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Joan, Tragic case, but all too common. Most people don't even know when deadly force is an appropriate response to a criminal act or self-defense. After 20 years as a police officer and a firearms expert I find myself agreeing with some of the gun control advocates, especially pertaining to handguns. The taking of a life for a property crime is unconscionable. Are they filing any charges against the restaurant owner? Greg 47/35/35 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan and Stan Snyder" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 10:08 PM Subject: It just breaks my heart... > last week, a restaraunt owner in my little village of Rome, Il.used a > gun to protect himself in what he thought was an attempt on his life and > his property. There were 2 boys in his restaurant at 4 am trying to rob > the place.He surprised them in the dark, and thought that one was going > to harm him. The boys had been busy breaking into > at least a dozen cars parked up & down the street before they decieded > to try their luck at the restaurant. What happened in the dark of that > early morning dawn is the unthinkable-the 15 year old boy who lives > right across the street from us was shot thru the heart and was declared > dead on the scene. The bullet traveled thru his body and and lodged in > the chest of his friend who is stable at the hospital and facing felony > charges. My kids rode the same school bus as the kid who died, and the > other kid is the one who found our collie, Lassie, on the 4th of July > when she ran away from home because of the noise of the fireworks. I am > not condoning the actions of the boys-if you're gonna do the crime-ya > gotta be prepared to live (or die) with the consequences. I am not > condoning the actions of the business owner but I wonder if faced with > the same set of circumstances, my husband may or may not have reacted > with the same deadly force. It remains a tragic situation for > everyone...much the same as this bitter blood-letting on the list. We're > all in a lose-lose-lose situation and I can see no way out anymore than > I can figure out what happened in my little town. > > -- > ________________ > Joan E. Snyder 48/10 > [log in to unmask] > <http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/snyder/page1.htm> > "Hang tough........no way through it but to do it." > Chris-in-the-Morning (Northern Exposure) >