Erin sends this VERY interesting story that puts an interesting twist on the “Kids and Guns” issue.
Just hours after a widow laid her husband to rest, she’s forced to shoot a pair of intruders who showed up to her Blanchard home, threatening her and her 3-month-old baby.
One of the alleged burglars was killed in the gunfire.
Now in the first report I read her simply described as a “Teen Mother” (which is correct), and didn’t give her name, which I assumed meant she was underage. Still she can’t be more than 364 days past 17 which would make her legally a “Child”, and also while most states allow people 18 and older (and in many cases younger) to own long-guns like the shotgun she used, but most states say this mother can’t defend herself outside the home or own a handgun.
Still good on her for taking the initiative for her defense and the defense of her young baby.
Also go read the article about the community reaching out to help her through this horrible experience.
Anti-rights people believe that people are mostly bad, and can’t be trusted with any power or responsibility. BTW they believe this because they ARE the bad people who can’t be trusted with power and responsibility. While pro-rights people believe that most people are good and can be trusted….but there are VERY bad people about who don’t follow rules and sometimes need to be killed.
This story seems to cover them all.
Carry your guns, and do good, people.
And Joan believes that the mother should have waited to see what the burglars intentions were before defending herself.
The the intruder was ONLY certain of committing lethal force if he murders her…because he may have just wanted to “Scare” her or “cut her just a little bit”.
And even if the mother and baby were murdered it wouldn’t be a gun death. Nothin’ to see here.
Unless the News Reported that she had the shotgun but didn’t fire (because she couldn’t read the mind of the monster) then it would be PROOF that guns aren’t useful for self defense!
It’s worth repeating that a “Win” to them involves an innocent person being butchered, while a Win for us involves an innocent defending them self from an aggressor.
Another good comparison:
How many families have the Brady Bunch and their ilk given that kind of support to while dancing in the blood of their recently killed loved ones?
They gave Colin Goddard, Joan Peterson, and Omar Samaha jobs.
But of course gifts need to be reciprocated with hard bigoted work!
http://www.kfor.com/news/local/kfor-man-killed-while-trying-to-break-in-to-womans-home-20120101,0,5132108.story
“Police say 18-year-old Sarah Dawn McKinley was home with her 3-month-old son when 24-year-old Justin Shane Martin and 29-year-old Dustin Louis Stewart forced their way in.”
“Also, Grady County officials tell us there wasn’t just a 911 call from McKinley, but from one of the men who tried to break-in her home.
They say he called to say his friend has been shot.”
Really? You got shot while trying to break into someone’s home? Quick, call the police!
WOW! That reminds me of the stories when somebody calls the cops because somebody stole their weed stash!
If I’m not mistaken, he may also be tried for his accomplice’s death since it was during the commission of a crime.