Little-Acorn
03-02-2010, 03:15 PM
Looks like some lowlifes weren't too worried about the consequences of breaking into a home while the family was inside, blowing several of them away, and walking out again.
If Chicago laws change so that law-abiding people are finally allowed to own guns in their homes, most people still won't carry or even own guns. But some will, and the bad guys won't know which ones they are.
Do you suppose any of the home-invaders might have second thoughts about smashing into a private home, knowing that it might be one of the ones with armed residents inside who can shoot back?
As always, deterrence is the most important effect of constitutional permission for law-abiders to own guns. Most people still won't bother, but some will, and the home-invaders, muggers, rapists etc. won't know which ones they are.
It's enough to make a self-respecting criminal consider a new line of work.
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments today in a case on Chicago's gun ban - a ban obeyed only by people who obey the law. Too bad they didn't hear it and decide the case earlier. Three Chicago residents (plus many others) might still be alive today.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587732,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a4:g4:r3:c0. 000000:b0:z5
3 Family Members Killed in Chicago Suburb Home Invasion
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
March 2: Three family members were killed in their Darien, Ill., home in an apparent home invasion.
Three people who were found fatally shot inside their house after an apparent home invasion in west suburban Darien, Ill., Tuesday morning have been identified, MyFoxChicago.com reported.
Police Chief Robert Pavelchic said the victims were Jeffrey Kramer, 50, Lori Kramer, 48, and their son, Michael Kramer, 20. Pavelchic also said three other people were inside the home at the time of the shooting: a daughter, a son and another woman whose relationship to the family is not yet known.
At 2:59 a.m. police received a call from the daughter, who is believed to be in her early 20s, inside the house. She was hiding upstairs and told police she heard a suspicious noise or shots fired in the home in the Tara Hill subdivision in the 8900 block of Kilkenny Drive, according to Darien Deputy Police Chief John Cooper.
Police found a woman and two men fatally shot in the house, where they all lived, according to Cooper.
The three who survived the attack were being interviewed the Darien Police Department and contacting other family members.
Jeffrey Kramer owns a towing company in Cicero, but police had no information about whether the family business may be somehow involved in the shooting.
The incident was an apparent home invasion according to Cooper who said no one — including the person who called police — witnessed the attack although they were inside the house.
No children were there and none of the victims were taken to hospitals, Cooper said.
Although a suspect is not in custody, police do not consider it a threat to anyone else.
“Yes, there is somebody out there," Cooper said, but also said they did not consider it a public safety issue, and schools or homes in the area were not evacuated.
If Chicago laws change so that law-abiding people are finally allowed to own guns in their homes, most people still won't carry or even own guns. But some will, and the bad guys won't know which ones they are.
Do you suppose any of the home-invaders might have second thoughts about smashing into a private home, knowing that it might be one of the ones with armed residents inside who can shoot back?
As always, deterrence is the most important effect of constitutional permission for law-abiders to own guns. Most people still won't bother, but some will, and the home-invaders, muggers, rapists etc. won't know which ones they are.
It's enough to make a self-respecting criminal consider a new line of work.
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments today in a case on Chicago's gun ban - a ban obeyed only by people who obey the law. Too bad they didn't hear it and decide the case earlier. Three Chicago residents (plus many others) might still be alive today.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587732,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a4:g4:r3:c0. 000000:b0:z5
3 Family Members Killed in Chicago Suburb Home Invasion
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
March 2: Three family members were killed in their Darien, Ill., home in an apparent home invasion.
Three people who were found fatally shot inside their house after an apparent home invasion in west suburban Darien, Ill., Tuesday morning have been identified, MyFoxChicago.com reported.
Police Chief Robert Pavelchic said the victims were Jeffrey Kramer, 50, Lori Kramer, 48, and their son, Michael Kramer, 20. Pavelchic also said three other people were inside the home at the time of the shooting: a daughter, a son and another woman whose relationship to the family is not yet known.
At 2:59 a.m. police received a call from the daughter, who is believed to be in her early 20s, inside the house. She was hiding upstairs and told police she heard a suspicious noise or shots fired in the home in the Tara Hill subdivision in the 8900 block of Kilkenny Drive, according to Darien Deputy Police Chief John Cooper.
Police found a woman and two men fatally shot in the house, where they all lived, according to Cooper.
The three who survived the attack were being interviewed the Darien Police Department and contacting other family members.
Jeffrey Kramer owns a towing company in Cicero, but police had no information about whether the family business may be somehow involved in the shooting.
The incident was an apparent home invasion according to Cooper who said no one — including the person who called police — witnessed the attack although they were inside the house.
No children were there and none of the victims were taken to hospitals, Cooper said.
Although a suspect is not in custody, police do not consider it a threat to anyone else.
“Yes, there is somebody out there," Cooper said, but also said they did not consider it a public safety issue, and schools or homes in the area were not evacuated.