It must've seemed like an eternity to her, and to be so isolated from the help she so desperately pleaded for. Thank goodness she had the means to and will to protect herself.
So much for the accusation that gun owners are trigger-happy vigilantes just looking for a chance to take potshots at someone. On the contrary, she hesitated until the very last second. I’m reminded of that Texas newscaster, killed in her own bed by an intruder. If only she had had the means to kill or halt the man who brutalized her.