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Archae

(46,832 posts)
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 12:51 PM Aug 2022

Sure thing, "Ban all guns!"

Fuck those zealots.

Mom fatally shot home intruder to defend kids, she says

MILWAUKEE (WTMJ) - A family of three is now traumatized after they say a strange man broke into their home, and the mother fatally shot him while defending her children, she claims.

A mother of two, who asked not to be identified, was showering before work Monday morning when she heard her children, ages 12 and 14, screaming from the living room.

Still dripping wet, she says she ran to her bedroom, grabbed her gun and faced down a strange man, who she claims broke into her home. She says the man charged, undeterred by her dogs, and she shot him in self-defense.

“It all happened so fast — an adrenaline rush,” she said.

Community activist Bushraa Rahman helped clean up the home after authorities removed the body.

“She was scared because her children were there with her. So, she did what any mother would do. She defended her children,” Rahman said. “It was an act of self-defense.”

Police have not identified the man. The mother says he appeared to be in his late 30s and was acting erratically.

https://www.wbay.com/2022/08/18/mom-fatally-shot-home-intruder-defend-kids-she-says/

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Sure thing, "Ban all guns!" (Original Post) Archae Aug 2022 OP
Don't mess with momma bear. yagotme Aug 2022 #1
You got it. Archae Aug 2022 #2
Whether drugs, mental, whatever, yagotme Aug 2022 #3
for every one of these stories... GenXer47 Sep 2022 #4
Welcome back, MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2022 #5
So, you'd rather hear bad news only, and no good news? yagotme Sep 2022 #6
Guns are evil, don'cha know. discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2022 #7
Most of the time, pepper spray does work. ManiacJoe Sep 2022 #8
 

GenXer47

(1,204 posts)
4. for every one of these stories...
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 11:28 AM
Sep 2022

...we can find another where an innocent bystander, someone's own family member, or a victim of mistaken identity is killed by a gun.
Frankly I find it irresponsible when the media runs these "hero" stories involving guns. This family was unlucky, then lucky. It could have gone a dozen different ways.
And she could also have unloaded a whole can of pepper spray in the guy's face - the stuff works!

yagotme

(3,819 posts)
6. So, you'd rather hear bad news only, and no good news?
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 12:47 PM
Sep 2022

"Frankly I find it irresponsible when the media runs these "hero" stories involving guns."

Guns aren't supposed to be used for good, are they. They are only evil, and can only do evil work. C'mon, man...

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