Posted on 11/11/2005 9:42:03 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
Women fought off attackers in a pair of overnight incidents in Charlotte, in one case firing shots at an intruder.
The first took place shortly after midnight in the 5100 block of Eaton Circle, off Morris Field Drive near Charlotte/Douglas International Airport.
Police say a woman was asleep when she was awakened by a man who had forced his way into her home.
The man cut the woman with a knife, but she responded by grabbing a gun near her bed and firing at the intruder. She failed to hit the man, but he ran out of the house and fled.
The woman said the intruder stole some of her property.
The victim was treated for the knife wound at Presbyterian Hospital.
The second incident happened around 3:30 a.m. on High Meadow Drive, in the Montclaire community of south Charlotte, near Archdale Drive and Interstate-77.
A woman said she was walking past a vacant apartment at the Treetop Apartments when a man pulled her inside and attempted to pull off her clothes.
The woman said she grabbed a board and hit the man, temporarily stunning him. The woman fled and called police.
When police responded, they found a man still inside the vacant apartment and arrested him. The victim was not injured.
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bttt!!
The Kel-Tec 32 is a nice gun...they also offer almost the identical frame in a .380, and it's an amazingly light and small gun...but if you put some Federal hy-shock rounds in it, it is very lethal. On the 10 Yard tactical range, I was able to empty a magazine into the 10 circle...so it will put the rounds on target. This is my personal concealed carry weapon, and I really do think it is a terrific gun for that purpose.
I agree with many other posters who said for home use, especially for non-shooters, a nice shotgun is great...I have a semi-auto baretta 20 set up for my wife when I travel...the heck with racking a round to scare someone...fire one through the bedroom door...that'll raise his pucker factor!
Please put me on your armed citizen pinglist
What kind of shotgun? That wouldn't also knock the shooter down? :o)
Look into a .38 special wheel gun with a 4" bbl (minimum for +P rounds), or a 9mm semi. We like Sigs in our house.
Walthers jam. Unreliable. Best bet is a wheel gun.
You've been reading too many Disney Stories.At what range?
At 15 feet, the spot from a shotgun will be about 2.5 inches. Look at your magazine of 5 rounds. My 9mm with 15 rounds is a much better weapon.
Rotate your long gun from under your bed...?. I'll take a wheel gun or pistol any day.
Go to the range and actuate all weapons before you make dopey unfounded statements.
Then get get back to me in what your think of Hoppe's No. 9.
*rolling eyes & shaking head*
Posting with a blood alcohol level above the legal limit, I see.
Thanks. I will.
Make sure you spend some time at the range with those Kel Tecs (good advise for any gun) - the long trigger pull makes me shoot really low with my 32
Shotguns definitely eliminate the drudgery of having to aim.
That would be .22 LR (long rifle ammo). Taurus makes one that carries one more round in the magazine than the Baretta does. Both are great choices.
I would personally recommend a hammerless .38 special revolver with hollow points...
How does a locked-up gun help me in a situation like that described above? What about the 4-yr-old who finds the loaded weapon in the nightstand? And, not sure if Mr. P would be on board with any of this (I know, I know, while we met in the USAF, he was a JAG, not a line officer, so, well, anyway, that's my problem).
This is not a trick question -- I really want to know and you ladies are probably the best source of knowledge on this one.
Thanks in advance.
Hey, if they can be wicked, so can a homeowner. If the clack doesn't spook them and the muzzle flair doesn't give them religion, they'll be pellet picking in prison.
Think with six rounds, and easy to heft, might be better than the 20 g, which could prove awkward in an an emergency. Thanks for posting this. b
I haven't fired a gun since my USAF days (and I was a surprisingly good shot for a novice!) Now am considering one for the house, but VERY concerned about the little Pettifoggers who are 4 and 6. How does one safely provide for protection, while keeping arms from little ones.
How does a locked-up gun help me in a situation like that described above? What about the 4-yr-old who finds the loaded weapon in the nightstand? And, not sure if Mr. P would be on board with any of this (I know, I know, while we met in the USAF, he was a JAG, not a line officer, so, well, anyway, that's my problem).
This is not a trick question -- I really want to know and you ladies are probably the best source of knowledge on this one.
Since I don't have children, I'm not the best source either. Other than applying the prinpciples of the NRA's Eddy Eagle program, I'm don't know what the Moms here do. Personally, I would bring up the children with a very healthy awareness and respect for guns, yet would be extremely careful of how accessable the guns would be to the children at different ages and stages of growing up.
You're absolutely right about locked-up guns, though. Short of preventing them from being stolen, they're virtually worthless when you need them RIGHT NOW while, at the same, your fine motor skills are in the toilet due to the adrenalin rush.
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