Ravenwood - 10/29/04 06:45 AM
A Milwaukee woman owes her life and the life of her children to her willingness to defend herself. She didn't listen to those who say women shouldn't own guns. She didn't believe that putting your life in the hands of the failed 9-1-1 system should be your only option.
The complete story is below:
A Southside mother of two says she is lucky to be alive. This after an intruder she says attacked her back in July of this year returned to her home and tried to kill her. The woman heard someone downstairs and decided to get her gun and go downstairs to investigate. This is where the intruder attacked her with a broken piece of glass and threatened to kill her and her children. The woman says the man also used racial slurs. After a struggle the woman got the gun that had been knocked out of her hands and shot at the intruder who managed to escape.They don't say just how this guy was able to slap the gun away from her. But she definitely needs some range time, and could use some practice holding onto her piece. Both hands. Firmly. Aim for center mass. Fire. Repeat at least once.
Category: Defending Your Life
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I suspect that the only reason the gun was slapped away was that she was mentally unable to pull the trigger. I've never had to shoot anyone (yet), so I wouldn't know from experience, but I've heard that some people "freeze-up" and can't pull the trigger when the time comes.
Forget center mass, though, why didn't she just shoot the glass out of the guy's hand? They do that sort of thing all the time in the movies!
Posted by: roger at October 29, 2004 8:54 AMI've seen that often enough in movies or TV shows - someone holding a gun but unwilling to pull the trigger until the other guy is close enough to take it away. I don't know if it happens in real life. Or maybe they were supposed to be so paralyzed by fear they couldn't even twitch a finger, but if you're holding the gun, you shouldn't be the one that's in fear.
If you aren't willing to shoot the bastards, better leave the gun home. They might shoot you with it after they take it away. And that means being willing to shoot for just coming too close.
Posted by: markm at October 29, 2004 1:45 PMNot a story that the MSM will cover, is it?
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