The last thing a disabled veteran needs or deserves is to be targeted by a violent criminal who is only a detriment to society. These men and women stepped up for their country and should be afforded the utmost respect — not attacked by those who should be grateful for their service.

Danny Ricketts of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was sleeping in the darkness of early Monday morning when a truly terrifying sight awakened him.

A knife blade was sliding back and forth under his window and was obviously being wielded by someone outside his residence attempting to gain entry.

Then the window began opening.

Ricketts later explained that he suffers from PTSD and keeps a loaded firearm close by when he sleeps. It was readily available on his nightstand, where he had it under a hat.

The intended victim yelled for the intruder to leave and then fired a single shot.

The suspect fled, and Ricketts recalled not finding blood at the window when he went to check. The rattled veteran explained, “I looked at the window, and I didn’t see any blood and I didn’t see any bodies. So I thought I missed initially and I was kind of grateful at that.”

He called the police, and when they arrived on the scene, they discovered the alleged intruder nearby suffering from what would be a fatal gunshot wound to the chest.

Ricketts was in the police car later when he saw the body of his would-be attacker a short distance away. “I asked the detective if it was the body of the person I shot, and they said ‘yeah,’ and I felt kind of bad.”

The initial and obvious ruling was that the veteran acted in self-defense. APD spokesperson Gilbert Gallegos noted that there are currently six shootings in the city being investigated as cases of justifiable self-defense.

Ricketts did not celebrate the loss of life, but he must know that he was left with no choice but to defend himself. Hopefully, he understands that he would have been the victim of an armed criminal if he did not act, and the alleged perpetrator brought his fate onto himself.

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