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Dayom. Good thing he wasn't on a bicycle..

I live in an area that's very unlikely to have problems. But good, dependable 12 gauge pump guns can be had for just a little pocket money. It's hard to believe that every house in the country doesn't have one propped up by the bed.

P.S. I almost joined the Coast Guard in 1977. In retrospect I wish I'd of followed through and made a career with them. They have some really cool stuff and I missed a great chance to get to play with some of it.

kwg

Should have taken Joe's advice, "use a shotgun"

I have a bud that I served with in the Coast Guard at 2 different stations. He is not a gun nut, never enjoyed law enforcement, hated going to the range and always struggled to qualify with the handgun. When he retired, he built a house in a rural subdivision out in the county in Mississippi. The lots are all 2+ acres. It's a quiet, peaceful neighborhood, that historically hasn't had crime. It's a one way in, one way out subdivision.

This past weekend, his wife shakes him awake at 5 in the morning. Their camera system has detected someone in his garage. He left his pistol in his car in the garage. He can't get to it. He confronts them anyway. They shoot and scatter. He gets his gun out of his car and yells at them. They shoot again. He can be heard on his security system firing back and yelling "I have one too [bleep]."

The robbers get in their car and haul ass...in the opposite direction of the neighborhood entrance. There are 4 of them in the car. He gets in his car, stops it across the road and stands behind it. When they come back and realize that his car is blocking them, they start lobbing shots. He returns fire. They veer off of the road, cut across the lawn and slam into an oak tree. The car is rendered inoperable. They get out and run. Deputies show up. They hear one of the robbers in a wooded area moaning. He had been injured in the crash. They nab him. He rats out the others.

They had traveled about 200 miles from Vicksburg MS to get their thuggery on. I still have some buds on the force in Harrison County. I am going to see if I can get more details.

Yes. Michigan alone has twenty Coast Guard stations on the Great Lakes plus a couple of Air Stations.

I was in Bayfield, Wisconsin 1991 or so... the USCG ran self-righting boats on Superior...

Those are some very cool vessels.

I was working the islands... Superior can get nasty.

Knew some Coasties back then... they are lightweights when comes to pounding down the PBR.

mine has 3

The US CG has authority over all inland and coastal waterways. I used to work on a lake in Arkansas and they had authority there ... in the middle of the country.

FWIW.

L.W.

I would have enjoyed this story more had there been a ball gag and samurai sword involved.

I would have enjoyed this story more had there been a ball gag and samurai sword involved.

Sounds like a real s.h.i.t. show.

Luckily your friend and his family didn't get hurt or killed.

Haven't run a charter or head boat since the early 1990's, been a 100% commercial fishing operation. Now that everything is integrated by computers the CG has privy information on licenses, documentation and federal permits. I feel the CG just want to be relevant, I have no problems with them, I just want to be left alone. I knew a queer C Guardsman that retired and moved to MS. His name was Tim Torens? He was a dumb sob and couldn't catch his azz with both hands. Had a boat called the Sea Quest.
Sure would of been nice if there was 3 or 4 dead POS that taxpayers wouldn't have to put up with anymore.

Left his handgun in his vehicle and went to bed .... had to run out there and get it?

Why are Coast Guarders so ghey?

He's lucky the thugs don't know how to shoot.

It takes a special thought process to store your only firearm in a location that a prospective burglar could access it before you could.