Self-defense and the AR-15 — Historical Edition

You could say they suffered from a failure of the victim-selection process. 15-Year-Old Hero Used an AR-15 to Protect His 12-Year-Old Sister from 2 Punk Burglars

Two miscreants, one 17-years-old and one 16-years-old, decided to break into a home where a 15-year-old was home with his sister.

For reasons I can't understand, this 10-year-old story is making the rounds. But who am I to swim against the tide of social media? Though the linked article is from the 11th.

Of the famous and infamous firearms in American history, such as the Thompson submachine gun of the early 20th century, the Colt Peacemaker of the Old West or the “Brown Bess” musket of the Revolutionary War era, none have been so maligned by the mainstream media and anti-Second Amendment politicians as the Armalite Rifle model 15, or AR-15.

I suppose that it why it is making the rounds.

This story is about the then-15-year-old son of a Harris County, Texas, deputy who was home alone with his 12-year-old sister in northwest Harris County at about 2:30 p.m. on June 29, 2010.

Two burglars smashed their way through a window after trying the front and back doors according to KHOU-TV.

The young man knew exactly where to find his father’s AR-15 style rifle and he knew exactly how to use it as well. Armed with that weapon and his father’s instruction, the 15-year-old with adrenaline coursing through his veins was able to fire the shots that protected both children that day.

There is more, that is worth your time. The insane things that Democrats and others have to say about the AR-15. Things that are so far from the truth to be laughable, except of course that people believe those lies.