Property owner SHOOTS gas-siphoning thief!

[Rybold]

If you go to news.yahoo.com, and search for "siphoning," you will see that there is all of a sudden an explosion in reports of people siphoning gasoline. One man took matters into his own hands when he walked outside with a 9mm and shot the bastard!
NWAnews.com :: Northwest Arkansas' News Source

[jammin012]

Supprised it took this long.

[donut132]

if i see somone here in louisiana i will shoot them too. but ill use my 45. c fruitcakes want to outlaw guns?

[donee]

This was no less than a armed burglary. I do not see where these people are getting off with a "criminal mischief" charge.

Back in the early 80's my brother's and I caught a kid syphoning gas from one of our cars right in front of the house, on a suburban street. With people all around, although it was midnight. He was lucky he did not get shot (not by me, I had the baseball bat) although he did not have a gun. If one of my brother's had not recognised him, and the guy nearly burst into tears, he would have been off to jail that night.

[fthorn]

I believe some states' citizens are well within their rights to use any force to protect property, including items (cars) in their yard/drive.

[efusco]

I was at a local marine shop yesterday...it's become very popular to siphon gas from boats...one recent theft was of 140 gallons...at the lake rate of $4.50/gallon that's pretty significant. These guys just pull up on their boats and siphon away. Only a couple manufacturers make locking caps. It doesn't get much easier.

[misslexi]

The latest trend I read somewhere is to steal the gas by using a cordless drill to make a hole in the gas tank. SUVs and trucks are the easiest targets since it's easy to get under them. I guess more and more vehicle have plastic gas tanks which means less chance the drill will cause a spark. Crazy times.

[patsparks]

Good to see life is still worth less than stuff in the good old US of A.

[bwilson4web]

Ok, let's properly wander off topic:

Muzzle loaders, the only weapons truely protected by the Second Amendment! But the worst gasoline thieves are:

• 9 gallons/year - NRA dues
• 250 gallons/life - NRA lifetime dues
• unlimited gallons - NRA 'stuff'

In addition to gasoline thievery, NRA advocates and gun nuts are notorious hijackers. For example, recently they attempted to hijack the "PriusChat" forum "Fuel Economy" by posting neither Prius content nor anything having to do with fuel economy. Hijacking, is a common technique of NRA bullies and time thieves who seem desperate for unearned attention ... making up for their other short comings.

So in a last desperate attempt to bring some Prius fuel economy reference to this hijacked, gun nut thread:

• Without the 50 cal. muzzle loader in my 2003 Prius, I got 52.4 MPG
• With the 50 cal. muzzle loader in my 2003 Prius, I got 52.4 MPG
• With the 50 cal. muzzle loader, shot and powder, I got 52.4 MPG

I have also noticed my first shot is often 'off' 6" and thereafter I'm shooting 3-4" groups at 50 yards. I have wondered if the lack of vibration from my Prius leaves me too relaxed to hold the rifle on target. Perhaps some of our gas-only shooters might compare and contrast shooting after driving a vibrating, noisy gas-only vehicle versus the quieter, vibration free Prius?

Bob Wilson

[Godiva]

The new penchant for thieves to drill the tanks makes me happy the Prius has such a low clearance. Makes it unattractive for stealing gas. Besides, the tank is so small. Truck tanks hold so much more, so for the thieves it's much more cost effective to drill a large tank.

They should be looking for motor homes.