Gun control!!

Anyone check the little sliders on yahoo news? 18 year old mama with a 3 month old child(and a recently deceased husband) dealt some lead poisoning to a scumsucker that kicked her door in, holding a hunting knife. ---mama+ 1. Scumsucker---0.:sunny:

 

"The only thing you should feel when you shoot someone, is the recoil."

 

She knew how to control that gun...... Just sayin'

 

Yeah Agreed. Honestly all she had to show the gun and he'll run way.

Who will attack someone with a shotgun holding a knife. Seriously.

 

I'm not sure who you're agreeing with.

I don't know the story in question (link?) but I think the other posters so far are all in favor of shooting him. And I think I would shoot him too, if there was any possibility whatsoever that he could harm me or anyone else....

 

A junkie breaking into a house with a poor widow and her newborn? This girl's husband had just passed away from cancer, the guy that broke into her house had come around the night of the funeral just days before, claiming to be her husband's friend and then he came back days later and broke into the house with a knife. She had a newborn baby in the back, and who knows what kinds of prescriptions from her husband. She lived in a trailer house, had a newborn, and is only 18 years old, so you can't imagine he was there for her scads of wealth. He was there for her husband's medication, and junkies will go to some pretty drastic lengths to get a fix. She did exactly what she should have done and I pray that you never have to deal with the same situation.

I watched the news report on this story and the mama was talking and she said, "It was going to be him or it was going to be my son, and it wasn't going to be my son." Mamas do drastic things to keep their little ones from harm.

 

She was also on the phone with 911 dispatch when she pulled the trigger.... they didn't tell her to shoot, but told her to protect herself and her baby. She did the right thing, otherwise there would be a dead girl in the news instead of the other way around.

 

The "perp" is dead, the shooting is "justified", but it's not over.

She's going to be remembering the whole scene for some time to come. In spite of knowing she did the right thing, and in spite of knowing she had little choice, the actual killing of another human being isn't going to lightly for her in her own mind. She could use some moral support and counseling for a while now. Knowing what it's like to shoot someone, if the situation were to arise again, would she be able to do it again?

 

this is the only justice some people know. perfectly acceptable

 

i certainly think she did the right thing and all, but really... did she actually believe he was there to murder her baby?

 

All about hittin the target. Squeeze, dont pull Kids!

I'd have shot him and maybe had a new winter coat, some boots and spare ID while I was at it.

Just dont eat the Chili and you'll be ok.

 

Without the gun, it would have been a simple thing to hold the knife to the baby, and she would try to do anything he wanted. And, he might still slit the baby's throat. She didn't know, but she was not taking any chances, and I don't blame her. Just saying... If it happens again with someone else, will she be able to do it again? Killing another human being comes with a considerable mental effect.

 

I say You Go Girl....and hell yes, most certainly a fool that would break in on a young widow with her infant would have hurt BOTH of them, I'd bet!

Furthurmore, it was AFTER I had my child that I knew, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that I would do whatever to protect my child. period. AND in order to protect my child, I knew I could (and would) protect myself!!!!

Good & brave little Mama is what I call her.:2thumbsup:

 

I think this is the key... I am not sure that I would shoot someone if it was just myself that was threatened. But I know damn well that if one of my loved ones was in danger from someone, I would take them down!

 

Im getting one for my bday

 

Of course .... always shoot first, then ask questions. Just shoot. Shoot already. Let's kill somebody TODAY.

 

she should've gone for the legs first

 

agreed.

 

There's a proper order when a man is lunging at you with a knife? That's kind.

 

"Never bring a knife to a gun fight"

Someone forgot to give that guy this advice ^