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My boss' sister was killed by her ex-husband about 2 years ago. She had gotten a restraining order against him, but he merely found her at work, walked in the front door, shot her in the head then blew his own head off. I guess if somebody is willing to kill themselves in order to kill you there's really nothing you can do about it (other than arming yourself, which is a good idea).

Unfortunately, so many women daily live with the fear in the back of their mind that he could appear out of nowhere to kill or maime them. Its a horrid existance.

The only possible solution I could see(and it would only help in some cases) is changing the law to equate repeated threats the same as completed actions. Not for a single threat(many people say things in heated arguments or under the influence that they later regret), but perhaps repeated death threats should be prosecuted as attempted murder or worse.

Frankly I've never completely understood why shooting at someone and missing results in a lesser charge than actually hitting them. The intent to murder(or at least aim in that direction and risk murder) is clearly evident, yet its not a matter of reading someone's mind(unlike hate crimes) since the action of pointing, aiming, and pulling the trigger revealed intent.