Harry Dresden
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Woman Shoots Intruder During 911 Call - The Early Show - CBS News
Oklahoma resident Donna Jackson faced a life or death situation when an intruder tried to break into her rural-area home last Friday.
Home alone, but armed with a shotgun, 57-year-old Jackson called 911 and begged for help, but police couldnt get there before the man was able to break through a glass door with a chair and patio table.
Jackson, who stayed on the phone with the 911 dispatcher, can be heard in the call saying, "I don't want to have to kill this man, but I'll kill him graveyard dead, ma'am."
When the intruder broke through the door, Jackson dropped the phone. A minute later, Jackson was forced to shoot, and the suspect, Billy Riley, 53, was killed. According to the local district attorney's office, Jackson won't be charged with a crime. During the call, the 911 operator told Jackson it was legal for her to defend her home.
I suppose you anti gun freaks would rather she got raped and killed by this intruder.
Gee, what were the odds that this woman would be threatened in her own home?
One in a billion? Looks like she hit the lottery, good thing she had that shotgun.
I suppose some want to take your gun away, but they're the few not the many; and, there is no serious threat to the second amendment RIGHT, but in the mind of the paranoid and/or the propagandists. This thread maybe an example of someone who is a member of both populations.
The problem with gun nuts - no, not the ones suggested by the OP - those who believe any restriction on firearms is cause for alarm, is they lack common sense. The only difference between a gun and a car - in terms of danger - is that the former is constitutionally protected.
Laws require those who drive a car to be licensed, insured and to operate the vehicle in a safe manner within specific parameters (on roadways designed for car traffic).
All of which make sense in terms of the general welfare. Yet, suggest to the OP or the NRA that a person be required to obtain a license, and that license be renewed annually before they may legally own, possess or have in their custody or control a firearm, and watch how they react. Or that firearms may not be carried - openly and concealed - in any public place; or that a limit on the amount or type of ammunition be imposed if and when a jurisdiction allows for open carry.
The right of our people to defend their homes is not the question, the stability, character and responsibility of the gun owner is the issue.
do a little research before you open your yap WRY....the main reason for being against gun registration is because then they now know who exactly owns them...and if you think no regime in this country would try to confiscate them.....i ask you why would you think that?.....look what happened in Australia....they knew who had them and how many....according to a Aussie former gun owner who posts on another board...they came right to his house and told him,we can do this the easy way or the hard way.....and they knew exactly how many and what type he owned....