When man hot-wired truck, elderly owner pulls gun, prevents theft with defensive gun use
Via Rachelle Spence at WSPA News
A grandfather of four, Ralph Duroy, laughs a lot.
One of the things that brings out his smile is his 1988 Nissan truck. It was handed down to him by his stepfather.
“Just before he died in 2000, he passed it on to me. It has sentimental value,” he said.
On Tuesday, that family truck was almost stolen. His wife noticed a man moving around the garage near their home.
His wife warned him soon after that it looked like someone was trying to steal his truck. The intruder used firewood and a piece of concrete to break open the steering column of the truck so he could hot-wire the truck, causing about 700$ worth of damage.
The 25 year-old suspect Rusty Seawright crashed his own vehicle and ran from the scene to find a vehicle easy to steal.
So when he saw 70 year old Duroy come out of the house he started pulling out of the driveway after successfully hot-wiring the truck.
He didn’t get very far before he noticed Duroy had a revolver, and drew it on him from 20 feet away. He immediately stopped trying to steal the truck and got down on his knees in surrender. That’s when Duroy felt for 25 year old and talked to him about the direction his life was going while waiting for police to arrive. Duroy’s wife also brought the attempted thief water on two different occasions. Duroy said with a chuckle, “We got along very well, considering.”
This is a perfect example of a defensive gun use gone right. I’m sure if Duroy felt threatened by this man or if he went further by trying to rob inside the house where Duroy’s wife was there might have been shots fired. However that wasn’t necessary, this is one of those instances where just brandishing the firearm was enough, usually these instances of defensive gun use are not reported because the threat was eliminated.
This is the type of story we need to get out there to continue practicing our rights, it’s a win for gun-rights. Most gun owners are not shoot-happy crazy people, they want to protect themselves reasonably and won’t harm someone unless they have absolutely no choice.
