Johns Hopkins University student kills intruder with sword

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Fortunately for me, the guys decided to run out the back door. I just stood there in disbelief. Unfortunately, they had already cleaned out most of the valuables.</p>

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<p>Mass passed a law either last year or this year on all kinds of martial arts weapons.</p>

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<p>id like to know when we became a people so dependant on the police. If a burglar was ever in my house, I would never even consider calling 911. In fact there is about nothing in the world I would ever call 911 for. I can handle myself.</p>

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<p>Just to clear things up, the JHU student was an undergrad - not a med student. The neighborhood around the Homewood campus where the kid lived is not near the hospital. </p>

<p>I would be furious with my son for leaving his home to go to the garage to confront someone. He should have at least called 911 before choosing to confront.</p>

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<p>Alarm systems are great as long as the intruder doesn’t panic and attack you, and if someone is going to come and help you. I agree with “member” above that you gotta be able to take care of things yourself. In that spirit, nothing–and I mean NOTHING-- says “off my property, creep” like a blunderbuss : <a href=“http://www.crestock.com/images/330000-339999/339373-xs.jpg[/url]”>http://www.crestock.com/images/330000-339999/339373-xs.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I am a member. I’m here.</p>

<p>There is no perfect security system, but a good alarm system will make a significant percentage of intruders run away. It may not work every time but it will work a a lot of the time.</p>

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<p>Schmaltz, was that a picture of you? If so, I must say you were looking very dashing. I suspect you are a hit around Thanksgiving (although I can see why a turkey might not enjoy your company.)</p>

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<p>What if your house is burning down and people are trapped inside? What if you are home alone and have a heart attack? What if you accidentally run over a pedestrian in your car?</p>

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<p>The idea that we should hide might be a choice for some but I find it just revolting. It just guarantees they will be back after you replace your items.</p>

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<p>Very true barrons. When we were burglarized, the police cautioned us that they would come back in about a year, when we would most likely have replaced the stolen items. They were right about that. We now have an alarm system.</p>

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<p>“The idea that we should hide might be a choice for some but I find it just revolting. It just guarantees they will be back after you replace your items.”</p>

<p>If instead of hiding, you decide to confront the burglars, you may be killed.</p>

<p>Getting an alarm system – something most people don’t have – and other safety systems probably would help deter future burglaries .</p>

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<p>“id like to know when we became a people so dependant on the police. If a burglar was ever in my house, I would never even consider calling 911. In fact there is about nothing in the world I would ever call 911 for. I can handle myself.”</p>

<p>When we stopped being the Wild West.</p>

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<p>Yes, you might be killed–highly unlikely. You might be hit by a bus tomorrow. There are many ways to confront. You need not get in 10 feet of them. I have found yelling many curse words and threatening that I have a gun gets them moving in a hurry. The police came half an hour later. Lot of good they do. And no, they don’t dust for prints.
Maybe if being a thief was a little more dangerous and carried more than a few months sentence and the bad guys would seek another line of work. I doubt pros are scared by alarms. The good ones are in and out in a minute.</p>

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<p>There’s a company in MA that makes a pretty impressive robot creature that resembles a dog, but it can carry 400 pounds marching with soldiers. You can kick it and hit it and it bounces right back. I can imagine civilian applications with bark. And maybe some bit. And an optional taser attachment.</p>

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<p>When insuring a new house, our agent said, ‘there’s a discount if it has a security system’
‘No system, just an 80 pound labrador’.
‘Okay, that counts…’</p>

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<p>“There’s a company in MA that makes a pretty impressive robot creature that resembles a dog, but it can carry 400 pounds marching with soldiers. You can kick it and hit it and it bounces right back. I can imagine civilian applications with bark. And maybe some bite. And an optional taser attachment.”</p>

<p>If it has a “vibrate” setting, all of us guys had better look for another planet to live on.</p>

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<p>If you catch a thief in your home, you have every right to kill him. It’s my home. I should be safe in it.</p>

<p>Castle doctrine.</p>

<p>Doesn’t anyone read John Locke anymore? What is happening to this country?</p>

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<p>Somewhat similar case–charges unlikely.</p>

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<p>“If you catch a thief in your home, you have every right to kill him. It’s my home. I should be safe in it.”</p>

<p>People like you frighten me. I can understand killing someone in self defense. I don’t understand why anyone would think that they have a right to kill someone who has broken into their home and is not attacking them.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, there are people with such perspectives who have ended up killing family members --including their own young children – whom they mistook for intruders. If such killers had thought it was only OK to resort to violence in cases of self defense, their loved ones would still be alive.</p>

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<p>That’s why, if you own a gun for self defense you should take a self defense course. Target shooting is advisable, so that you have experience firing your gun and you don’t get trigger happy and shoot your daughters boyfriend accidently. But if someone breaks into your home and you are in it, you should assume they will kill you because sometimes burglers do murder. Better he’s dead than you.</p>