2aguy
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- Jul 19, 2014
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This is an actual NRA source, from their Armed Citizen stories......this citizen is a little more famous than some others...
Childress Says,
Sports championships and charity leadership have made Childress an admired national figure. But they also put a target on his back.
Childress’ home is in a small township in Davidson County, N.C. On the evening of Dec. 17, the couple was at home, relaxing in the trophy room. Childress had recently begun carrying his Smith & Wesson M&P 40 Shield, even while at home.
A week earlier, Judy had asked, “Why are you carrying your pistol everywhere in the house?”
He explained: “Honey, this time of year you don’t know what people are going to do or try to do. This is a time of year that people do crazy things.”
The night of the break-in at his home, Childress placed the S&W on a table in his dressing room, and went to bed at about 9 p.m. Judy came to bed less than an hour later after turning on the home alarm.
Neither of them knew that three men were already on their property. They had climbed the fence and broken a security camera at the gate. They were wearing black, and they had covered most of their faces with masks. Hiding on the property, they waited until their victims were asleep.
Then, they walked around the perimeter of the house “as if they owned it,” peering through windows and doors for 10 to 15 minutes.
The criminals had planned extensively. “They knew everything about us,” Childress said. They had GPS coordinates and “knew everything about the property.” They even knew enough about Childress’ security dog to convince him to stop barking. Their next step was to hack into the alarm system, with the intent to disable it.
The three men were armed with long guns, including a shotgun and a .308 rifle. In fact, just two days earlier they had stolen guns during a residential burglary in Winston-Salem.
Their intentions, they later admitted, were to break into the house, hold Richard and Judy hostage, and rob them.
“You know, after that, they don’t leave witnesses,” Childress said in a recent interview with America’s 1st Freedom. “So they came to do some bad, bad things to my wife and me.”
The invaders shattered a basement window, which didn’t have an alarm sensor. Next, they began breaking the basement door. At the time, Childress was still in a deep sleep.
Childress Says,
Sports championships and charity leadership have made Childress an admired national figure. But they also put a target on his back.
Childress’ home is in a small township in Davidson County, N.C. On the evening of Dec. 17, the couple was at home, relaxing in the trophy room. Childress had recently begun carrying his Smith & Wesson M&P 40 Shield, even while at home.
A week earlier, Judy had asked, “Why are you carrying your pistol everywhere in the house?”
He explained: “Honey, this time of year you don’t know what people are going to do or try to do. This is a time of year that people do crazy things.”
The night of the break-in at his home, Childress placed the S&W on a table in his dressing room, and went to bed at about 9 p.m. Judy came to bed less than an hour later after turning on the home alarm.
Neither of them knew that three men were already on their property. They had climbed the fence and broken a security camera at the gate. They were wearing black, and they had covered most of their faces with masks. Hiding on the property, they waited until their victims were asleep.
Then, they walked around the perimeter of the house “as if they owned it,” peering through windows and doors for 10 to 15 minutes.
The criminals had planned extensively. “They knew everything about us,” Childress said. They had GPS coordinates and “knew everything about the property.” They even knew enough about Childress’ security dog to convince him to stop barking. Their next step was to hack into the alarm system, with the intent to disable it.
The three men were armed with long guns, including a shotgun and a .308 rifle. In fact, just two days earlier they had stolen guns during a residential burglary in Winston-Salem.
Their intentions, they later admitted, were to break into the house, hold Richard and Judy hostage, and rob them.
“You know, after that, they don’t leave witnesses,” Childress said in a recent interview with America’s 1st Freedom. “So they came to do some bad, bad things to my wife and me.”
The invaders shattered a basement window, which didn’t have an alarm sensor. Next, they began breaking the basement door. At the time, Childress was still in a deep sleep.
