Fire extinguisher emboldens criminal in Texas

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

Homeowner Shoots Suspected Burglar


HOUSTON -- A homeowner shot a teenage burglary suspect on Sunday, KPRC Local 2 reported.

Robert and Pam Cole were asleep at their home on Cloverleaf Street near Texarkana Street in east Harris County at about 11 p.m., when they heard glass breaking.

"We were both jarred awake," Pam Cole said. "We knew something was wrong. The alarm was going off."

"Someone is coming in the house and she yelled out,' Get your shotgun,'" Robert Cole said. "I came out of the bedroom and down the hall here, a man with a black hoodie and a fire extinguisher like he was going to beat somebody, was in the living room. I came out of the bedroom with the shotgun … shot him in the hip. He screamed, dropped the fire extinguisher and dived into the hole he came in."


http://www.click2houston.com/news/22117126/detail.html

[TPaine7]

1. We need fire extinguisher control. Now!!!! n/t

[east texas lib]

2. Fire extinguisher control means hitting the base of the fire. (nt)

:o

[Katya Mullethov]

3. No . We need fire extinguisher locks

Someone's irresponsible stowage allowed it to fall into the wrong hands .

[eqfan592]

5. Perhaps all fire extinguishers should be kept at police stations!

Obviously, anybody who want's to RESPONSIBLY own a fire extinguisher would have NO problem at all keeping it in a secure place like a police station and checking it out only when they intend on using it!

[Katya Mullethov]

7. Lemmeshowyousomesing

I am the only one in this room .......professional enough to carry a fire extinguisher .

They would be best left under the watchful eye of the Fire Marshall .

[east texas lib]

4. Well that went well.(nt)

;)

[Tim01]

6. Why does anybody need an fire extinguisher anyway?

When was the last time anybody actually had to use a fire extinguisher? Fighting fires should be left to firemen, and not would-be super heroes.

[SteveM]

8. But there'll be foam in the streets!

[taurus145]

9. Extinguisher love run wild.

I'll have mine with extra foam.

[proteus_lives]

10. Ha!

Too bad it will go right over a certain authoritarian DUer's head.

:-)

[slackmaster]

11. This country's fire extinguisher culture has gotten out of hand

Ban them, for the Children.