Man charged for shooting at robbers in his home.

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Firearms charges for Perth home defender | The Daily Telegraph

A PERTH man has been charged with firearms offences after shooting and wounding two men who broke into his home and bashed him, police say.

Police allege two intruders, aged 30 and 31, broke into the house at Bassendean about 11pm (WST) on Sunday, bashing the 40-year-old man, who took a shotgun and fired it at his attackers.

Both were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The resident, who received a head injury, has been charged with possessing an unlicensed firearm and unlicensed ammunition.

He is due to appear in the Midland Magistrates Court on March 8.

The 30-year-old man appeared in court yesterday charged with aggravated burglary, assault occasioning bodily harm and stealing a motor vehicle.

Police inquiries continue regarding the 31-year-old man who remains in Royal Perth Hospital.

I bet he will get a heavier sentence than the 2 that broke in. Granted the weapon was unlicensed but still what a load of BS it is.

[acarmody]

1. Why the hell does he feel he needs a shotgun?

2. How shit of a shot is he if he can't hit someone properly with a shotgun in a building?

3. Why couldn't he do society a favour and get shooting lessons?

[TVR-190]

Perhaps he didn't want to kill them, just scare them off. If he killed them he'd probably get Life in prison.....

[wildss]

1. Why the hell does he feel he needs a shotgun?

2. How shit of a shot is he if he can't hit someone properly with a shotgun in a building?

3. Why couldn't he do society a favour and get shooting lessons?

[acarmody]

Perhaps he didn't want to kill them, just scare them off. If he killed them he'd probably get Life in prison.....

You don't fire a shotgun to scare someone, just having it should work. Just to scare someone, you will be fixing your walls for a while.

I don't what its like where you live, but I feel pretty safe in my house without a shotgun. If he had a legitimate excuse for having one than he should of had a license.

[azkwazere]

This is a no brainer... he probably wouldnt be in trouble if he had the gun registered..

He broke the law well beofre the robbers did..

aZk.

[TVR-190]

Who's to say he didn't apply for one and was knocked back.

They don't recognize self protection as a reason for owning one unfortunetly.

I consider my area a good area, doesn't mean there isnt a chance of a home invasion. I'd prefer a way of protecting myself (like a gun) over the knife I have strapped under the bed.......

[acarmody]

This isn't America, you shouldn't walk into wherever you get a gun license and say I want one for self-protection, every moron would have one if it was that easy.

So are you saying everyone should have a gun because there is a possibility of being a victim of a home invasion?

And if the guy was knocked back for a gun license than there is either a reason for not getting one (criminal history or something), or no reason for him to have one. In which case he shouldn't have a friggin' gun in his house.

[Dr HaxZaw]

the laws in WA are a bit more lax than they are in NSW so he might be alright... maybe $10,000 fine or something

What i want to know is how while hes being bashed he manages to get the shotty and fire it without the robbers trying to stop him... obviously some dumbs robbers although there arent many smarts ones

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[HoldenCVZ]

I heard from a mate that a couple of robbers were breaking into a place and fell through the roof and then sued the guy who they were trying to steal from...

[acarmody]

Is that supposed to mean something? If you have something to say than say it.

[brokenikon]

You'll note what he was charged with, and what he was NOT charged with. No aggravated assault, discharging a firearm in public, etc etc, but the unregistered/unlicenced firearm offences. It'd be on the police if the hadn't of laid the charges for the offence.
It sounds perfectly straight forward, without knowing all the details of course, but nothing seems bs here.

[cewing]

I got angry when I read the title....but after reading the article, I thought he got off alright.
Infact the title is plain incorrect....he wasnt charged for shooting them at all. if police found that weapon in less eventful circumstances he would probably have faced the same charges.

[Matty.b]

first so theres no mis-conceptions i agree with firearms licensing, but i do support gun ownership 100%

there was a man in QLD (i think) a few years ago that shot and killed an intruder, he was a member of the SSAA (sporting shooters association of Australia) and the firearm was registered

well the SSAA gives insurance with its membership up to $20million which of course is too go to vast legal teams, anyway long story short they got him off for "illegally discharging a firearm" and he got to keep his guns and did community service

he would have gotton off all together if the robber had a weapon (i believe)

[Matty.b]

bahahahahaha the most appropriate pictures have been used in this thread, laughed so hard

[rb26dett]

first so theres no mis-conceptions i agree with firearms licensing, but i do support gun ownership 100%

there was a man in QLD (i think) a few years ago that shot and killed an intruder, he was a member of the SSAA (sporting shooters association of Australia) and the firearm was registered

well the SSAA gives insurance with its membership up to $20million which of course is too go to vast legal teams, anyway long story short they got him off for "illegally discharging a firearm" and he got to keep his guns and did community service

he would have gotton off all together if the robber had a weapon (i believe)

[Tim Smtih]

2. How shit of a shot is he if he can't hit someone properly with a shotgun in a building?

Buckshot tends to spray as opposed to a solid round and they copped a good few of them so he wasn't doing too badly. By the sounds of it they intended to beat him half to death before robbing him blind so the scum deserve everything that's coming to them.

[acarmody]

Buckshot tends to spray as opposed to a solid round and they copped a good few of them so he wasn't doing too badly. By the sounds of it they intended to beat him half to death before robbing him blind so the scum deserve everything that's coming to them.

Agree with the robber deserve something for thier crimes, maybe not copping a shotgun shell though.

Learn something new every day, I though buckshot was the solid shell, not the small pellets ones.

Overall I think this story doesn't add up, how did this guy break away from two guys beating the tar out of him to go get a shotgun?

[Reaper]

This is a no brainer... he probably wouldnt be in trouble if he had the gun registered..

He broke the law well beofre the robbers did..

aZk.

What he said ^^^^

Who's to say he didn't apply for one and was knocked back.

They don't recognize self protection as a reason for owning one unfortunetly.

I consider my area a good area, doesn't mean there isnt a chance of a home invasion. I'd prefer a way of protecting myself (like a gun) over the knife I have strapped under the bed.......

Who is to say he did??? On the other hand - there is also a chance that you will win lotto, marry a woman who has a billionaire father that is about to croke or even make the money yourself. Better be prepared for those likely situations too

Reaper

[gopher]

Who's to say he didn't apply for one and was knocked back........

obviously if he was knocked back it is now with good reason

I consider my area a good area, doesn't mean there isnt a chance of a home invasion. I'd prefer a way of protecting myself (like a gun) over the knife I have strapped under the bed.......

if you consider it such a good area then why do you feel the need to sleep with a knife under the bed?

[TVR-190]

obviously if he was knocked back it is now with good reason



if you consider it such a good area then why do you feel the need to sleep with a knife under the bed?

Because I'm a paranoid psychopath.

[acarmody]

Because I'm a paranoid psychopath.

Can't argue with that.

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[Matty.b]

obviously if he was knocked back it is now with good reason



if you consider it such a good area then why do you feel the need to sleep with a knife under the bed?

because if you were a thief, would would you shit where you eat or would you go to another suburb a "nice" suburb where people potentially have nice things and may not expect an intruder

then again most of them are probably methed up but there is always a chance