MAY 31,2009 3:00 AM I HEARD MY DOG BARK AND LOOKED OUT WINDOW TO SEE THAT MY NEIGHBORS WHERE BEING HELD HOSTAGE IN THEIR HOME. THEY HAD HOME INVADERS HOLDING THEM AT GUN POINT. THEY HAD COME THROUGH THERE FRONT WINDOW. I BEGGED THE POLICE TO GET HERE. THEY DID SHOW UP IN TIME TO SCARE THEM OUT. BUT WHAT IF THEY HADN'T.?? SURELY THEY WOULD HAVE KILLED THEM. HERE IN MICHIGAN WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SHOOT OUR WEAPONS UNLESS THE INTRUDER IS ENTERED OUR HOME. MY QUESTION IS WHAT!! JUST WHAT!! IF THE POLICE HADN'T GOT HERE.?? WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS.
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR
Dear Representative
MY ELDERLY NEIGHBORS WHERE HELD AT GUN POINT MAY 31, 4 GUYS ENTERED THERE HOUSE AND THEY WERE BEING HELD AT GUN POINT. I BEG 911 TO GET HERE WITH THE POLICE AND FOR ONCE THE SHOWED UP JUST IN TIME TO SCARE THEM OFF. BUT IF THEY DIDN'T HOW COULD THE LAW EXPECT ME TO DO NOTHING. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS THEY CAME RIGHT THROUGH THERE FRONT WINDOW. YES I WOULD HAVE TOOK A CHANCE ON BEING SHOT BUT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOT TOO. I FELT SO HELPLESS KNOWING WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN HAPPENING TO THEM. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO THROW OUT SOME WARNING SHOTS OR SOMETHING THE 911 OPERATOR TOLD ME THAT I COULDN'T DO IT.
SINCERELY,.
DIANE JONES
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