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This woman was anti gun.....then she had someone invade her home while the police were minutes away.......she had a moment of clarity........
These Mississippi Women Are Taking Personal Protection into Their Own Hands
Lori Shelton, who always considered herself anti-gun, decided to take a firearms training course after her home was broken into just last month.
“I was always anti-gun,” she told News Channel 3. “I wasn’t really scared of them, I just decided I wanted to be anti-gun, and what a difference 24-hours makes.”
“I was getting ready for work, doing my normal routine, and I heard a noise as I was getting out of the shower,” Shelton recalled.
“I peeked through the blinds…and saw him looking at me. I mean we made complete eye contact,” Shelton said. “He proceeded to come through the back of the house, and I ran back and dialed 911.”
Her daughter was sleeping upstairs during the incident.
While police arrived in minutes, it took over an hour to locate the suspect.
According to Shelton, the intruder not only stole some of her antiques but her sense of security.
“It’s really hard. You don’t think about standing at the sink washing dishes, but with every dish that I wash, I’m constantly turning and looking over my shoulder to see if somebody is looking in,” she told News Channel 3.
It’s for that reason that Shelton decided to educate herself on guns, and is currently working toward getting her pistol permit and her own firearm.
She not only goes to the range for target practice but has enrolled in a firearms training course that teaches her how to load, shoot, store and clean a gun. She even brings her 15-years-old daughter along so she, too, knows how to protect herself.
Firearms instructor, Donna Hollway, says the course has had over 200 female students since it started last year; that’s about 50 percent of all participants.
These Mississippi Women Are Taking Personal Protection into Their Own Hands
Lori Shelton, who always considered herself anti-gun, decided to take a firearms training course after her home was broken into just last month.
“I was always anti-gun,” she told News Channel 3. “I wasn’t really scared of them, I just decided I wanted to be anti-gun, and what a difference 24-hours makes.”
“I was getting ready for work, doing my normal routine, and I heard a noise as I was getting out of the shower,” Shelton recalled.
“I peeked through the blinds…and saw him looking at me. I mean we made complete eye contact,” Shelton said. “He proceeded to come through the back of the house, and I ran back and dialed 911.”
Her daughter was sleeping upstairs during the incident.
While police arrived in minutes, it took over an hour to locate the suspect.
According to Shelton, the intruder not only stole some of her antiques but her sense of security.
“It’s really hard. You don’t think about standing at the sink washing dishes, but with every dish that I wash, I’m constantly turning and looking over my shoulder to see if somebody is looking in,” she told News Channel 3.
It’s for that reason that Shelton decided to educate herself on guns, and is currently working toward getting her pistol permit and her own firearm.
She not only goes to the range for target practice but has enrolled in a firearms training course that teaches her how to load, shoot, store and clean a gun. She even brings her 15-years-old daughter along so she, too, knows how to protect herself.
Firearms instructor, Donna Hollway, says the course has had over 200 female students since it started last year; that’s about 50 percent of all participants.