Temple homeowner chases burglar away with shotgun

<a href="http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091010/NEWS0... Nashua Telegraph reports</a> with the above headline that there was another one of the millions of Defensive Gun Uses (DGUs). Just the presence of the homeowner with a gun scared away the badguy without a shot being fired.

<blockquote>TEMPLE – An apparent teenage burglar dressed in a blue hooded sweatshirt was sent fleeing Thursday by a homeowner with a shotgun, police said.

The homeowner, who state police did not identify, came home Thursday morning to find a young man at the side door of the residence, state police said Friday in a press release.</blockquote>

Why would an ordinary citizen protecting his life and property using a firearm make the front page of our website? True, this kind of thing happens all the time and almost never makes the news.

Here is why:

<blockquote>Temple is about 15 miles west of Mont Vernon, where four teens are accused of breaking in to a home Sunday night, leaving Kim Cates dead and her daughter severely injured. Two teens are charged with murder, two others are charged with burglary.

Initially, after the Mont Vernon break-in, police said they were looking for a man possibly wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt.</blockquote>

You can draw your own conclusions.