would have jumped through the floor! Anyway, I imagine it was all he could do to suppress a laugh!

[holster]

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all I could think of when I first made my way through the house was how ironic it would be to be killed with my own gun! Getting killed would have been bad enough, of course, but to add insult to injury--with your own gun? I would have hated that!

I have a ritual that I go thru every night. As I have guns constantly in use (carry guns) plus others being cleaned, etc. I MAKE SURE all AMMO in boxed and under my bed. My carry guns are right there to. (I have no children in the home, my wife has been highly educated as to gun safety.)

I have the assurance that if someone is going to shoot me with my own gun they will have to have put their own ammo in a rifle or else they will have to beat me to my bedside weapon.

[JerryNumbers]

Leave me ask. If you have a gun in the house, its unloaded, someone breaks in, will the gun do you any good?

[irishman]

Leave me ask. If you have a gun in the house, its unloaded, someone breaks in, will the gun do you any good?

I'll tackle that one:

First let me say that we should not trust the gun for our safety, that is what the Lord is to be to us, our security, and our safe-haven. I do not load my guns, but only because I don't intend to use them. My kids are all grown and gone, and the grand kids don't even know I have any, and couldn't reach them if they did.

My son-in-law asked one time "is it worth killing a person over a bunch of stuff?" and that got me thinking...it is not worth it. If the Lord allows someone to break in and steal all I have, he won't get much anyway! I do, however, lock my doors, lest I tempt them too much!

An unloaded gun is still a threat if you have the nerve to use it; the burglar doesn't know it isn't loaded! I suppose though that a shot over his head would be sufficient enough to chase him off, if it comes to that. In the same neighborhood I wrote of, my wife was being harassed by someone (I worked nights at the time) knocking on th edoors, first one, and then the othewr. They were prOBably trying to get her to open the door. I set the Colt Python (an awesome gun) on an end table and tols her "Just blow the door off the hinges. they will not look back to see what your shooting at". She was afraid of guns herself, but I told her "just shoot the door, and stand back" and watch the fun! She never had to use it though, praise the Lord for that. Needless to say, we did not stay long in that neighborhood.

[JerryNumbers]

It would seem that trying to stop someone who is breaking into or has broken into your home with an unloaded gun would be more dangerous than not having a gun.

[irishman]

It would seem that trying to stop someone who is breaking into or has broken into your home with an unloaded gun would be more dangerous than not having a gun.

That's assuming they have a gun! Most burglars don't, at least didn't used to. things seem to change rapidly nowadays though. Even those that have a gun most likely will not risk getting hurt themselves; they love to inflict pain or death, but when it comes their way, they are scared to death instead!

By the way, isn't it amazing that light will often deter them from their evil? Talk about children of darkness...

[holster]

Leave me ask. If you have a gun in the house, its unloaded, someone breaks in, will the gun do you any good?

I misrepresented my situation. I should have said... I make sure all "loose" and "boxed" ammo is boxed and under bed.

I was not including in that statement the shotgun shell belt (full) hanging on my bedpost nor the ammo in my "bedpost" handgun, nor the ammo in my carry gun (also close by the bed) nor the ammo in the .357 magnum on my wife's side of bed.

Hope that clears things up......

A gun without ammo is nothing more than a club...