A few days ago near Nashville, Tennessee, a particularly dumb criminal managed to catch some hot lead. After trying multiple times to get into the home and hearing the occupants threaten to shoot him should he get through, he kept f-ing around and ended up finding out:

While details aren’t yet available, what we do know is that this was a situation that went on for some time, perhaps for minutes. The residents were smart to not go outside to confront him, instead warning the man of what was coming his way if he found his way inside the home. Despite the warnings, the man ended up finding his way into a kitchen window, and then found out that the homeowner wasn’t bluffing.

The robber received a non-fatal wound to the arm, was hauled off by police and will face charges once doctors get him patched up a bit.

What I want to do real quick in this article is talk about some ways this could have gone far worse and some ways it could have gone far better.