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[Foriegn power]

Hhh

[p7m8jg]

Call 911.

A gun ran through our backyard, to the street, into the neighbors yard across from us, couldn't get over their fence, came back into our yard, and ran into our backyard to the alley behind us.

I called 911. He was unarmed, made no threatening gestures towards our house or family, didn't try to get inside, nada. I had no reason to shoot him had I been holding a weapon.

Watch. Observe, memorize their description, call 911.

[G17GUY]

[pyromensch]

just poking at your spelling, but a "gun" ran through your backyard? Hope your son is doing well.

[pyromensch]

g17guy,

it is clearly not wide enough for a fenceline.

[pyromensch]

screw mousetraps, on your side of the fence. a finger reaches over and "POP!"

[FatalKitty]

Call 911.

A gun ran through our backyard, to the street, into the neighbors yard across from us, couldn't get over their fence, came back into our yard, and ran into our backyard to the alley behind us.

I called 911. He was unarmed, made no threatening gestures towards our house or family, didn't try to get inside, nada. I had no reason to shoot him had I been holding a weapon.

Watch. Observe, memorize their description, call 911.

I think the OP said his friend was worried because WHAT IF the guy HAD come running at him instead of running away?

obviously just scared the guy away... who knows, maybe he was already running away from violent criminals trying to assault him, and your friend just ran upstairs to get a gun. why go looking for a fight? just run upstairs and lock the door, call the cops if you're scared enough - grab a firearm and hole up in your room until the cops arrive

[shoupdawg]

Call 911.

A gun ran through our backyard, to the street, into the neighbors yard across from us, couldn't get over their fence, came back into our yard, and ran into our backyard to the alley behind us.

I called 911. He was unarmed, made no threatening gestures towards our house or family, didn't try to get inside, nada. I had no reason to shoot him had I been holding a weapon.

Watch. Observe, memorize their description, call 911.

Yup.

[Foriegn power]

According to his accounts, my friend said he immediately called 911 after retrieving his firearm, he said first thing on his mind was his personal safety thus his 870, then 911. People say many things, but when incidents really happen situation dictates. I'm not saying he did the wrong thing or the right thing but whatever happened he did the right thing. I just spoke with him and he said the cops never came! After some 4-5 hours, i guess it wasn't considered a code 3 or emergency. On the side note, this friend I'm talking about is a good guy, he said (you guys can criticize him for this) once he saw the guy hop over his fence, he grabbed his firearm and immediately checked on his neighbor since they have a close knit relationship for each other. Neighbors were okay, he feared for them because they are elderly after that, he waited and waited no cops. lastly he didn't have an immediate reason to shoot but he said he would have if the situation escalated to "deadly."

[ysr_racer]

...what do you all say?

I say, paragraphs are your friend.

Know them, use them

[FastFinger]

I think the best course of action would be to get armed, then call LEO.

When seconds count...

[Ishoot]

Hi all, one of my very close friends just gave me a call today about an very quick incident that occurred in his backyard today. Apparently around 1600 today, there was a suspect who suddenly appeared in his backyard very suspiciously hopping over his backyard fence, once my friend made visual and verbal contact with the suspect yelling at him to stop,the suspect darted jumping over fences to neighboring yards,escaping. My friend fearing for his safety had to run to his room to retrieve his firearms and load it up, specifically his 12 gauge! Above all, gladly nothing happened but he did say he is going to re-think this incident and how slow it took for him to retrieve his firearm and load it! He was saying, it would of been a grim story if this suspect instead of darting away, if the suspect came towards him and broke into his home, my friend would of said he doesn't know if he would of had time to get his weapon and load it! So this got me thinking, always have a handy firearm lock and loaded under immediate control, above all this got me thinking also, what do you all say?

Damn he had to load it up? That's waaayyy too late for that. The suspect had already ran off, could have been halfway across the city by then.

[sirgiles]

simply needs basic training.

[robcoe]

Hi all, one of my very close friends just gave me a call today about an very quick incident that occurred in his backyard today. Apparently around 1600 today, there was a suspect who suddenly appeared in his backyard very suspiciously hopping over his backyard fence, once my friend made visual and verbal contact with the suspect yelling at him to stop,the suspect darted jumping over fences to neighboring yards,escaping. My friend fearing for his safety had to run to his room to retrieve his firearms and load it up, specifically his 12 gauge! Above all, gladly nothing happened but he did say he is going to re-think this incident and how slow it took for him to retrieve his firearm and load it! He was saying, it would of been a grim story if this suspect instead of darting away, if the suspect came towards him and broke into his home, my friend would of said he doesn't know if he would of had time to get his weapon and load it! So this got me thinking, always have a handy firearm lock and loaded under immediate control, above all this got me thinking also, what do you all say?

This is why I always keep my shotgun with a fully loaded magazine and the trigger decocked on an empty chamber. I just have to grab the gun and with one pump I have 7 rounds ready to go.

[CelticRanger]

screw mousetraps, on your side of the fence. a finger reaches over and "POP!"

I love that. Just a nice friendly non-lethal deterent. That'll keep the baddies and nosey neighbors away...haha