Intruders With Knife and Bat Lose to Homeowner’s Gun

When a man and woman, armed with a knife and baseball bat, ignored a “no trespassing” sign and forced their way into a home in Los Lunas, New Mexico, they threatened the homeowner and demanded money from him. Instead, he provided precious metal. That is, fast-moving lead from his firearm.

Los Alamos Daily Post reports:

[The couple] were both armed with weapons when they knocked on the front door of a residence on Valencia Drive.

When the homeowner opened the door, [the two crooks] forced their way into the residence demanding money from the homeowner. The homeowner was able to retrieve his personal weapon and fired several shots toward [them], striking both of them.

KOB4 reports:

[A]fter being shot both suspects ran off, collapsing… about 75 yards from the home.

They were both taken to a hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Moral: Always be armed. And never bring a knife or bat to a gunfight.

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.