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NC: Gun in home for protection a hard topic for the police
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"Sixty, maybe 70 people crowded into the Bethesda Moravian Church last month to hear what police were doing about a string of burglaries that was plaguing their neighborhood."
"The residents wanted answers and reassurance. Some were angry; others frightened."
"Then came the question."
"'When is it OK to shoot somebody who comes in your house?' one young woman asked. 'We're prepared at our house.'" ...
"Lt. David Kiger of the Winston-Salem Police Department sighed audibly and paused before speaking." ...
"The answer is complicated, and different in different situations. The one constant is that you have to be in fear for your life."
"'It may be different for a 200-pound man than it is for a 70-year-old grandmother,' Kiger said." ... |
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