Sheriff: No charge for wife in intruder-husband killing

The Charlotte Observer ^ | December 4th 2004 | EMILY S. ACHENBAUM

[marktwain]

This should be front page news across the nation in AP stories. I will bet that AP doesn't even mention the case.

If anyone can put up a better link, I would appreciate it. I was able to link to the article, but later I could only get the registration page.

[RandallFlagg]

ONE shot to the chest?!

THAT'S gun control!

[mtbopfuyn]

That one shot probably saved her life as well as her son's. Glad to hear there'll be no charges.

[SVTCobra03]

Would be interesting to know the weapon, make and caliber.

[.45MAN]

Now see isn't 357 better than 911!!!!!

[Guillermo]

And to think that 99%+ of the "feminists" out there would have denied her the right to keep and bear arms.

[RAY]

Joy Burgess had a protective order against estranged husband Brian Gathings.

The courts should have issued a gun and provide firearm defensive training to the lady along with the apparently useless protective order.

People who become obsessed with abusive dominating of others are usually brutal criminals - terrorists!

[bikepacker67]

When Gathings broke down his wife's back door with a shovel Wednesday, Burgess had reason to fear him, said Anson County Sheriff Tommy Allen. Burgess shot Gathings once in the chest, killing him.

"Here's Johnny!"

BANG!!!

[nuconvert]

She was fortunate her relatives gave her a gun, but why she stayed in a place where a "relative drove screws into her windows for reinforcement", is beyond me.

[Graybeard58]

but why she stayed in a place where a "relative drove screws into her windows for reinforcement", is beyond me.

Probably financial reasons. not everybody can afford to pack up and move. He would have found her again anyway even if she had moved. Nor should she have had to move to hide from him.

Here's a case that turned out the right way and I hope it sends a clear message to abusers everywhere.

[labette]

If you actually WERE to hear about this nationally, it would likely be spun as follows....."more evidence that a gun in the home is more likely to be used against family members" etc, etc, etc.

[Graybeard58]

Would be interesting to know the weapon, make and caliber.

.25 caliber or cannon. Same result in this case.

[marktwain]

Here's a case that turned out the right way and I hope it sends a clear message to abusers everywhere

It is up to us to get the word out. The old media will not publicize this.

Remember, In the "Brady" world view, this counts a killing a member of the family, not as self-defense.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

"She was fortunate her relatives gave her a gun, but why she stayed in a place where a "relative drove screws into her windows for reinforcement", is beyond me."

People in the right do not run.

[marktwain]

She was fortunate her relatives gave her a gun

Remember, in the anti-freedom, anti-gun "Brady" world view, that would be "using the relative's gun loophole" and should be illegal.

[evad]

LOL..
YES, it is!!!

[libstripper]

In a situation like this the .357 cure is really the only treatment that works.

[cbkaty]

Now see isn't 357 better than 911!!!!!

Only need 2 numbers...4 & 5 or 45.... The third number is just a waste of time.

[nuconvert]

I understand financial reasons, but it seems her relatives could have bought her a bus ticket for out west and she could have stayed at a woman's shelter for a while.

"People in the right do not run."
Normally I'd agree. "Right" doesn't matter in this kind of a case. She had a child to protect.
Well, thankfully, she solved the problem.

[Issaquahking]

Ever seen this video?


Independence Day

Well she seemed alright by dawns early light
Though she looked a little worried and weak
She tried to pretend she wasn't drinkin' again
But daddy left the proof on her cheek
And I was only eight years old that summer
And I always seemed to be in the way
So I took myself down to the fair in town
On Independence Day

Well word gets around in a small, small town
They said he was a dangerous man
Mama was proud and she stood her ground
But she knew she was on the losin' end
Some folks whispered and some folks talked
But everybody looked the other way
And when time ran out there was no one about
On Independence Day

(CHORUS)
Let freedom ring, Let the white dove sing
Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning
Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay
It's Independence Day

Well she lit up the sky that fourth of July
By the time that the firemen come
They just put out the flames, and took down some names
And sent me to the county home
Now I ain't sayin' it's right or it's wrong
But maybe its the only way
Talk about your revolution
It's Independence Day

(REPEAT CHORUS)

Roll the stone away
It's Independence day

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It may be Sean's bumper music, but it's a lot more than that if you've seen the video. Guess I'm not the only one who's seen it...Way to go lady, one shot and another idiot is checked off the planet.