I find so many flaws in this video it is amazing the man is actually alive. I don't doubt any of this occurred. I doubt the sequence, though.
At 10 PM at night on a holiday when no one is expected to come to the door an elderly gentlemen hears unusual noises. We've all been there. Hear something unusual and check it out.
The gentleman states he is a former police officer. He came down the stairs in response to the noise. Upon descending the stairs he notes two figures at the front door. He doesn't know who it is or stops to realize this would be an unusual visit. But, in caution he is carrying a gun behind his back.
He swings the door wide open rather than looking through the side windows to decide if these were people he knew. I find that very odd. I would expect someone with extensive police experience to at least look through the side windows to identify those at his doorstep. He must be the luckiest man in the world, because, in not identifying those people and calling 911 to report who was there or retreating to a safe room upstairs with his wife to call 911, he could be dead right now. He swung the door open to find two people on the other side, one with an aluminum baseball bat.
See, I would expect a trained police officer to look through the side windows, identify that the people on the other side were hooded and basically unarmed. Certainly, not carrying any weapons. I would expect him to call for back up by dialing 911 to report he, an elderly retired police officer, and his wife were in danger. I would expect him or his wife to remain on the phone with police as the scenario played out. I would expect him to take action if necessary, but, I would not expect him to compromise his home or his wife.
See, what I think happened is that he did look through those side windows to assess the circumstances he faced and decided he could handle it. He didn't know who was in the dark and whether or not there were more people. But, I do believe he knew what he was facing when he opened the door. I also find it interesting he simply proceeded outside to follow the perpetrators and was willing to use the gun in a neighborhood where other homes existed. It wasn't enough one person was down and he could identify a license plate on the car, he was going to carry out justice right there on the street. He had no idea if that car belonged in the neighborhood or not, he simply believed the car was going to back up to pick up the man who was down.I would expect an elderly man that fend off a robbery while defending his wife would be satisfied with their lives being safe.
He begins his political rant all too easily. He states the limit on clip size would have caused him problems after firing two weapons (one from upstairs and one from downstairs) at people that had none. One person was down and one person was in the car to get away and the bullets in his guns weren't enough. Odd. What was the chance there could have been guns in the car?
What I find more interesting than anything is that one of the persons had been in the home before and estimated he could pull off a robbery without any trouble at all. The perpetrator knew the home. It wasn't a random robbery. It only goes to prove that when inviting service people into a home, be sure the company is bonded and performs background checks on it's employees.
This video is produced to bring drama to the events while creating innocence of the homeowner at every action he took.
He states the criminal justice system is about rehabilitation. You've got to be joking. A police officer with an attitude. This country only recently recognized those imprisoned beyond any reasonable time. This attitude is about creating fear of the system and it's inadequacy to protect people and why they have to take the law into their own hands. The female suspect was sentenced to four years and the judge wasn't given free will to put her away forever. She was unarmed and while the man was willing to beat someone to unconsciousness or worse, there were no deaths and I am grateful for that. But, our constitution states the punishment has to fit the crime, not a sentence the NRA decides is best.
The two elderly people could have taken many actions to avoid confrontation and protect themselves including calling a neighbor or many neighbors. They didn't have to go it alone. I think the message this NRA video carries is very dangerous and completely inappropriate when people are defending their life from attack. Working in a vacuum is not a reasonable scenario. Personally, I like watch dogs, too.
At 10 PM at night on a holiday when no one is expected to come to the door an elderly gentlemen hears unusual noises. We've all been there. Hear something unusual and check it out.
The gentleman states he is a former police officer. He came down the stairs in response to the noise. Upon descending the stairs he notes two figures at the front door. He doesn't know who it is or stops to realize this would be an unusual visit. But, in caution he is carrying a gun behind his back.
He swings the door wide open rather than looking through the side windows to decide if these were people he knew. I find that very odd. I would expect someone with extensive police experience to at least look through the side windows to identify those at his doorstep. He must be the luckiest man in the world, because, in not identifying those people and calling 911 to report who was there or retreating to a safe room upstairs with his wife to call 911, he could be dead right now. He swung the door open to find two people on the other side, one with an aluminum baseball bat.
See, I would expect a trained police officer to look through the side windows, identify that the people on the other side were hooded and basically unarmed. Certainly, not carrying any weapons. I would expect him to call for back up by dialing 911 to report he, an elderly retired police officer, and his wife were in danger. I would expect him or his wife to remain on the phone with police as the scenario played out. I would expect him to take action if necessary, but, I would not expect him to compromise his home or his wife.
See, what I think happened is that he did look through those side windows to assess the circumstances he faced and decided he could handle it. He didn't know who was in the dark and whether or not there were more people. But, I do believe he knew what he was facing when he opened the door. I also find it interesting he simply proceeded outside to follow the perpetrators and was willing to use the gun in a neighborhood where other homes existed. It wasn't enough one person was down and he could identify a license plate on the car, he was going to carry out justice right there on the street. He had no idea if that car belonged in the neighborhood or not, he simply believed the car was going to back up to pick up the man who was down.I would expect an elderly man that fend off a robbery while defending his wife would be satisfied with their lives being safe.
He begins his political rant all too easily. He states the limit on clip size would have caused him problems after firing two weapons (one from upstairs and one from downstairs) at people that had none. One person was down and one person was in the car to get away and the bullets in his guns weren't enough. Odd. What was the chance there could have been guns in the car?
What I find more interesting than anything is that one of the persons had been in the home before and estimated he could pull off a robbery without any trouble at all. The perpetrator knew the home. It wasn't a random robbery. It only goes to prove that when inviting service people into a home, be sure the company is bonded and performs background checks on it's employees.
This video is produced to bring drama to the events while creating innocence of the homeowner at every action he took.
He states the criminal justice system is about rehabilitation. You've got to be joking. A police officer with an attitude. This country only recently recognized those imprisoned beyond any reasonable time. This attitude is about creating fear of the system and it's inadequacy to protect people and why they have to take the law into their own hands. The female suspect was sentenced to four years and the judge wasn't given free will to put her away forever. She was unarmed and while the man was willing to beat someone to unconsciousness or worse, there were no deaths and I am grateful for that. But, our constitution states the punishment has to fit the crime, not a sentence the NRA decides is best.
The two elderly people could have taken many actions to avoid confrontation and protect themselves including calling a neighbor or many neighbors. They didn't have to go it alone. I think the message this NRA video carries is very dangerous and completely inappropriate when people are defending their life from attack. Working in a vacuum is not a reasonable scenario. Personally, I like watch dogs, too.
