As Seen on Facebook . . .

[Wyrd of Gawd]

So, I'm starting this off with the stupid stuff I've seen posted on Facebook about mass shootings. However, I'm sure this thread will evolve, so let's just call it a thread about stupid shit you've seen on facebook. Now, please don't post identifying information about the people who posted this stuff, including names. We wouldn't want someone starting shit somewhere else. Moreover, I was hoping for the tone to be sort of funny and relaxed, not witch hunty.

First off, they won't get there in time. Second, if you have a gun in your home the chances are that it will kill a resident, not an intruder. If an intruder does break into your home they're ready for a fight. You're not. You're in bed asleep. They shoot you as you wake up, not as you search around for your gun. 

And that's the point where you find out exactly how useful prayer really is.

The news is loaded with stories about people shooting burglars at all hours of the day.

For instance =

Pennsylvania man, 84, shoots and kills home invader, fights off another
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/08/eld...-them.html

"An 84-year-old Pennsylvania man successfully fought off a home invasion, fatally shooting one intruder after two men broke into his house in the middle of the night.

Ellwood City police said Don Lutz was awakened by a noise around 1:15 a.m. Friday. He grabbed a handgun, which he told KDKA he keeps under his pillow while he sleeps, and went out to investigate.

He was met by two men breaking into his home.

“I was in bed sleeping, they woke me up,” Lutz told KDKA. “Woken up to them busting in on my front door, and I went out in the hallway in the dark, and I met this one guy, and he went to grab me and that’s when I shot him.”"
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Police: Federal agent fatally shoots intruder in her home
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-worl...-her-home/

"MIAMI (AP) — Police say a federal agent has fatally shot an intruder inside her home near Miami.

The Miami Herald reports that the shooting occurred around 1:30 a.m. Monday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed that the shooter was 55-year-old Maria Otero, the branch chief of the agency’s Miami office.


Miami-Dade police say 28-year-old Robert Young III smashed in a glass sliding door at Otero’s home in Pinecrest. Detectives didn’t immediately know whether Young was armed, but Florida’s self-defense law generally permits deadly force against any intruder."