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Not that far-fetched a scenario. Similar things do happen, also I remember when there were a few crews Hot chick in shorts and a guy out in the desert in AZ and southern Kali back in the 80's when I was out there. The chick would be by her car out in the middle of no where and the nice guy who would pull over to help would get robbed by the guy that was hiding out of sight..

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Good communications, on time and quick transaction.

Agree, but the all factors at the time need to be taken into account. In addition to the ones listed a good point was brought up, are there others with her, is she a decoy, when told by the home owner that they have a gun and are ready to shoot does she stop. Can they completely identify the person, do they know she is a female, is she advancing and now a unknown threat is there. All split second decisions and all of us who own firearms and chose to defend ourselves have to be able to not only take into account, unfortunately in the PR of NJ, there are other factors to consider. Hopefully none of us will ever have to deal with any of these situations, but any of us who do decide to defend ourselves need to know, it's not always going to be a black and white case while we are in NJ.

I meant Basic Training, but hey if you do it to your wife, do us all a favor. Video it and I'd say the bathroom door would be your best bet. Oh before you do that, set up the dog house all nice and comfy like..

You're comming around I see...

OK, it's sad though how the law is in the PR of NJ, but it is what it is and we have to take responsibility under it if something happens. I do agree that I wouldn't have just shot at something or someone I have not identified as an immediate threat. The only problem for all of us that are Monday morning QB'ing this, is we weren't there, we don't know the sequence of events and how quickly this escalated. Either way, this case is not in NJ and luckily for the homeowners it's in CO that has laws to cover situations like this as well as many other states may I add.

Got-cha..

Vic, think something like this will go over well in BT??? LOL

I think you may have misunderstood PA's response. I took it as he thought it was disgusting that you would make a joke about this situation. Now if this went to page 3 or 4 and a few days from now and we did a bunch of thread drifting it may be seen differently, but this is probably way to soon and early.

I think by page 3 in this thread, this will have turned into a huge fish story.. I still say it's a sad thing that happened, she is lucky to be alive, the homeowners got a scare and reacted and will not be charged under CO Law. Could have turned out a lot worse for everyone. Yes there could have been a different ending to this story, but all the facts and real intension of the girl need to be take into account. Not making light of anything, and sure not going to joke about it, and it's not something that should be swept under the rug either, but if this was a real non malicious event, it should be treated accordingly.

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Nice..

Like the Colt Rey..

Really!!! Sorry I had to do it, after all it was bound to come up sooner or later..

LOL..

It's frustrating, I have found this to be the case with a few S&W guns as well as 1 Walther I bought on the last year and a half.

I would say take this as an opportunity to educate them that guns are not the problem and can be a lot of fun and maybe get a few of them out to the range with you. Many of us here had swayed peoples opinions about guns and made gun owners out of them. As far as the comments, don't worry about it, take them as the joke as that probably meant to be anyway.

In the PR of NJ it would be called "Punked for another day sucker" law.. lol

I am thinking the same thing, but with most stories you never know what really really happened. You never know if it was a college prank and some people she was with prompted her to enter the home (Not likely but not out of the question). While she looks like a nice innocent girl and all, you really never know. I think more facts are needed and probably like a lot these stories, we will never know all the facts.

So is it the one in your Avatar or something else, either way Either way, congratulations on the new gun..

Nick, this could be an opportunity, after all Coffee needed to be brewed, Lizard needs to be feed, you might have a little sweeping and what about the windows.. LOL Harry

Sad situation, and in all practicality, it was just a drunk girl who wondered into the wrong home and luckily didn't wind up dead. I don't know if the charges fit the crime, but I don't know CO law and with CO's "Make my Day" law it's just good that the homeowners won't be charged.

Wow, just when you thought you heard it all..

You know, in reality (The way it should be), this is not even a discussion us non-LEO's should be having, let alone our members of LE..