There may be nothing more frightening than being home alone and hearing strange sounds indicating you are in fact not alone. It is now too late to prepare for the unexpected, but being prepared may save your life.
A recent example of a resident being both prepared and courageous enough to spring into action emerged from the Appalachian Mountains of north Georgia.
A homeowner in Towns County encountered a frightening situation on May 20 when she found herself the target of an alleged burglar. Deputies received a call from a residence on Gumlog Road concerning someone rummaging through vehicles.
When law enforcement arrived, they found 18-year-old Hunter Chase Adams and 21-year-old Travis Richard Foskey. Both Young Harris residents were suspected of breaking into several cars in the neighborhood, but they had fled when deputies showed up.
It was just a short time afterwards when another call came to authorities from a homeowner in the same area. In this case, the female would-be victim arrived home to find a strange man at her front door.
He was wearing her husband’s clothes.
Investigators later determined that the suspect, Hunter Chase Adams, had broken into the residence after fleeing from officers investigating the automobile break-ins. The homeowner drew her weapon and held Adams there until law enforcement arrived.
Criminals are not the brightest bulbs on the Christmas tree, and Adams decided to make a break for it when the deputies rolled up. That ended with him being tackled and taken into custody.
The young suspect now faces a burglary charge along with 20 counts of felony entering an automobile.
When investigators fingered Foskey as the second suspect, they obtained an arrest warrant and levied the same charges against him as faced by Adams.
Towns County Sheriff Ken Henderson praised the homeowner for her courageous actions to hold the suspected burglar for law enforcement to arrest.
Add this instance to the possible 2.5 million estimated scenarios where an armed citizen protects life and property from the bad guys. The mainstream media is quick to report on anything that could possibly be categorized as a “gun crime,” but these defensive stories rarely make headlines.
But for this woman and undoubtedly her grateful husband, a frightening situation had a happy ending. Her grit and determination played a large role in the outcome, and so did the fact that she was armed and prepared for the unexpected.
Wherever she had been, she had no way of knowing that she would come face-to-face with a criminal standing at her door wearing her husband’s clothing when she returned home. This must have been quite a shock, and many people would have understandably frozen in place and likely become yet another victim of violent crime.
This homeowner had other ideas.
Despite the jarring encounter she faced at her front door, she was calm enough to produce her firearm and neutralize the situation. Holding the burglar at bay, she called the authorities and had to wait for them to arrive with an undoubtedly agitated young criminal staring down the barrel of her handgun.
This instance is as deserving of a front-page headline as any “gun crimes.” People need to be aware that their friends and neighbors are utilizing their Second Amendment rights to protect life and property from those who would do them harm.
It would make the shrill pronouncements of anti-gun zealots sound much different and demonstrate the importance of protecting all constitutional rights.
