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Self Defense Shooting changes her life
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | December 31, 2002 | Lori Shontz

Posted on 12/31/2002 4:13:25 PM PST by welfareworker

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:34:56 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Two and a half months after she shot the man accused of sexually assaulting six women in the Highland Park area, Charmaine Dunbar is looking for a new hill.

Dunbar, a University of Pittsburgh security guard, was taking her typical early morning walk Oct. 8 when she twice encountered Daniel Wesley. The first time, around 3:45 a.m., he pointed a rifle at her. She ran away and called the police.


(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: guns; pittsburgh; secondamendment
This woman exercised her second amendment rights in October, to stop the Highland Park Rapist in Pittsburgh. Follow up to the original story October 8.
1 posted on 12/31/2002 4:13:25 PM PST by welfareworker
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To: welfareworker
That time, she pulled her .38-caliber handgun and shot Wesley twice in the abdomen
before he could fire his rifle.


Nice to find a rational lady who can drop the hammer!
2 posted on 12/31/2002 4:19:42 PM PST by VOA
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To: VOA
Someone by her a 45.........
3 posted on 12/31/2002 4:24:30 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf
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To: welfareworker
Good one! Self defense is a basic human right, and I'm so happy that this lady was able to defend herself.
4 posted on 12/31/2002 4:28:13 PM PST by basil
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To: welfareworker
Dunbar's girlfriends know the details, and she tells them that if they want to protect themselves, they should buy guns and learn to shoot them. And, she stresses, they should get licenses, too.

Yes, just go to the nearest police station, pay 5 or 10 bucks and away you go with a license. Shouldn't take more than 10 to 15 minutes. So simple.(/sarcasm)Berkely PD(Calif) would be very understanding I'm sure.

5 posted on 12/31/2002 4:34:01 PM PST by Mark
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To: welfareworker
Not as much as it changed young Danny's life.

Three cheers for PA's sensible CCW laws. I would wager that the brave lad she popped now has a "gut feeling" about the outcomes of sexual assaults, if any, that he might have the opportunity to carry out in the future.

If the little turd is convicted and during his "sabbatical" in The Big House remains in the wheel chair he so richly deserves -- perhaps Charmaine Dunbar can find it in her heart to send him a new battery evry year as a Christmas present -- his new nickname might well be "Roll-AIDS"......

6 posted on 12/31/2002 4:36:23 PM PST by tracer
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To: welfareworker
It's always nice to find a pro-rights news article.

I Resolve for a Free New Year
Bill

7 posted on 12/31/2002 4:44:50 PM PST by WFTR
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To: welfareworker
Proud of her......she's a hero alright!
8 posted on 12/31/2002 4:45:10 PM PST by OldFriend
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To: welfareworker
Seems like she is remorseful.

I don't understand that.


Stay safe; stay armed.


9 posted on 12/31/2002 4:47:38 PM PST by Eaker
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To: Mark
In Pennsylvania, it just about is that simple, at least in most counties (though not in Philadelphia). As I recall it was $19 for five years. Only hassle is that you have to stop by your local police station to get them to sign a card saying they don't know you to be a criminal. Then you take the card to the county courthouse, fill out a form, hand the two pieces of paper to a nice sheriff's deputy in a basement office, who snaps your photo (or you can bring your own), resumably he runs a NICS check on you, and about 3 minutes later he hands you your laminated license. Not that I think anyone should be required to have a license to carry. But compared to what I hear of some other states, the Pennsylvania routine is a breeze.
10 posted on 12/31/2002 4:54:41 PM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: GovernmentShrinker
BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11 posted on 12/31/2002 4:59:45 PM PST by outpost44
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To: welfareworker
This one ended much better than the other one posted today, where the woman relied on a piece of paper, and not lead.
12 posted on 12/31/2002 6:01:34 PM PST by TheDon
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To: Eaker
I don't understand that.

I don't either, but hear it's common for cops also. Probably one of those life experiences you have to go through.

Every tactical class I've taken stresses the physical and emotional toll a shooting takes on a person.

Bless this woman for having the guts to do the right thing and not 'shoot to wound'. She does need to work on her center of mass shots though.

13 posted on 12/31/2002 6:09:49 PM PST by TC Rider
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To: welfareworker

Charmaine Dunbar & Jagger

14 posted on 12/31/2002 6:16:54 PM PST by csvset
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"I was always careful," Dunbar said. "Now, I'm just more -- more."

She learned the hard way how to be careful!

15 posted on 12/31/2002 6:30:49 PM PST by B4Ranch
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To: csvset
How did you get the picture from the article to post?

All I did to post the article was to click on 'view source' and then cut and paste the source code. But that picture didn't come through although the ads did.
16 posted on 12/31/2002 7:32:19 PM PST by welfareworker
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To: welfareworker
HTML sandbox

Help On Posting Photo

You'll notice that the full URL for the photo is as follows:

http://www.post-gazette.com/images2/20021231rrInTheNews_230.jpg

The newspaper's website lists it as /images2/20021231rrInTheNews_230.jpg because the photo is on their server. In order for the folks on FR to see the photo, we must include the full URL.

Usually, when I'm cutting and pasting an article with graphics/pics, I'll cut/past the image's url into something like notepad first and then go back and cut/paste the full url into the page's html code.

17 posted on 01/02/2003 6:00:04 AM PST by csvset
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