Three MORE Cheers For Guns!

Two days before Christmas, Paul Crabtree had some last minute Christmas 'shopping' to do.

His girlfriend/friend/whatever, Elizabeth Holt, also had some 'shopping' to get done... so she went with him.

Unknown person #3, accompanies Paul and Elizabeth to fight the holiday crowds and the trio sets off to get gifts and spread holiday cheer.

How did they fare?

It turns out, they skipped the malls, the traffic and the crowds. Instead they went to an apartment complex, armed themselves with knives and broke into someone's home.

Those were bad decisions. But then it got much worse.

The resident of the apartment was home. And armed. With a gun.

What's the old saying? 'Never bring a knife to a gunfight?'

I'll give you 3 guesses as to who came out on the short end of the stick here, and the first two don't count.

When Crabtree took a slug from the gun, Miss Elizabeth Holt and the other unnamed person decided they got the wrong apartment and got the heck out of dodge. They left Mr. Crabtree at the apartment to discuss things more in depth with the resident.

Rest easy. The good guy (apartment resident) is alive and kicking and gets to enjoy Christmas of 2007.

As for Crabtree? He's forever on the 'Naughtly List' and enjoying a dirt nap. His two accomplices, Elizabeth Holt and the unknown person... they're on the run. For now.

The good news in all this? There's one less criminal you have to worry about breaking into your home and doing you and your family harm. There are two other criminals who will think twice (hopefully) before doing something like this again and will be caught soon.


And lastly... the guy at home who fended off the intruders... He's alive.


Thanks to his gun.

I can only imagine how this scenario might have turned out had our hero only been allowed by government to be armed with a knife...