a compromise solution

[iverglas]

HOW TO CALL THE POLICE WHEN YOU'RE OLD AND DON'T MOVE FAST ANYMORE.

George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi was going to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window.

George opened the back door to go turn off the light but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things. He phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?" and he said "No." Then they said that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be along when available.

George said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again. "Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people stealing things from my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them anymore because I just shot them." Then he hung up.

Within five minutes six police cars, a SWAT Team, a helicopter, two fire trucks, a paramedic and an ambulance showed up at the Phillips' residence and caught the burglars red-handed.

One of the Policemen said to George: "I thought you said that you'd shot them!" George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"



Oh, all right.

http://www.snopes.com/crime/safety/response.asp

Could this story have happened anyway? Since we penned this article in April 2002, the major elements of the Internet forward have come true at least once. In September 2003 a minister in Odessa, Texas, who felt police were not responding quickly enough to his call about a burgled church 40 minutes later followed up with a second phone call in which he reported he was holding hostages and threatening to kill them at that location. The three police officers who were pulled off other cases to converge on the hostage call were not amused by the ruse, and arrested its perpetrator, Paul Weymouth, the 63-year-old pastor of Heights Christian Church, on charges of filing a false report. Weymouth has since been released on $1,000 bail, pending trial.

[bossy22]

1. a compromise solution

to what?? getting the police faster to your house

is this even remotely gun politics related??

[iverglas]

2. I just love humour impairment

We are constantly told here that the police cannot be relied on to attend at the scene of a crime before it is too late.

We are constantly told here that individuals need firearms in order to shoot people committing crimes.

Compromise solution: tell the police that you have shot someone committing a crime.

Police attend, no one dies.

Compromise solution.

Hahahaha!


"Remotely gun politics related" ... yeah, tell me about that one.

[enfield collector]

3. hmmm, sounds like the parable of the boy who cried wolf.

[pipoman]

4. Though I have seen this before

it is really great to see some humor in the gungeon and even better it being you who deliver it.

Thanks

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

5. That is pretty funny.

Good one, Iverglas.

[mvccd1000]

6. First post from Iverglas that I can agree with! :) nt

[facepalm]

7. your compromise solution is illegal

Either
a) shoot the burglar and have the cops arrive quickly
b) or don't shoot the burglar and fill out a report the next day.

b) is a better solution if you are insured and the burglar is really a non-violent burglar who just happens to break in to occupied homes
a) is better if the burglar notices you're home and decides to try his hand at rape or gets worried that you could identify him as the guy who worked on your roof last month and decides to kill the witness.

In conclusion, I'll continue to rely on my 12 gauge and its convenient 0 second response time versus waiting 20 minutes for the cops to show.

[iverglas]

8. may, you're an angry and bitter one

I mean, somebody would pretty much have to be to offer that kind of response to this kind of post.


Either
a) shoot the burglar and have the cops arrive quickly
b) or don't shoot the burglar and fill out a report the next day.

And I think my stars daily that where I live, (a) is illegal. And nobody does it. Ever.


b) is a better solution if you are insured and the burglar is really a non-violent burglar who just happens to break in to occupied homes
a) is better if the burglar notices you're home and decides to try his hand at rape or gets worried that you could identify him as the guy who worked on your roof last month and decides to kill the witness.

RAPE!
RAPE!!
RAPE!!!

Yes, that's what most burglars are planning. A little forced sexual intercourse goes a long way for yer average drug addict looking for the resources to get a fix.

Of course, a little exploitation of someone else's experience, even when said experience is entirely a fantasy of the person doing the exploiting, apparently goes a lot way for yer average gun-head shoving an agenda.

Must work well for you people. You never tire of it.

[Tejas]

9. "average gun-head shoving an agenda"

"Yes, that's what most burglars are planning. A little forced sexual intercourse goes a long way for yer average drug addict looking for the resources to get a fix."

To rule out the possibility is foolish, but considering the source.......



"Agenda", as in working to preserve the 2nd Amendment?


yeah, okay.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

11. In the US people breaking and entering for the purpose of rape is not unusual.

I'm glad it's rare in Canada.

David

[tucsonlib]

10. Cruel and Unusual

If I'm not mistaken, you live in a country where every citizen gets free health care; Where gun violence is practically unheard of; Where torture is still frowned upon. You can travel abroad and proudly introduce yourself as a Canadian, since Canada is still respected by the rest of the world. You are blessed.
And thus it is unbecoming for you to criticize, bully or berate us - we, your beleaguered Southern brethren. You are the 6th Grader picking on the Kindergartener; The sadist tormenting a puppy; The able-bodied snickering derisively at the wheelchair-bound. We are such an easy target these days. Have a little compassion, eh?

[iverglas]

12. even better

I got that off a Brit board. Hahahaha! Ze world laughs.

Actually, it was a Brit board full of elderly bigots and whiners, and they weren't laughing at. They'd probably be right at home here. Some mothers do 'ave 'em.

[radioburning]

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