Two long stories short:

In my youth two guys took my skis out of my car in my driveway at three in
the morning. My brother woke me, I gave him my unloaded shotgun (I know,
stupid) and we got in my car. We tracked down the car they were driving in,
pulled along side, pointed the shotgun at them. They pulled over so quickly
that we overshot them and had to put the car in reverse to get back to them.
They gave the skis back, no problem.

Another time I was hiking off trail alone in some local hills, two hunting
dogs showed up out of nowhere to be followed by an old guy with a long
beard. He pointed a stainless steel six shooter at me, it looked like a
.357. He said "I have a mind to shoot you where you stand". He didn't though
- he just escorted me out of the area for a mile or two. For whatever reason
I was never really scared or worried. He must have been growing something
nearby. I asked my police friend what to do, he said "don't go back there
again". I followed his advice.

Markus (really, I'm non-violent) with The Girl ('87 Westy).

On 1/25/07, courtney hook <courtneyhook@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> Unbelievable; charging the guy for protecting his own property!! This
> brings up a good question; In Canada, you would undoubtedly be put in jail
> for pointing a weapon at someone, but in the U.S. where you have more
> rights you could probably get away with this. Has anyone ever actually used
> a gun to defend their property or family??
> Regards,
> Courtney
>
> He also took with him a 12 gauge shotgun,
> > which he held on the 2 guys until another resident called the
> > police. As is
> > typical in our twisted world, the first cop to arrive was going to
> > chargemy friend with some BS charge for the shotgun and let the 2
>