"Homeowner fires shot after man breaks into New Jersey home to steal car: officials"

[Jim_]

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A homeowner in New Jersey turned the tables on a home intruder that broke into a home in Roseland.

The break-in was reported at a home on Lasalle Court around 3 a.m. Monday.

Mayor James Spango said the suspect entered the home's mudroom after getting in through an unsecured garage window.

Officials said the burglary suspect was looking for a key fob to steal a BMW parked in the resident's garage.

The terrified homeowner grabbed his legal handgun and fired a shot at the intruder. The bullet missed but the thief jumped out of the same window he entered and got away in a vehicle waiting outside.

The mayor said this is another reminder of precautions everyone should take to avoid a brazen crime.

"Not only lock your car door and take your key fob, take your garage door opener out of your car, do not program those garage door openers in your car, and lock the actual door from your garage into your house," Spango said.

Residents are aware of the crime. Another homeowner had their car broken into on the the block a year ago.

They believe the suspects come to the area because it is close to I-280.

The suspect is described as a teenager or in his young 20s who was wearing all red.

Yeah! Homeowner!

Shame he missed. (It would've been a legal kill, right?)

[NotJust22s]

Here is a case where gun control would have worked.

Steady, Aim, Fire.

dead perp.

[Bonefreak]

Shotgun with #4 buck!!!

27 pellets coming down range!!

[BowhunterNJ]

Article:  https://abc7ny.com/break-in-roseland-intruder-gun/12680422/#:~:text=ROSELAND%2C New Jersey (WABC),through an unsecured garage window.

[Jcol6268]

53 minutes ago, Jim_ said:

Yeah! Homeowner!

Shame he missed. (It would've been a legal kill, right?)

There are way too many unanswered questions for that lol. However, if your asking if you can use deadly force to protect your property? The answer is no. 

However, I am sure his attorney expressed how fearful he was for his  life, and the safety of his family at 3am given all the circumstances. 

 

[hunterbob1]

Yes jc nj law, you'll be arrested if you shoot some intruder in your house.Good for the homeowner, we need more of this on the local news stations to send a message to garbage, break into my home you might end up in the trash

Edited January 9, 2023 by hunterbob1

[electricstart]

https://localtoday.news/nj/homeowner-fires-shots-after-man-breaks-into-new-jersey-to-steal-car-officials-127976.html

 

 

[Sako76]

Your home is your castle, you are under no duty to retreat!  How does someone know if an intruder is there to steal your car or rape your wife or daughter?

Pretty ballsy for someone to break into your home at 3:00 AM.  Criminals need to be held accountable, they haven't and that's why we have this mess.

[vdep217]

2 hours ago, hunterbob1 said:

Yes jc nj law, you'll be arrested if you shoot some intruder in your house.Good for the homeowner, we need more of this on the local news stations to send a message to garbage, break into my home you might end up in the trash

Actually contrary to popular belief nj does have castle doctrine.  While nj has a duty to retreat before using deadly force it does not apply in your home

[LittleM]

Didn't Joe Biden advise to shoot thru the door??

[alabjr]

1 hour ago, LittleM said:

Didn't Joe Biden advise to shoot thru the door??

I also remember him saying to “do what I told my wife to do, just get an over under shotgun and fire two shots in the air”

1. In the air? What? Besides the idiocy of that, aren’t “warning shots” illegal anyway? I could be wrong, idk 

2. After you do that you’re no longer loaded… and any criminal with even a tiny bit of firearm knowledge would see 2 barrels that have just been emptied… game on in his mind

[alabjr]

2 hours ago, vdep217 said:

Actually contrary to popular belief nj does have castle doctrine.  While nj has a duty to retreat before using deadly force it does not apply in your home

Vito I don’t doubt you but I’m really curious to learn more, Can you site this so I can read it? I would love to be more confident that it’s the truth. Even still, I guess there’s the law and then there’s what liberal judges “interpret” as the law. 
 

I have read that on your own private property in NJ you can carry without a carry permit, but I would still be so unsure in this lib state that if I did ever have to pull the trigger on some maniac that I wouldn’t be the one behind bars.  

Edited January 10, 2023 by alabjr

[vdep217]

7 minutes ago, alabjr said:

Vito I don’t doubt you but I’m really curious to learn more, Can you site this so I can read it? I would love to be more confident that it’s the truth. Even still, I guess there’s the law and then there’s what liberal judges “interpret” as the law. 
 

I have read that on your own private property in NJ you can carry without a carry permit, but I would still be so unsure in this lib state that if I did ever have to pull the trigger on some maniac that I wouldn’t be the one behind bars.  

Let me rephrase and I will find it.  Nj castle doctrine only applies in your home.

[vdep217]

https://www.gunlaws101.com/state/law/new-jersey/castle-doctrine

[Bucndoe]

33 minutes ago, alabjr said:

Vito I don’t doubt you but I’m really curious to learn more, Can you site this so I can read it? I would love to be more confident that it’s the truth. Even still, I guess there’s the law and then there’s what liberal judges “interpret” as the law. 
 

I have read that on your own private property in NJ you can carry without a carry permit, but I would still be so unsure in this lib state that if I did ever have to pull the trigger on some maniac that I wouldn’t be the one behind bars.  

You can carry on your own property. Open or concealed