The traditional roles of a man are the head of their family: Husband, Provider, Father – and Protector. Sadly, what the so-called Elites are trying to do is to condition and “breed that out” of us. Why?
First, it destroys our natural history of why a Husband and Father are important, not only to the nuclear family but to Society in general. Sheeple, who refuse to do for themselves and expect others to do for them, is not a threat to those that wish to remove the Constitutional Republic that our genius Founding Fathers bequeathed upon us as their legacy. By taking over, bit by bit, how does one dare bit the hand that may not care about your but leverages your spouse and children against those seemingly quaint notions of Freedom from Government and making do for oneself?
And here’s a guy, an ordinary schlub, that simply blows up that entire narrative by being that traditional guy (reformatted, emphasis mine):
Dad shoots would-be intruder who “accosted” kids in backyard
Police in Johnston County, North Carolina are investigating a Father’s Day shooting involving an armed dad and a 23-year-old who allegedly “accosted” an 11-year-old girl before trying to gain entry into the family’s home. Authorities were called out [to] the scene of a breaking and entering in the small town of Wilson’s Mills around 9 p.m. on Sunday evening, and when they arrived they discovered the body of the 23-year-old at the home, along with the armed homeowner.
Chief A.Z. Williams said, based on the preliminary investigation, the suspect entered the backyard of the home where children were playing outside. The suspect allegedly tried to accost an 11 year-old girl. Other children ran inside the home and alerted the mother and father.
Stupidity flew into that backyard and into this 23-year-old’s skull filled with vacuum for not understanding the MOST important question: “What is it about this house that I don’t know but should?” In this case, his two brain cells were answerless:
Police said the suspect attempted to follow the children into the residence by pulling on the back door handle and shaking it violently.
The homeowner and father shot the 23 year-old suspect who died from his injuries. The name of the suspect is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Chief Williams said this appears to be a case of a father protecting his family. The suspect was unknown to the family.
Failure to even:
- “Play checkers” – to check his next moves and what the responses would be (“What don’t I know?”)
- ask the question, “what’s the worst thing that could happen to ME?” (“What is it about this house that I don’t know about?”)
- Assuming that Dad (based on decades of commercials, sit-coms, movies, and general Societal put-downs) would be just a wimp and of no account.
- Contemplate Dad would become Godzilla when his children were put at risk.
And was armed. My hat is off to the Dad in this case. Attack my kids, start to attack my home and hearth? Yeah, full Protector beast mode – and justifiably so.
Even then, the armed dad didn’t run outside to confront the man who accosted his daughter. It sounds like if the 23-year-old had wandered off into the gloaming instead of trying to enter the home he’d be alive today, though he might have been in police custody. Based on the public statements by Williams, this wasn’t a case of vigilantism, but of self-defense. A strange man shows up in the yard where kids are playing, tries to grab one of them, and then when the kids run inside tries to gain entry to the home himself. Only then did the homeowner fire the fatal shot; not out of malice or rage, but to prevent the stranger from coming inside and possibly harming the kids and/or the homeowner himself.
I’m betting it was only seconds from start to finish – worst case, 1-2 minutes. Unless a roaming police car was nearby in this 3,000-person village, too short of a time for a “wait for the police” situation – you know, the kind that Big Daddy Government types wish to turn us into. That only Government should be in charge of our self-defense (yep, another oxymoron there), and we should run and hide.
Dad said SCREW THAT, these are MY kids!
You know, Dad didn’t know if that 23-year-old was armed with a firearm or with just a knife or nothing at all. He simply went, I imagine, “Kids -> protect! I will put myself at risk to protect them because *I* am responsible for them.”. Kudos to him.
All of us that own guns have gone over that kind of situation, and many others, in asking ourselves, “How would I react? Would we hesitate? What is my mental checklist? What is the situation? Do I have the skills? How big is the threat? Is there time for the police – or not?” and many others.
The biggest one? “Although the aim is to neutralize a threat, am I prepared to take a life to protect those that I live and that are around me?“. For many, too difficult a question, and their answer is no”. That’s fine, but don’t then be those that would prevent me from answering yes but then rendering me helpless (as I’m closer to 70 than 60 and I, like all at my age, am seeing the biological clock remove muscle mass and strength typical of this age) with “The Equalizer.”
Yes, it is a difficult decision and fraught with all kinds of ramifications leading up to and afterward. Who knows if that Dad had done this “wargaming” ahead of time or just did the right thing instinctively (and YES, it was the right thing to have done)?
What what you do? I know those of you who own guns for various reasons have most likely thought this through – what were your reasoning and your conclusion?
And for those of you who don’t own firearms AND answered “No” to my question, what would YOU do? How would you protect yourself and those around you? WOULD you protect yourself?
HT | Bearing Arms
