Homeowner foils burglary attempt in NW Tallahassee

“There have been several burglaries in this area in recent weeks,” said Sgt. Tony Drzewiecki, spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office said about northwest Tallahassee. “We don’t know if this is related to those recent burglaries; however, we have uniformed deputies in the area now and we are working on any leads.”

Drzewiecki said the resident, armed with a shotgun, investigated. Upon finding an unknown person breaking into the home, the owner fired a shot, which missed, and the suspect fled.

Let’s just say, for the sake of argument, that the “several burglaries in this area in recent weeks” have all been committed by the same person(s). Let’s also say that this near-hit by a shotgun has scared the loser into seeking another line of work. X number of future burglaries by this moron may have been prevented, and another Y number of burglaries by other dead-enders inspired by this moron’s success could also have been prevented.

An ongoing series of shooting or shooting at invaders will eventually convince all but the most hard-core to stop invading. Some will die. That’s okay. You want to be safe? Don’t break into my house.

As long as the trend is tipped in favor of the good guys, the bad guys will have to think twice.

That, friends, is how things work in a near-perfect world.

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