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Surveillance camera captures the moment mother opens fire on home invaders with rifle
Daily Mail ^

Posted on 02/19/2014 2:16:24 PM PST by matt04

This is the dramatic moment a mother-of-two opened fire with an assault rifle on intruders who tried to smash their way into her home.

The woman took action after three hooded individuals kicked down the door of her Detroit home on Monday night where she lives with her two young children.

She fired off rounds in a bid to deter the would-be burglars, later saying she 'didn't have time to get scared'. The unnamed mother told WXYZ Detroit: 'I let them know I had a gun once they were in the house and they challenged me and said "no you don't have a gun" so that's when I shot off the first round.

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As the intruders fled the home while shots rang out, one dropped a handgun. He grabbed it and tried to get back into the house but was scared off by more shots.

All three suspects are seen running through thick snow from the house. No one was hurt in the incident.

Police arrested three teenage suspects a short time later.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: Paladin2

Its a High Point Pistol cal. Carbine.

10 round mag is standard in 9mm and .40S&W and 9rounds in .45acp

It seems though the first round got her message across quite well.


21 posted on 02/19/2014 2:34:53 PM PST by Bidimus1
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To: Zhang Fei

I don’t think she was aiming to hit. She was firing warning shots. And that was not smart. She now knows at least one of them had a gun. If he had gotten the drop on her, she and her kids would probably be dead because I guarantee the thug would not have fired a warning shot.


22 posted on 02/19/2014 2:35:15 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: matt04

Exactly what Hi Point firearms are designed to do.
Defend innocent people on a tight budget.


23 posted on 02/19/2014 2:36:24 PM PST by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law and does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: mabarker1

No, but if Obama had a son...


24 posted on 02/19/2014 2:36:25 PM PST by afsnco
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To: matt04
As the intruders fled the home while shots rang out, one dropped a handgun. He grabbed it and tried to get back into the house but was scared off by more shots.

Begs the question: arrogant or incredibly stupid?
25 posted on 02/19/2014 2:36:33 PM PST by GirlShortstop (Every person has a duty to seek and serve the truth. Abp Charles J. Chaput, OFMCap)
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To: Red Badger

“No one was hurt in the incident. “

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At least the thugs were arrested.


26 posted on 02/19/2014 2:37:08 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Paladin2

What he isn’t banging the help? That’s a step up from the last guy.


27 posted on 02/19/2014 2:37:19 PM PST by csvset
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To: Bidimus1

Hitting a perp would reduce the risk of hitting a near neighbor.


28 posted on 02/19/2014 2:38:14 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: matt04

High Point Carbine (9mm, 40 S&W, .45 acp) — Excellent value for around $300.00


29 posted on 02/19/2014 2:38:30 PM PST by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters for Freedom and Rededication to the Principles of the U.S. Constitution)
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To: csvset
The new guy in in his honeymoon period. He may be the real deal.

I think the last two chiefs were porking the help.

30 posted on 02/19/2014 2:39:49 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: matt04

Bump


31 posted on 02/19/2014 2:40:05 PM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: MulberryDraw

She was using a defense rifle. You have a good point. It needs to be used across the board for self defense.


32 posted on 02/19/2014 2:40:06 PM PST by healy61
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To: matt04

Wow! That anchor is beautiful!

The mom was a black lady. So the question is, where is Rev Jesse and Rev AL? A black lady shot at black yutes.


33 posted on 02/19/2014 2:40:07 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: Bidimus1

oops my mistake.. she had to give one a refresher course !


34 posted on 02/19/2014 2:41:26 PM PST by Bidimus1
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To: matt04

Too bad she didn’t kill them, and save someone the aggravation sometime in the future.


35 posted on 02/19/2014 2:41:38 PM PST by pallis
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To: Red Badger

I just loves a happy ending!.......................
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A happier ending would have included 3 body bags.


36 posted on 02/19/2014 2:42:44 PM PST by o-n-money
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To: Zhang Fei; no-to-illegals; SunkenCiv; All

Maybe she didn’t want to hit them, just scare them away. I never wanted a gun until after my home was broken into. Then, I knew I could at least shoot to wound, and got a nice big pistol that would knock down a wounded man. It also has a hair trigger, because I learned that when terrified, I didn’t have much strength to pull a trigger.


37 posted on 02/19/2014 2:44:23 PM PST by gleeaikin
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

“This is in a U.K. paper? Odd. Such heroics in Detroit should at least appear in the papers in the good old USA.”

Oh, it’s not odd at all. Sort of like “The Voice of America”, and “Radio Free Europe”, except in reverse.


38 posted on 02/19/2014 2:45:04 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: GirlShortstop
Begs the question: arrogant or incredibly stupid?

Gee, can't he be both ?

39 posted on 02/19/2014 2:47:48 PM PST by Popman ("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: matt04
I know that the police have their own rules, but I wouldn't handle a likely loaded, hot and still smoking firearm like this:


40 posted on 02/19/2014 2:47:49 PM PST by Greysard
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