Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

Not sure if this is the right place to post these but I thought they would be of interest to some...

Both instances show reasons to protect yourself in your own home. It also shows the randomness of this type of crime and that even out in the country (both close to where I live), these things happen. Home invasions are not just an urban or suburban phenomenon. Fortunately for both intruders, the gun owners showed great restraint and didn't subscribe to the 'shoot first, ask questions later' mentality...

- Josh.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/Web/2010 ... 17intruder
A Spotsylvania County homeowner held a burglary suspect at gunpoint early this morning until a deputy arrived to take him into custody, police said.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/Web/2010 ... lpeper-gun
Police say a Culpeper man called 911 yesterday with an unusual emergency: He was holding a suspected burglar at gunpoint.

Thanks for posting, more great examples of armed citizens defending themselves and others.

Responsible gun owners. Nice to see how they handled themselves. You can armchair quarterback these scenarios all day long, but until it happens, whose to say how each of us would act. I, like many of us, have been professionally trained on many levels by Uncle Sam and other agencies and want to believe I would act as responsibly as these individuls.