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So, I’m reading the news this morning, waiting to go meet the kids and trade hugs and gifts.  Oh, here’s an interesting article, especially considering this is Washington State…

A Kent man who shot and killed a suspected intruder inside his home Saturday was armed with his own handgun when he walked in the door and found the stranger inside his home, police said.

A man and woman came home to their condo on Kent’s East Hill at 6 p.m. Saturday to find another man inside. The 28-year-old homeowner used his own gun to shoot the suspected intruder, said Kent police spokesman Paul Petersen.

It’s unknown why the homeowner had a handgun, Petersen said.

Police aren’t releasing the homeowners’ names. The dead man, believed in his mid-20s, has not been identified.

Neighbors reported four to five gunshots, but there were no witnesses other than the homeowners, Petersen said.

After the man was shot, he ran through a broken sliding-glass door and died in the backyard. He was carrying a bag that contained some stolen property from the couple’s home, Petersen said.

One of the multitude reasons we left Washington State was the fact that it is a hopelessly clueless liberal/nanny state. I’ve been good, and non-whining, since we’ve been here. But that sentence just stuck in my craw this morning.

It’s unknown why the homeowner had a handgun, Petersen said.

That is the most ridiculous thing I’ve read all week. I can think of a number of reasons the homeowner had a gun. They are some of the same reasons that I have one as well. He had a gun because the United States Constitution says he can. He had a gun because there are bad guys out there. He had a gun because the bad guys want to steal his stuff, rape his lady, and hurt him badly. He had a gun because the bad guys don’t care that it is not their house, or that it is 6pm in the evening.  He had a gun because the cops and the State can’t do squat to stop the bad guys before they do what they do (which, by the way, contrary to liberal thinking, they DO NOT have a Constitutional right to do). He had a gun because he made the decision that he was not going to be a victim so he had to be responsible for his own and his lady’s defense.

Simple. But not in Washington State…

The people walking in darkness
       have seen a great light;
       on those living in the land of the shadow of death 
       a light has dawned.
For to us a child is born,
       to us a son is given,
       and the government will be on his shoulders.
       And he will be called
       Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
       Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.       IS 9:2,6

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly.

But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

“She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:
“BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD AND SHALL BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL,” which translated means, “GOD WITH US.”         MATT 1:18-23

May God bless you and yours this Christmas time.