http://www.twincities.com/ci_9126447
he security alarm sounded in Jon Sokol's St. Paul home early Wednesday while he and his wife were asleep.
He looked up the stairs from their lower-level bedroom and saw a man, dressed all in black, walk by. Sokol, 49, grabbed a revolver — he started keeping a gun in the home after it was burglarized 20 years ago — and went upstairs, Sokol said Thursday.
I'm glad he was prepared.
The burglar, who Sokol thinks was hiding behind a door, hit him in the forehead when he got upstairs.
My recommendation: Bolt the door call the police. Don't go looking for the invader. This could have gone much worse. What, exactly, did this thug have in mind while he was waiting for the homeowner? I don't want to think about what he would have done next.
"So many people are so against guns, and I'm not saying it's the greatest thing in the world and you can conquer anything, but in this particular case I believe it saved Joan and my life," Sokol said. "I don't know what his true meaning was in this house. You read or see on the news about people getting shot and killed in their homes.
I agree. It probably did save their lives. The thug was a meth-addict who tried to ambush Sokol.
The homeowner and his wife weren't seriously hurt, and the thug is in jail. That's a good outcome.
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