Reader Mike L. asks me whether this incident is worthy of being classified as a Righteous Shooting.
It nearly is, Mike, except for this part:
The break-in attempt did not go as planned. The owner, Gordon Richard Sr., 75, used a muzzleloader rifle to shoot one of the three men, causing the other two to flee. He then secured himself inside the home and called the police.
State police say the man who was shot was 39-year-old Paul E. Brown of Milton and St. Albans, he was seriously injured.
When police arrived, the other two intruders had fled. The police report states, “Responding troopers located Brown in a neighbor’s yard. No other individuals were found at the scene. Brown was transported by ambulance to Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans and later transferred to the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, where he was listed in critical condition Wednesday afternoon.”
You all know the rules: no dead goblin, no Righteous Shooting.
But Our Hero deserves a huge “Attaboy” from all of us for using a muzzleloader to send the “Leave Me Alone” message to the would-be property redistrubutionist.
Oh, and Mike? Let me know if the goblin snuffs it, so I can upgrade the award from Armed Good Guy to Righteous Shooter.
One has to wonder if he had a triangular bayonet attached to his weapon and was it a rifled musket firing a .58 caliber minnieball or a pumpkin slinger .69 smoothbore.
Two band? Three band?
Flintlock (hah..chuckle…click fzzzzzzzz boom!) or percussion cap?
I mean which type of muzzle loading assault rifle was it!!?
I hope it was an old .69 with a 490 grain soft lead round ball, or better yet buck and ball!
Something that probably won’t pass through and imparts every last bit of Mr. Newton’s Second Law energy to the fleshy target.
Or, blah, did he use a modern muzzle loader…
The article did induce a skoshi bit of anger as well since it related the Vermont Gestapo spent the day with their search warrant in the home of the man who defended his property rather than out tracking down the accomplices of the perforated goblin.
This indicates they think TWO crimes may have been committed here.
A warrant for the homeowner?!
Imagine, if you will, defending yourself and your home from intruders in force, using force, to enter your home unannounced and uninvited!
Not in Vermont buddy!
Possibly the 75 year old was about to go on a slow motion rampage through the town before our heroes tried to borrow a cup of sugar at 10:00 pm to make a cake for their kids and received hostile fire in return!
We better get a warrant!
I’d love to see the warrant specifying the items to be searched for.
Looking for rolled rounds? Casks of powder and ball?
Muzzle loading artillery pieces and ye equipages and devices pertaining to ye conduct of war against the Crowne?!
Or just, you know, a shopping trip, whatever things they decided might be illegal.
A warrant to search the premises.
Grrrrrrrrrrrr.
HOmeowner should upgrade to a reproduction 1851 Colt Navy. then he’d have six chances to change the minds of home invaders.
The VT gestapo need to be disbanded and the judge removed from the bench if they’re going to harass home owners like that. God Damn hippies ruined that state
The linked article also includes a little bit of truth based editorial at the end that’s worth noting.