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Woman hiding with kids shoots intruder (GA)
WSBTV.com ^ | 01/04/2012 | wsbtv.com

Posted on 01/05/2013 6:29:28 AM PST by aimhigh

LOGANVILLE, Ga. —A woman hiding in her attic with children shot an intruder multiple times before fleeing to safety Friday.

The incident happened at a home on Henderson Ridge Lane in Loganville around 1 p.m. The woman was working in an upstairs office when she spotted a strange man outside a window, according to Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman. He said she took her 9-year-old twins to a crawlspace before the man broke in using a crowbar.

But the man eventually found the family. "The perpetrator opens that door. Of course, at that time he's staring at her, her two children and a .38 revolver,"

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; homeinvasion; personaldefense; secondamendment
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To: sergeantdave

Is that legal?


81 posted on 01/05/2013 11:13:13 AM PST by gitmo ( If your theology doesn't become your biography it's useless.)
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To: Mom MD
I think she probably hammered away on center mass - just like she should have.

Clear example of a self-refuting statement.....

82 posted on 01/05/2013 11:16:56 AM PST by papertyger
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To: the OlLine Rebel
Why is everyone picking on a .38 6-shooter? Could’ve been a 5-shooter like mine, too. Did the job it had to do. The guy is on life support and was disabled. They don’t all have to be dead.

Agreed. The objective is to stop the guy.


83 posted on 01/05/2013 11:18:44 AM PST by gitmo ( If your theology doesn't become your biography it's useless.)
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To: jsanders2001
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - Satan was only a musician part time; his real profession - an attorney

Utterly BRILLIANT!

84 posted on 01/05/2013 11:20:00 AM PST by papertyger
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To: freeandfreezing

In the movies they all go down on one shot.


85 posted on 01/05/2013 11:28:30 AM PST by poinq
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To: freeandfreezing

In the movies they all go down on one shot.


86 posted on 01/05/2013 11:28:49 AM PST by poinq
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To: X-spurt

He forgot the < /sarc> or the < /lib> tags.


87 posted on 01/05/2013 11:31:32 AM PST by gitmo ( If your theology doesn't become your biography it's useless.)
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To: Pollster1
"The woman then shot him five times, but he survived . . . Slater was shot in the face and neck".

I guarantee you they were not PDX1 JHP rounds.

88 posted on 01/05/2013 11:32:15 AM PST by houeto (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Venturer
I hope the surgeon who operates is blind and operates with a chain saw.

The hospital released a photo of his surgeon:


89 posted on 01/05/2013 11:32:55 AM PST by COBOL2Java (kak-is-toc-ra-cy: Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens. See: GOP-e)
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To: Morris70

My instructor told us to avoid EVER making statements like that. In the event you have to shoot someone those quotes can be used against you.

He advised us to administer CPR until the authorities arrive.


90 posted on 01/05/2013 11:34:14 AM PST by gitmo ( If your theology doesn't become your biography it's useless.)
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To: KevinB
Don't blame the attorneys. They're simply doing their jobs.

So are the criminals.

91 posted on 01/05/2013 11:36:33 AM PST by gitmo ( If your theology doesn't become your biography it's useless.)
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To: ElkGroveDan
“slater has been placed on a ventilator and suffers from punctured lungs, a punctured liver and a punctured stomach.”

Multifariously punctured, as the poet said.

Color him ventilated.

92 posted on 01/05/2013 11:37:30 AM PST by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job.)
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To: gitmo

You have to get her to think “bigger” not smaller.

The heavier the slide, the less need for a badass recoil spring.


93 posted on 01/05/2013 11:39:44 AM PST by papertyger
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To: raybbr
Never too proud to say I was wrong..... when wrong.

This instance, no way. Either the poster meant it or has inability to even rudimentarily state their sarcasm. I will accept your opinions it was not meant seriously.

94 posted on 01/05/2013 11:53:39 AM PST by X-spurt (Republic of Texas, Come and Take It!)
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To: Popman

Chapman said Slater has four exit wounds.

hmmmm....guess that means two bullets still in his body. I know, let the docs use the perp's crowbar to probe for the unrecovered ones. And rules say, no fair using x-rays, MRIs, etc to find the wound channel. Not even lights, just keep jiggling the crowbar in the dark until you hear the clank of metal on metal. Then use a rusty post hole digger to dilate said wound channel and voila, pluck it out with full hand insertion.

Works every time. Saw Idi Amin do it on the teevee.

95 posted on 01/05/2013 12:04:11 PM PST by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: papertyger

Thanks, papertyger. I’ve asked a lot of people that question. That’s the first answer that makes sense.


96 posted on 01/05/2013 12:05:45 PM PST by gitmo ( If your theology doesn't become your biography it's useless.)
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To: Gaffer

Have you personally tested Dynamic Research Technologies ammo? I’ve read lots of opinions on the ammo, but nobody has actually confirmed or contradicted the claims.


97 posted on 01/05/2013 12:14:59 PM PST by gitmo ( If your theology doesn't become your biography it's useless.)
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To: gitmo

De Nada.

The easiest to manipulate gun I own happens to be a full size XD .45. Now, when it goes off, that’s a different matter, but even that can be mitigated by lighter ammunition....185 grain, as opposed to the standard 230 grain.

I think some of the specialty stuff even goes down to like 135 grains, but that’s probably too expensive for practice.

When it comes to recoil managment, I like to tell women to think of it as a fishing pole in reverse. Instead of pull, you get a push.

They may not like the recoil. It may even scare them. But it is certainly nothing that someone with the physical strength to drive a car can’t learn to handle. You might want to make her a playlist of YouTube videos on recoil managment and “how to shoot a handgun.” By the time she’s finished watching, she’ll at least be comfortable with the “concept” of recoil, and may even be willing to try some of the bigger doggies.


98 posted on 01/05/2013 12:28:51 PM PST by papertyger
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To: ElkGroveDan
"slater has been placed on a ventilator and suffers from punctured lungs, a punctured liver and a punctured stomach."
Even though the guy survived, you really can't fault the woman's shooting. She did a nice head-to-torso placement of her rounds and tagged him 5 of 6. He was apparently just lucky.

The only improvement would have been for her to use hollow points.

99 posted on 01/05/2013 12:42:38 PM PST by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
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To: Oatka
The only improvement would have been for her to use hollow points.

Nonsense!

How many of these situations do we have to see before the gun community starts collectively advocating "failure drill" over the thoroughly discredited "center-of-mass" protocol?

100 posted on 01/05/2013 12:48:57 PM PST by papertyger
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