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The homeowner said the burglar then tried to escape the same way he entered, by crawling underneath the cracked-open garage door, but he couldn't get out.

A frightened Dunn then raced inside and grabbed his .22 caliber rifle.




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The gun may have saved Danny Dunn's life.

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Not according to the story.

Still a justified shooting IMO, but you're really getting carried away here.


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I don't think that is at all clear from the story, hence my use of the word "may".

The burglar, upon not being able to get out via the overhead door, did attack Dunn again.

If the burglar could not have gotten out through the garage door, where would the burglar have been forced to go in order to exit? He would quite possibly have had to exit by going through the house proper--meaning another encounter with Dun might have been unavoidable.

At any rate, it's a good thing Dunn had that gun.