Ohio gun owner to home invader: "If you move, you're gonna go to the morgue."

by Chad D. Baus

WTOV (NBC Steubenville) and WPXI (NBC Pittsburgh) reported this week that a Steubenville, OH woman was able to exercise her Second Amendment and self-defense rights to protect herself during a home invasion.

From WPXI:

Police arrested a burglar in the act Thursday morning after the owner of the home he targeted held him at gunpoint.

Authorities said Tammy Takach was sleeping inside her Steubenville home when she heard what sounded like a door slamming.

She said she grabbed her gun and went downstairs to find an intruder in her house.

Police said when officers arrived, Takach was holding 23-year-old Ryan Geary at gunpoint.

"He stood up, put his hands up and said, 'I'm sorry. I'm just going to go,'" Takach said. "I said, 'The only place you're going to go is jail. And if you move, you’re going to the morgue.'"

According to the article, Geary was arrested on burglary charges and possession of criminal tools. He remains in the Jefferson County jail on $50,000 bond.

Click here to view a video report from WTOV.

Under Ohio's Castle Doctrine law, which took effect in 2008, if someone unlawfully enters or attempts to enter the owner's occupied home or temporary habitation, or occupied car, citizens have an initial presumption that they may act in self defense.

Chad D. Baus is the Buckeye Firearms Association Vice Chairman.