Man kills armed robber with extensive criminal history during rare shooting.

[Atypical Liberal]

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/128571648.html

"The Town of Oconomowoc police say the man Fitzsimmons killed is James Babe IV, 39, of Waukesha. According to state court records, Babe is a life registered sex offender with a lengthy criminal history, including burglary.

...

"It’s not normal out here -- people breaking into houses and somebody getting shot. It’s never happened in my career here,” said Lt. Russel Paar.

Some people here would say that Mr. Fitzsimmons is irrational for keeping a firearm when such break-ins and shootings are so rare.

I say being prepared is a good thing even if the chances of needing to be prepared are low. It's far better to be prepared for no reason than to need to be caught unprepared.

[DesertFlower]

1. we live in a safe area. we have a security

system and several guns for protection.

i agree with being prepared.

[Sinistrous]

2. How did the man wield that "extensive criminal history" to kill the armed robber?

That must have been quite a sight.

[cleanhippie]

3. When he broke in the house?

:shrug:

[Union Scribe]

7. I do love headlines like that.

I suppose if a man's police file is thick enough it could be used like a brick.

[TheWraith]

10. He choked the burglar to death on the grammar of the sentence.

:rofl:

[X_Digger]

13. Lol, I was going to post the same thing..

Did he bury him in rap sheets?

[Kennah]

17. Perhaps his criminal history was so expansive ...

... that some of it was written on stone tablets.

[Remmah2]

4. Everyone has a safe house.

Until it's broken into.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. What is a rare shooting?

It happens all the time.

[MicaelS]

6. Evidently not in that area....

"It’s not normal out here -- people breaking into houses and somebody getting shot. It’s never happened in my career here,” said Lt. Russel Paar.

[SteveM]

19. I'll defer to your expertise on that community, and not to the citizens there.

[ileus]

8. Paranoid packing gunner toter vigilante criminal murderer...how rude and ugly.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. better Headline: Alleged armed robber killed by Okauchee homeowner

[TheWraith]

11. Can you really say "alleged" in this case?

He was definitely in the guy's home, and he was armed, making the only questionable part whether he was robbing the place or there for other illegal reasons. "Alleged" is usually reserved for someone who's been charged and is getting tried.

[ileus]

12. Maybe he was an innocent uninvited armed guest...there to feed the kitty.

[Kennah]

18. Being a registered sex offender, he may have had "kitty" on his mind

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. I just cut and pasted the original headline because the OP was confusing

and Yes, -I- would say alleged but, you can omit it if you please.

[AtheistCrusader]

16. Still alleged.

Perhaps he was invited into the home to purchase drugs or something, but they quibbled over the price, and oh, hey, suddenly it's a 'home invasion' *Bang*.

I don't mean to lay it on thick, but there are other scenarios, both lawful and unlawful, other than Burglary.

[We_Have_A_Problem]

21. Nothing alleged about it.

Unless you want to believe he was only "allegedly" killed.

[ZombieHorde]

15. "Extensive criminal history" is a really strange weapon of choice.

Sorry, I couldn't resist making fun of the lack of commas in the title.

[SteveM]

20. I worked in a jail and saw some of those histories. Can you say handtruck?

[ileus]

22. wonder if this gunner used killer clips with special loads?

[oneshooter]

23. No, he used a 75cal. Flint lock musket

which remained under lock and key till needed. When the alleged, possible unlawful maybe intruder arrived he knocked on the door. After explaining what he wanted, mainly "stuff" the homeowner asked him to wait while he got it for him. At that point the musket was unlocked along with the ammunition, only one round, kept under separate lock and key, and the musket was loaded and the bayonet attached. NOT before!!!

Oneshooter
Armed and Livin in Texas

[ileus]

24. and the gun show loophole didn't even apply...