SURPRISE, SURPRISE, BIDEN WAS RIGHT

Texas teenager shoots burglar dead, critically wounds another with a shotgun

“Get a double-barreled shotgun. Have the shells in the 12 gauge shotgun…..You don’t need an AR-15. It’s harder to aim, it’s harder to use and in fact, you don’t need 30 rounds to protect yourself. Buy a shotgun. Buy a shotgun.”

So spoke Vice President Joe Biden during an online town hall meeting February 19 sponsored by Facebook and Parents magazine in response to an emailed question about self-defense for women. And surprise, surprise, he was right.

I have both a shotgun and an assault rifle. Given a choice between the two, I’ll take the rifle with its 30 rounds to defend myself against any intruders.

BAYTOWN TEEN KILLS ONE SUSPECTED BURGLAR, WOUNDS ANOTHER
By Mike Glenn

Houston Chronicle
August 29, 2013

A Baytown teenager shot two suspected burglars, killing one of them, after they broke into his grandmother's home, authorities said.

The 18-year-old told Baytown police he was awakened early Wednesday by noise coming from a back room of the home in the 900 block of Brentwood Drive.

The teenager grabbed a shotgun from under the couch where he was sleeping then moved forward to investigate.

He spotted light from an apparent flashlight coming from behind the curtain covering a sliding glass door, Baytown police said.

As the teenager walked toward the kitchen, the back door was suddenly kicked-in. He was immediately confronted by two burglars.

Fearing for his safety, the teen fired several shots at the two men. One of the men, later identified by Baytown police as Charles Allen Dixon III, 40, fell to the floor and died at the scene, authorities said.

The other man, Michael McDaniel, 26, ran back outside and fled, Baytown police said.

McDaniel called a woman who drove him to San Jacinto Hospital to be treated for gunshot wounds. Also in the pickup truck was Dixon's wife, Baytown police said.

McDaniel was flown by Life Flight helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital in critical condition.

Police said charges were still pending against him for his role in the home invasion burglary.