Milwaukie woman pulls gun on intruder

KGW.com News Channel 8 Portland ^ | November 18, 2013 | KGW.com Staff

[Q-ManRN]

MILWAUKIE, Ore. -- An intruder in Milwaukie tried to break into a home after he had already walked into two other apartments and had a gun pulled on him Friday night.

In one, he followed Crystal McKinney upstairs and inside.

She knew something wasn't right.

"I backed up and I said 'What are you doing?'" McKinney said. "He said, 'Do you want to meet God?' I went to my room and got my gun. I said get out or I will shoot you."

She said the man turned to leave, so she followed him, shut the door, and called 911. Then she heard him in the apartment across the hall before he finally left.

[Q-ManRN]

This is the truth of armed self defense that you rarely hear in the national media: many times thugs take off when they are confronted by an armed citizen without a shot being fired. Who knows what the thug would have done to her if she was unarmed and tried to rely on calling 9-1-1?

I will bet that thug had a religious experience after that encounter compliments of Samuel Colt.

[Pearls Before Swine]

This guy was crazy enough to probably harm this woman, but not crazy enough to face down a gun. It should be so noted in his record, because he will offend in the future, and he will claim innocence by virtue of insanity.