Man charged for shooting at robbers in his home.

[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 **** 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 :thumbsup:

Reaper