Chalk Another One Up For The Good Guys!

[drylok]

Or gals in this case!

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2009/02/16/0216invader.html
WELLINGTON — A popular middle school band teacher shot and killed a masked gunman who broke into his house and forced him into a gunfight early Monday, sheriff's officials said.

Heath Miller, 34, leveled a .38-caliber pistol and shot Robert Rashard Tomlin, 22, at about 2 a.m. in a duplex Miller rents at 1382 White Pine Drive in Wellington, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

Guns Save Life

:clap:

[bbt630]

What gives him the right to withhold goods in his own house?

Didn't his mother teach him to share?

Robert Tomlin deserved stuff also, not a bullet.

[drylok]

Oh my God I didn't see this before

"I don't believe he did it. He wasn't the type to get in trouble. He got along with everybody," said Tomlin's cousin, Kena Robinson, 30. "Whenever he wasn't at home watching my kids, he was at the labor pool."



QUOTE
Tomlin was arrested six times since 2006 on charges including aggravated battery and violating probation, state records show.

Now that is priceless! :))

[RTchoke]

Oh my God I didn't see this before

"I don't believe he did it. He wasn't the type to get in trouble. He got along with everybody," said Tomlin's cousin, Kena Robinson, 30. "Whenever he wasn't at home watching my kids, he was at the labor pool."



QUOTE
Tomlin was arrested six times since 2006 on charges including aggravated battery and violating probation, state records show.

Now that is priceless! :))

So how does Little Miss Ignore The Obvious explain him being in the guy's house? With a gun? She think he was invited over for tea and target shooting at 2 a.m.?

Maybe if she paid him more for babysitting her kids he wouldn't have had to turn to a life of crime. :((

:doh:

[Talk2Bill]

SNIP

Tomlin was arrested six times since 2006 on charges including aggravated battery and violating probation, state records show.



but all those arrests were over simple misunderstandings and mistakes. No big deal really.

[Talk2Bill]

What gives him the right to withhold goods in his own house?

Didn't his mother teach him to share?

Robert Tomlin deserved stuff also, not a bullet.

yeah what is up with the greedy entitlement minded people these days! Miller should have assisted Tomlin in unhooking his electronics and showing him were the cash and other valuables were and help carry them out to Tomlin's car.

but then again...have you seen the price of lead these days?

[Rorus Raz]

Guns Save LifeActually no, a gun still killed someone.

"Gun kills bad person" has a better ring to it anyways.

[AmericanSpirit]

Actually no, a gun still killed someone.

"Gun kills bad person" has a better ring to it anyways.

OOOOO watch....the man had a scary gun. OH NO! :rolleyes:

[drylok]

Actually no, a gun still killed someone.

"Gun kills bad person" has a better ring to it anyways.

I don't now if you're joking or what, but the point is in this case a gun saved an innocent life. And who cares about the dirtbag that was killed?

I hope you were joking? :confused:

[Rorus Raz]

I don't now if you're joking or what, but the point is in this case a gun saved an innocent life. And who cares about the dirtbag that was killed?

I hope you were joking? :confused:Celebrating the loss of a life seems particularly bloodthirsty to me.

The thing that isn't clear is why Tomlin (the "dirtbag") did it. Was it a robbery attempt? A completely random desire to kill someone seems unlikely.

I support the 2nd Amendment, and am making plans to get some firearm training so I can be a responsible owner of a firearm. But killing someone is the worst scenario, and not something to cheer about. I'd rather see the criminal subdued thanks to the gun, arrested and get proper justice.

This doesn't always happen, but why celebrate that fact? It makes you look bloodthirsty and unfeeling. This guy had a two-year-old son who is now fatherless. You call that a victory?

A victory is when the crime doesn't happen in the first place. And no, having that happen because people are killing each other is not an acceptable solution.

[AmericanSpirit]

Celebrating the loss of a life seems particularly bloodthirsty to me.

The thing that isn't clear is why Tomlin (the "dirtbag") did it. Was it a robbery attempt? A completely random desire to kill someone seems unlikely.

I support the 2nd Amendment, and am making plans to get some firearm training so I can be a responsible owner of a firearm. But killing someone is the worst scenario, and not something to cheer about. I'd rather see the criminal subdued thanks to the gun, arrested and get proper justice.

This doesn't always happen, but why celebrate that fact? It makes you look bloodthirsty and unfeeling. This guy had a two-year-old son who is now fatherless. You call that a victory?

A victory is when the crime doesn't happen in the first place. And no, having that happen because people are killing each other is not an acceptable solution.

Dead criminals are the best kind.

[Rorus Raz]

Dead criminals are the best kind.I take it you're an Old Testament person.

[AmericanSpirit]

I take it you're an Old Testament person.

No...just bloodthirsty as you say.

[drylok]

Celebrating the loss of a life seems particularly bloodthirsty to me.

The thing that isn't clear is why Tomlin (the "dirtbag") did it. Was it a robbery attempt? A completely random desire to kill someone seems unlikely.

I support the 2nd Amendment, and am making plans to get some firearm training so I can be a responsible owner of a firearm. But killing someone is the worst scenario, and not something to cheer about. I'd rather see the criminal subdued thanks to the gun, arrested and get proper justice.

This doesn't always happen, but why celebrate that fact? It makes you look bloodthirsty and unfeeling. This guy had a two-year-old son who is now fatherless. You call that a victory?

A victory is when the crime doesn't happen in the first place. And no, having that happen because people are killing each other is not an acceptable solution.

Why he did it? How about Because He's A Criminal!? What the hell difference does that make?
Glad to see you are joining the ranks of LAW ABIDING armed citizens though!
And you will learn in your training that God forbid something like this happens you shoot to kill. Dead criminals can't come back and sue you and win in our liberal judicial system. And more importantly they can't do harm onto someone else down the road.

[khigh]

Celebrating the loss of a life seems particularly bloodthirsty to me.

The thing that isn't clear is why Tomlin (the "dirtbag") did it. Was it a robbery attempt? A completely random desire to kill someone seems unlikely.

I support the 2nd Amendment, and am making plans to get some firearm training so I can be a responsible owner of a firearm. But killing someone is the worst scenario, and not something to cheer about. I'd rather see the criminal subdued thanks to the gun, arrested and get proper justice.

This doesn't always happen, but why celebrate that fact? It makes you look bloodthirsty and unfeeling. This guy had a two-year-old son who is now fatherless. You call that a victory?

A victory is when the crime doesn't happen in the first place. And no, having that happen because people are killing each other is not an acceptable solution.

At the self defense handgun use class I took, they didn't teach us women how to maim a person breaking into your house or trying to cause you harm. We were taught 2 to the body and 1 to the head. If you shoot someone in the arm or leg and they are on a substance like meth or cocaine, it will just really make them mad. They can still come after you.

[Rorus Raz]

Why he did it? How about Because He's A Criminal!? What the hell difference does that make?
Glad to see you are joining the ranks of LAW ABIDING armed citizens though!
And you will learn in your training that God forbid something like this happens you shoot to kill. Dead criminals can't come back and sue you and win in our liberal judicial system. And more importantly they can't do harm onto someone else down the road.That's an awesome dose of paranoia you got there. It's all the vast liberal conspiracy!

What I'm saying is that yes, people do get in life-and-death and/or kill-or-be-killed situations. It's still neither a victory nor a cause to be jubilant. You did what you had to do, and the loss of life is unfortunate. I'd rather have to deal with the courts and hopefully give the guy a chance at redemption as opposed to dealing with blood on my hands.

I guess I'm a softie.

[rob_b52]

That's an awesome dose of paranoia you got there. It's all the vast liberal conspiracy!

What I'm saying is that yes, people do get in life-and-death and/or kill-or-be-killed situations. It's still neither a victory nor a cause to be jubilant. You did what you had to do, and the loss of life is unfortunate. I'd rather have to deal with the courts and hopefully give the guy a chance at redemption as opposed to dealing with blood on my hands.

I guess I'm a softie.

I agree with what you are saying. of all the people who have been forced to use deadly force to protect themselves, how many are doing "the happy dance" because of it.

[jeepers]

The ironic thing about redemption possibilities is that they're only ascertained AFTER the fact.

IN the moment there is some with a gun in your home. Whaddya going to do, risk the lives of you and your family to try to figure out his intentions? Do you have that luxury?

Criminals in my home would be treated like bugs or rodents. OUTSIDE in the wonders of nature, they can skip around and do their thing. Viya con Dios, Kumbyah, rock on.

IN my house, they've taken their lives into their own hands. There is no question that if it comes down to me and mine and you, you is going to be treated like an errant bug.

Does that make me do a happy dance to think about it? No. But don't cast aspersions on those who aren't broken up about it. If they're happy about anything it's that the victim didn't die THIS time. So often, the victim eats it and we all sit there and say 'how tragic'.

GOOD that we don't have to do that this time. Good that IF someone has to get hurt, it's the criminal and not someone who is innocent.

[AmericanSpirit]

I agree with what you are saying. of all the people who have been forced to use deadly force to protect themselves, how many are doing "the happy dance" because of it.

That is why they need us bloodthirsty people to do it for them:dance:

Dead bad guy! WEEEEEEE :dance:

[FidelisAdMortem]

So how does Little Miss Ignore The Obvious explain him being in the guy's house? With a gun? She think he was invited over for tea and target shooting at 2 a.m.?

Maybe if she paid him more for babysitting her kids he wouldn't have had to turn to a life of crime. :((

:doh:

B/c these savages live in blame everyone but me society.

[drylok]

http://news-gazette.com/news/local/2009/09/22/indianola_man_defends_himself_2_invaders_dead

This time chalk 2 up for the good guys.

Folks this happened 20 some miles from my house in BFE. This stuff just doesn't happen around here. But now we've had 2 bank robberies, 2 home invasions, a police chase that ended with the assailant charging at the officers with a machette and now this all this summer alone.
I have got to figure out a way to get my wife comfortable with firearms so she has the means to defend herself when I'm on the night shift.

[Dragon1963]

http://news-gazette.com/news/local/2009/09/22/indianola_man_defends_himself_2_invaders_dead

This time chalk 2 up for the good guys.

Folks this happened 20 some miles from my house in BFE. This stuff just doesn't happen around here. But now we've had 2 bank robberies, 2 home invasions, a police chase that ended with the assailant charging at the officers with a machette and now this all this summer alone.
I have got to figure out a way to get my wife comfortable with firearms so she has the means to defend herself when I'm on the night shift.

I currently live in the home invasion capital of the US. I feel safer when I'm on duty in the downtown area I patrol (unarmed for that matter) than I do at home where I have a gun ready to go if some clown(s) decide to come through the door. Unfortunately now days the home invaders often come in shooting.

[drylok]

I currently live in the home invasion capital of the US. I feel safer when I'm on duty in the downtown area I patrol (unarmed for that matter) than I do at home where I have a gun ready to go if some clown(s) decide to come through the door. Unfortunately now days the home invaders often come in shooting.

Why do you patrol unarmed? Come to think of it, why are you ever unarmed?

[TinCan]

http://news-gazette.com/news/local/2009/09/22/indianola_man_defends_himself_2_invaders_dead

This time chalk 2 up for the good guys.

Folks this happened 20 some miles from my house in BFE. This stuff just doesn't happen around here. But now we've had 2 bank robberies, 2 home invasions, a police chase that ended with the assailant charging at the officers with a machette and now this all this summer alone.
I have got to figure out a way to get my wife comfortable with firearms so she has the means to defend herself when I'm on the night shift.

Easy, get her and some of her girlfriends together for an "outing" to the range followed by a nice dinner out. Make a day/date of it.

[Joeybear23]

...Tomlin was arrested six times since 2006 on charges including aggravated battery and violating probation, state records show.
...

The headline should have read:
Society-conscious homeowner does what the law failed to do: takes repeat offender off the streets for good.