Posted on 02/12/2013 8:19:15 PM PST by grundle
HIGHLAND • Debi Keeney says she last fired her gun 15 years ago, when she took shooting lessons.
The gun was a gift from a friend but it mostly stayed in a side-table drawer, she said, gathering dust. Then, early Sunday morning, Keeney pulled the trigger again — this time, she said, to save her sister’s life.
“I’m very grateful that it fired this morning,” she said Sunday afternoon.
Keeney, 55, said a man forced his way into her apartment in Highland, threw her to the floor and then put her sister, Donna Carlyle, 47, in a choke hold. He demanded money as Carlyle gasped for air.
“All I could see was Donna’s face going blue, like her life was being choked out of her,” said Keeney.
The alleged intruder, 33, was being treated at a hospital Sunday for two gunshot wounds and was listed in critical condition, police said. They have not released his name.
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>>The right to self-defense did not come from the government, and so the government can not take it away.
Right, keep thinking that....
> Remember to double tap (shots to the head).
> Rule #2: Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive.
Regardless of whether justified of not, you will feel sad about killing another human being. It is better to be sad than to be dead.
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