Defending yourself = WIN

Guy was probably on something to be that crazy.. Even when i cock my dads shotgun shivers go up my spine that noise is loud and very recognizable

 

Hats off to the 911 Dispatcher! She was great at talking her through the encounter.

 

x2.........no telling which way it would have gone if she hadnt acted.

 

X2!

 

A locked door is enough to detour "most people". He chose to to go through locked door number two and his prize was death.
Good for her. I WILL NEVER RETREAT in my home. No person should have to. She said it right, I'm not hiding in a bathroom, I have a shot gun.

Give'em both barrels.

 

well hell yeah!!

 

X3

I hope I never have to do that Gotta give her credit, she kept her cool, but she had to defend herself. You never know what the other guy is on, or what his intentions are.

 

Good for her and I hope she realized that what she has done was well within her means. I know most people don't want to take another persons life, but you have to do what you have to do to protect yourself and your loved ones. One thing they taught me in the academy is that when Im working, "I" will go home at the end of the night. At 100% if at all cost...

 

That could have given him the opportunity to shoot her if he saw she could shoot him.

 

Glad the lady had the mentality of "its you or them."



i have several guns in my house and my wife hates it. i want to protect my wife and i if anything like this would ever happened. but what worries me to death is that my wife's a RN and only works 3 days a week, leaving her at the house alone 2-3 days during the week. i have talked to her about what she would do if something came up while i was at work mon-fri and she was home alone. she told me she would not use or even touch the guns if a situation like this one arose! this seriously worries me the way crime is right now. what should i do?

 

i dont know man....some people just dont like guns..period. probably need to sit her down and have a talk with her and explain the possibilities and get her to understand that guns arent bad.

 

i've tired to tell her that guns dont kill people, people kill people. didnt help any. she knows absolutely nothing about guns and is very scared of them. i would like for her and i to go through a safety course so she can learn, but she is being so stubborn i don't think she will even go for that.

 

well,damn....that was gonna be my next suggestion...safety course. maybe if she gets a feel for them.....she'll be easier to work with. safety courses are a good idea...that way she knows the ins and outs.

 

holy crap, i got goosebumps allover listening to that. i hope she can get over the incident and live a normal life. she did what she had to do.

 

thats crazy!

 

I think I know which one you are talking about, a buddy went through post and was telling me bout what you have to watch.

My mother is a 911 dispatcher and I have heard stories of what they have to listen to on the phone and I have great respect for dispatchers because of what they have to listen to. She handled it very very well.

 

that is definately something us in florida dont have to do ......retreat. thanks to the castle doctrine you are jusified in using deadly force to defend your house, car, or business. without any threat of judiciary or civil suite.
I would have done the same as her.my wife would have done the same as her, and my oldest daughter would have done the same as her. I can confidently say this because we are an armed family who practice the tactical handling of firearms....often and together.as all families should.

 

Agreed. I can appreciate that the dispatcher told the woman that she had the right to defend herself and property. It all went down as it should have.

What gave me the chills was not her killing the guy but her praying for forgiveness afterwards. That's messed up. Easy to =want= to be brave in that position, even if armed, but nobody truly =wants= to be put in that position. Right, Tiger?

I mean, I got weapons from my truck to my nightstand and I believe that I am mentally prepared to defend my property, family and life without even thinking twice. I've gone over it hundreds of times in my mind. Truth is, I hope I never have to.