A prime example of the MORONIC times we live in!!! This man's property was damaged multiple times by the same offenders, and when he finally catches them in the act and fires a couple of warning shots to get them off his property, HE is charged with a crime, and authorities say the worthless juvenile delinquents probably will NOT be charged, even after ADMITTING to mulitple acts of trespassing and vandalism!!!



Absolutely f**king outrageous.

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(CNN) -- A Warren Township, Ohio, man faces charges of felonious assault after authorities say he fired his rifle at two teens who were attempting to deface his McCain presidential campaign yard sign.


Police say the man's sign is the only McCain sign on a street full of Obama signs.

Kenneth Rowles, 50, pleaded not guilty to the charge Monday, according to CNN affiliate WBNS.

Bail was set at $10,000.

Rowles told police he was sitting on his porch Saturday when a tan SUV pulled up and a black youth jumped out and ran toward his house, screaming, "This is for Obama."

He said another male was hanging out of the passenger window screaming the same thing.

Rowles said he went inside, got his rifle and fired three shots to scare the youths away, according to a Warren Township police report.

He told officers he believes that the men "were the same two that have been destroying his McCain sign."

Just hours before the shooting, Rowles called police and said that a car had stopped in front of his house and that a black male "ran up and said something about Obama," according to the report, and "damaged his sign again."

One of the youths, 17-year-old Kyree Flowers, was shot in the arm, according to a police report. He and the second youth, Patrick Wise Jr., 16, told police they were in the car attempting to leave when Rowles fired at them.

"Kyree stated that he witnessed the homeowner trying to shoot Patrick but he was having trouble chambering a round," the police report said.

The teens admitted that they had defaced the McCain sign several times, Warren Township police Lt. Don Bishop told CNN.

Rowles' is the only McCain sign on a street full of Obama signs, he said.

Bishop said the teenagers probably will not be charged -- and are unlikely to damage campaign signs again, as the incident scared them.

Warren Township is in Trumbull County not far from Cleveland, Ohio.

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Too bad he only fired "warning shots". I don't fire "warning shots".

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He needs to move to Texas.

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It didn't. The story is from Ohio.

Shouldn't matter what state it happens in . Your property is your property. If someone is on your property without your consent, particularly if they are damaging it, or worse, threatening you with harm, then they should be fair game.

It's simple, really: Don't want to get shot? Don't trespass, vandalize, etc....

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Thats the Truth, Texas is one of the only places i know of where its ok to defend your property. most places don't care about property. shoot in CA its not ok to shoot at anyone, unless you life is in danger...

I sat in on the concealed carry class for CA. and the instructor said that in the last 50 years no one has been able to prove that their life has been in danger, thus they have all been charged. the instructor said, if your life is threatened in CA and you have a chance to shoot someone to save your life, you better stop and think about it because you will be in jail for the rest of the your newly saved life.

Hail Nancy Pelosi

Hail Obama

If he is elected this countries course is going to look like that of a NASCAR, constantly turning LEFT.

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Amazing that someone can't even protect there property anymore.

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Yeah, the potential use of "deadly force" for the protection of mere property . . . that's what we want.

It's idiots like that guy who are going to help screw the pooch on the 2nd Amendment rights.

Agreed. Unfortunately things can only get worse with the Obama, Pelosi, Reid Triumviate in power for the next four years.

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+1 Mistress

He shot someone in the arm and hit them? Okay, felonious assault is an OK charge for that - if he can prove that his "home" was being "invaded" - then let the kid deal with a bad arm for a few months, if not, lock his arse up for shooting people.

I would like to live in a neighborhood where you can approach your neighbor and knock on their front door without fear of being fired upon.


I give as much credence to someone who says "I was firing warning shots" as someone who says "he was shooting at me"

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Agreed, yet if someone came on my property screaming and yelling "this ones for OBAMA" or what ever those kids were yelling then thats another story, that could be threatening for a sickly 50 year old man.

personally I would have tackled them. Guns are a last resort.

If this would have happened to me, and I would have tackled them, I bet I would have got charged with assault, and the kids would have got off scott free.

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Using deadly force to protect a free campaign sign? Seems a touch lopsided. Next time Lee Harvey should just leave the rifle in the gun cabinet and douse them with his garden hose.

Didn't Brian Carlton give you that exam on the proper application of "there" "their" "they're"?

Der ya go agin.

What kind of warning shots were those? Did he shoot the kid in the arm as a warning that the next shot would be even worse?

Shooting a kid over campaign signs is inexcusable.

It seems like the kids should have been charged as well, but that has nothing to do with the charge against the shooter.