What a story! My wife definitely needs to read this (I am trying to get her more comfortable with weapons in the house, more than one). Glad to see that woman succeed in protecting her property and her family. Breaking into a house at 1:00pm, ballsy. This guy needs to leave the planet.

12 gauge and it would've been a one shot stop.

 

Yes, shotguns are effective but have significant disadvantages. They're slower to get a follow-up shot off, cannot penetrate soft armor, ammunition capacity is relatively low, recoil is harsh, the risk of collateral damage is higher due to the use of buckshot as well as overpenetration being more significant than a rifle round and they're slow to be reloaded relative to a semi-auto carbine. I'd take either over a handgun however as far as general purpose defensive roles go, I think the general shift within the community that goes into harms way has been to move away from shotguns and toward semi-auto carbines.

Yes, shotguns are effective but have significant disadvantages. They're slower to get a follow-up shot off, cannot penetrate soft armor, ammunition capacity is relatively low, recoil is harsh, the risk of collateral damage is higher due to the use of buckshot as well as overpenetration being more significant than a rifle round and they're slow to be reloaded relative to a semi-auto carbine. I'd take either over a handgun however as far as general purpose defensive roles go, I think the general shift within the community that goes into harms way has been to move away from shotguns and toward semi-auto carbines.

 

How dare you follow up my post with facts rebutting what I said!

 

In her case, in the house with buckshot or BIRDSHOT he would've been gone. And if she can get off six shots with a wheel gun and be 100% then I'll assume she could get off 2 or 3 shots with a 12 gauge. And if thats the case, the coroner would've needed shovel and a shop vac instead of a body bag.

She did fine with the .38. Multiple, ACCURATE shots, Got the BG to stop his aggression and flee her house.

And best of all, since she didn't kill the douche, her mental state will be a lot better. She won't have the anguish of killing another "person".

 

All in all in worked out just about perfectly.

Thank God she and her kids are all right. Wish this would make the MSM but we can help forward the story.

Im guessing he was coming up through the Hatchway as she was shooting down.....one thing that has always amazed me, is the similarity to Roaches that most Skells show...things that would normally Kill your average citizen outright, leave these Sh!tbags still breathing

 

I guess his brain is the size of a walnut.

 

Isn't this case the "poster child" for a "high capacity" weapon? In defense of her children, she emptied her weapon in this scumbag's coconut and he still had enough power to run out of the house? I would have liked the option of 10 more shots.

Real reason? Housing them in jail is incredibly expensive. The "good old days" of bread, water, and cracking rocks are gone. Don't get me wrong I've visited one of NJ's max security prisons (on a tour lol) and I would not want to live there, but it's not a spartan existence at all. The prisons are also packed as it is. We need more of them, but where is the money going to come from? Prisons is something I wouldn't mind my tax money going towards.

 

Here's my prison finance plan. Everyone gets an empty cell with a concrete floor and a toilet. Want a cot? You or your family can rent you one for $100 a month. Want food other than bread and water? $300 a month. TV? $200 a month.

 

You have to pay for a hotel and a hospital room. Scumbags should carry some of their weight in the big house.

Here's my prison finance plan. Everyone gets an empty cell with a concrete floor and a toilet. Want a cot? You or your family can rent you one for $100 a month. Want food other than bread and water? $300 a month. TV? $200 a month.

 

You have to pay for a hotel and a hospital room. Scumbags should carry some of their weight in the big house.

 

i love that idea

 

Here's my prison finance plan. Everyone gets an empty cell with a concrete floor and a toilet. Want a cot? You or your family can rent you one for $100 a month. Want food other than bread and water? $300 a month. TV? $200 a month.

 

You have to pay for a hotel and a hospital room. Scumbags should carry some of their weight in the big house.

Great idea.....

But I could only imagine that general assistance and food stamps would make their way into the prison system.

Well he gets a bed and t.v...!!! He may have paid for it,.... But I'm here also!!! I want it too!

Shitbagerator?

PIX 11's Lionel Gets it.

 

from this morning's news, I love this guy

 

http://youtu.be/xlTKnOxxpDI

 

12 gauge and it would've been a one shot stop.

 

Not with bird shot! Boo boo

Here's my prison finance plan. Everyone gets an empty cell with a concrete floor and a toilet. Want a cot? You or your family can rent you one for $100 a month. Want food other than bread and water? $300 a month. TV? $200 a month.

 

You have to pay for a hotel and a hospital room. Scumbags should carry some of their weight in the big house.

+1

My girlfriend actually showed me this story on yahoo. She told me "this is why I like going to the range with you, so if this happens, hopefully it doesnt, I will have a good shot and land all of them when I'm alone with the baby at home". I just told her, you just need to be comfortable with the gun and be calm when confronted and etc.., But dont shoot if he starts to walk away. Then she hugged me