Blue Byline » Joshua Baker http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline A cop's perspective of the news and South Sound matters Fri, 17 May 2013 15:06:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 A time to shoot (and a time to hold your fire) http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/2012/04/07/a-time-to-shoot-and-a-time-to-hold-your-fire/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/2012/04/07/a-time-to-shoot-and-a-time-to-hold-your-fire/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2012 19:24:34 +0000 Brian O'Neill http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/?p=1607

In the last week in Gig Harbor, Puyallup and Bonney Lake, three separate burglary attempts were disrupted by armed homeowners. Since each resident emerged without injury, you would think that here, at least, are excellent examples of the proper use of firearms.

You would be right, and you would be wrong.

All three incidents were daytime burglaries, the most common time frame for such crimes. All three were precipitated by using a ploy -homes were targeted when residents failed to respond to knocks on the front door. From this point the details diverge.

In Gig Harbor two burglars fled when the resident appeared …

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