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Cops: Mother of two surprises
intruder with five gunshots

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, by Christian Boone

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Posted By:Ribicon, 1/4/2013 10:17:01 PM

The Loganville mother of two assumed the knocks on her front door Friday afternoon were from a solicitor. “Don’t answer,” she yelled to her 9-year-old twins playing downstairs. When the visitor began repeatedly ringing the doorbell, she called her husband at work. “Get the kids and hide,” he told his wife. As he dialed 911, his 37-year-old spouse, who works from home, collected the children and hid with them in a crawlspace adjoining her office. By that time, the intruder had forced his way into the three-story residence on Henderson Ridge Drive with a crowbar,

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Selfish gun-clinging woman deprives criminal armed with an Assault Crowbar the opportunity to victimize herself and her two children. For shame!

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Muncsdad, 1/4/2013 10:25:22 PM     (No. 9099375)

I am sure this story happened everyday, but never gets media attention.

Good for her. The Obama-voter criminal had multiple arrests/convictions but was still free to victimize hard-working, tax-paying honest citizens.

Look for the Obama ´Justice´ Department to prosecute her...


Reply 2 - Posted by: baxter1, 1/4/2013 10:26:27 PM     (No. 9099378)

Can´t believe he survived, still a happy ending.


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: 45_Auto, 1/4/2013 10:28:30 PM     (No. 9099386)

Yah! She should have laid back and taken whatever this guy wanted to give her....and her kids!


Reply 4 - Posted by: noddy, 1/4/2013 10:34:23 PM     (No. 9099395)

FTA: ´´My wife’s a hero,´´ the woman’s husband, Donnie Herman, told Channel 2 Action News in a brief statement.

And prior to that in the article there was this FTA: ´´He opens the closet door and finds himself staring down the barrel of a .38 revolver,´´ said Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman, who relayed the woman’s narrative to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He asked that her name be withheld.


Reply 5 - Posted by: Jubilationtcornpone, 1/4/2013 10:37:49 PM     (No. 9099398)

Hopefully the woman was photographed and fingerprinted now that the proper authorities know she has a gun. s/. What if there had been multiple perps? She´d have been out of bullets. And libs wonder why anyone needs high-capacity magazines.


Reply 6 - Posted by: jalo1951, 1/4/2013 10:43:52 PM     (No. 9099402)

Well, good for her.


Reply 7 - Posted by: SteelTurman, 1/4/2013 10:48:32 PM     (No. 9099408)

His kin or his ilk will come for revenge.

But a shotgun, young lady.

12 gauge pump.

Nothing says ´don´t move and say your prayers´ like a round being pumped.

Nothing.

And the perp won´t be eligible for parole ...

... not in this life.


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: CEP, 1/4/2013 10:50:57 PM     (No. 9099411)

Her address will be put in print, one of those awful people who has a gun.

Thankful she did have. Gun.


Reply 9 - Posted by: bob913, 1/4/2013 10:52:44 PM     (No. 9099414)

Reason why you A) have bigger bullets and B) more bullets. I suggest a Glock 9mm handgun next time as it holds 10 to start with and you can get more with bigger magazines.

FTA: The woman fired six bullets, five of which hit Paul Ali Slater in the face and neck area, Chapman said. But Slater was still conscious.

“The guy’s face down, crying,” the sheriff said. The woman told him to stay down or she’d shoot again.

Slater, unaware that she had emptied her chamber -snip-

The injured burglar eventually made it out of the home and into his car, driving away before deputies arrived on the scene.


Reply 10 - Posted by: Knotwyrkin, 1/4/2013 11:05:50 PM     (No. 9099422)

If 0bama had a son, he would look like the home invader.


Reply 11 - Posted by: Doc Obiwan, 1/4/2013 11:14:11 PM     (No. 9099427)

"Sure could use/
A little good news/
Today" -- Anne Murray, a long time ago.


"When you´ve got five bullets in you, it´s kinda disorienting," says the Sheriff.

Ah-yep.


Reply 12 - Posted by: laotzu, 1/4/2013 11:14:12 PM     (No. 9099428)

Evil dies hard.


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: Subal, 1/4/2013 11:39:00 PM     (No. 9099447)

The NRA monthly magazine used to have a column with reports like this. I believe it was named "The Armed Citizen"

Maybe another poster will provide an update.


Reply 14 - Posted by: novakid, 1/4/2013 11:45:32 PM     (No. 9099450)

Sometimes there is good news.


Reply 15 - Posted by: STLstudent, 1/4/2013 11:52:12 PM     (No. 9099456)

If Obama had his way she and her children would have been brutalized and murdered.


Reply 16 - Posted by: Edgelady, 1/4/2013 11:55:22 PM     (No. 9099460)

Darn, I should have bought a bigger gun.


Reply 17 - Posted by: Ribicon, 1/5/2013 12:01:33 AM     (No. 9099463)

#13, they still do. A highlight of every issue.
http://www.nrapublications.org/index.php/armed-citizen/


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: pigop, 1/5/2013 12:01:44 AM     (No. 9099464)

Five bullets at point blank range? Time to buy hollow point bullets and maybe an upgrade to a .357 magnum will do the trick next time.


Reply 19 - Posted by: mustang flyer, 1/5/2013 12:04:10 AM     (No. 9099467)

Yes the National Rifleman Magazine which I have been receiving for 47 years DOES have a section titled ´the Armed Citizen´, it´s where I first turn to when I get my Magazine...I enjoy reading about women,senior and young teen citizens who foil the bad guys bent on doing them harm and get usually what they deserve. This lady was lucky, the evil doer was not put down and could have ended the story a different way. The lady needs to know where the OTHER cartridges are and how to reload with some haste. She had every right to finish him off and with a little more practice she could hit her target where most effective. Good for her. She refused to allow herself and her children to be a statistic.THAT´S WHY WE NEED GUNS!!!


Reply 20 - Posted by: HPmatt, 1/5/2013 12:15:40 AM     (No. 9099472)

When you have PTA moms with concealed carry working in the cafeteria and reading the in the library and selling snow cones in neighborhood elementary schools, the evil that struck CT would go somewhere else.


Reply 21 - Posted by: federale, 1/5/2013 12:15:44 AM     (No. 9099473)

A very brave woman. Another story you´ll never see in the MSM.


Reply 22 - Posted by: erod111, 1/5/2013 12:17:06 AM     (No. 9099475)

Actually, the perp looks like Frank Marshall Davis (supposedly Obama´s real father). So maybe he isn´t son of Obama but more likely, brother of Obama.


   

 



 
Reply 23 - Posted by: WAN2, 1/5/2013 12:34:54 AM     (No. 9099481)

And looked what we have behind door #3! Not looking for trouble. it is where you find it.


Reply 24 - Posted by: thelmalou, 1/5/2013 12:52:07 AM     (No. 9099492)

SaWEEEEEEEEEET!!! I´m so proud of her! That´s what I call gun control, baby - hit him with 5 of her 6 shots. Awesomeness.


Reply 25 - Posted by: bobgray2, 1/5/2013 1:03:04 AM     (No. 9099497)

If 0bama had a son he would look just like this. Seriously though, what is this guy´s head made of?


Reply 26 - Posted by: JHSMom02, 1/5/2013 1:09:29 AM     (No. 9099502)

I think this is terrible. She only hit him 5 times. Mom, get to the firing range and practice hitting the bulls eye. Also, get a bigger gun.


Reply 27 - Posted by: Blackeagle, 1/5/2013 1:14:31 AM     (No. 9099506)

Tucker Ga? if so very expensive - and white - neighborhood. Usually these things are black-on-black.


Reply 28 - Posted by: xcenturion, 1/5/2013 1:15:19 AM     (No. 9099508)

Sounds like the lady had a good grouping. Too bad she didn´t hit him between the eyes. Now we get to house Slater, this human piece of trash, and pay for his medical bills.


Reply 29 - Posted by: Blackeagle, 1/5/2013 1:24:25 AM     (No. 9099519)

it was Loganville - also an expensive area - and well away from central Atlanta. Sounds like we need to keep criminals from driving cars.


Reply 30 - Posted by: veritas, 1/5/2013 1:24:44 AM     (No. 9099520)

Brava.

Any statements from Piers Morgan or Senatrix Feinstein, she of the taxpayer-funded-armed-guards? No?


Reply 31 - Posted by: ColonialAmerican1623, 1/5/2013 1:42:39 AM     (No. 9099533)

Apparently, she didn´t have hollow points.

See why people need 30 rounds of ammo ?


Reply 32 - Posted by: Silly Old Me, 1/5/2013 2:08:00 AM     (No. 9099546)

.38spl works fine. You just have to feed it properly. My carry load is 110gr plus P. Kicks like a .357 magnum!


Reply 33 - Posted by: thelmalou, 1/5/2013 2:08:24 AM     (No. 9099547)

Tucker and Loganville both are close to iffy areas. The metro area, save the north and northwest suburbs, runs the gamut, really. Gwinnett County, where this is, used to be pretty nice, and there are still some nice areas. But they didn´t plan well (planning/zoning or law enforcement), so now they have an overabundance of low-end housing, a complete mishmash of ethnicities, and something like 500 gangs. Not a place I want to live.


Reply 34 - Posted by: J Wayne, 1/5/2013 2:19:47 AM     (No. 9099555)

Might I suggest .357, hollow point 9mm, .45 acp, or 00 for the 12ga?


Reply 35 - Posted by: xiphos, 1/5/2013 3:20:17 AM     (No. 9099577)

For home defense..a Mossberg 500 series, pistol grip and birdshot, good for 20 to 30ft. Big handgun ammo will not only penetrate the walls of your home, but also the neighbors.


Reply 36 - Posted by: flatwater, 1/5/2013 3:45:16 AM     (No. 9099582)

Very sorry to hear he survived.


Reply 37 - Posted by: Liberal like Jefferson, 1/5/2013 4:34:45 AM     (No. 9099594)

What? The police weren´t there in time protect her? You mean these real life situations don´t work out like the lefties claim? No result like the alarm company ads where a disembodied voice says, "Identify yourself!" and the criminal gets a nervous look and runs away?

That´s why a firearm allows a woman and her children to have a fighting chance to protect themselves. Without that pistol, the cops would have shown up only in time to bag up her and her kids.

BTW, you shotgun fanboys: a shottie takes two hands to operate and doesn´t work easily in tight spaces - like a closet. You can´t carry a flashlight with it to determine the threat before pointing a loaded weapon. That´s why we chose a couple high-capacity handguns (Glock 19 and Sig P226) for our home defense plan.


Reply 38 - Posted by: Trigger2, 1/5/2013 4:35:28 AM     (No. 9099595)

Too bad that useless libtard newspaper in NY didn´t get around to publishing registered guns in GA. The burglar would have known then not to burglarize that house. The poster above is dead right about shotguns. The sound alone would deter anybody.


Reply 39 - Posted by: Liberal like Jefferson, 1/5/2013 4:55:38 AM     (No. 9099609)

Another nonsensical shotgun claim. Do you really think a drugged out, cornered, or enraged criminal is going to simply run off after you rack a shell? Would you expect this panicked woman hiding in a closet with her children to disclose her hiding place, hoist a shottie, chamber a round, and hope the dude runs off?

That´s not our plan. As in this situation, a criminal will be feeling the bullets impacting his body by the time he sees or hears a firearm in my house. We won´t kill someone over our insured stuff, but if he meets up with one of us, it´s far past time for a warning.

Do you really expect - in a situation where you are dumping adrenalin into your body, - you and your spouse (and your kids) will have the presences of mind and coordination to rack a shotgun shell to try to scare someone off? It may work in the movies and the ads, but it´s not a sound self defense plan.


Reply 40 - Posted by: gator, 1/5/2013 6:35:33 AM     (No. 9099657)

A 3” Judge loaded with 5 rounds of 410 triple-ought buck would have done a fine job here. He would not have gone anywhere with most of his head on the wall behind him. And aim need not be that good, just aim in the general area of his head.


Reply 41 - Posted by: sgtfox of the jarhead clan, 1/5/2013 8:43:30 AM     (No. 9099851)

A good .45 ASSAULT pistol with a HIGH CAPACITY magazine would have done the trick. Hide the kids and then meet him in the hall and empty the magazine. Immediately reload in case his brother Jumail is still lurking somewhere outside. From the picture I can be certain he voted Obama. That means his skull is about 3" thick surrounding a walnut sized brain. A .38 just does not have enough penetration for that. If there is no brother Jumail lurking outside empty that second magazine as well, just for effect. Go make a big pot of coffee because the police will be there in 20 minutes.


Reply 42 - Posted by: chumley, 1/5/2013 9:36:17 AM     (No. 9099948)

I needed a feel good story. Thanks OP.
We can debate calibers and loads and weapons all day and I often do. The important thing is she engaged her target, changed its behavior and stopped the attack.
Further destruction is just icing on the cake.


Reply 43 - Posted by: KingBubo, 1/5/2013 10:43:31 AM     (No. 9100104)

Glad they are okay.


Reply 44 - Posted by: ole buzzard, 1/5/2013 10:43:33 AM     (No. 9100105)

I used to work in Loganville. Nice town in Walton County (not Gwinnett). The sheriff actually chuckled during his radio interview when he described finding teeth on the floor of the shooting scene.

And yes, hollow points for home defense. They´ll expand before they pass through the body, even in the larger calibers like .40 or .45.


Reply 45 - Posted by: zoidberg, 1/5/2013 11:00:16 AM     (No. 9100141)

“She protected her kids. She did what she was supposed to do.”

That´s all that really matters.


Reply 46 - Posted by: BaseballFan, 1/5/2013 11:20:50 AM     (No. 9100177)

(1) Two to the body, one to the head.
(2) If that fails, repeat step (1) as necessary.

Any questions?


Reply 47 - Posted by: woodsman, 1/5/2013 11:37:53 AM     (No. 9100221)

He was hit five times and still got to his car....this is why you need high capacity magazines!


Reply 48 - Posted by: thelmalou, 1/5/2013 3:28:49 PM     (No. 9100589)

#44 - My apologies. All that side of town runs together in my head. ;)


Reply 49 - Posted by: ocho reales, 1/5/2013 4:08:07 PM     (No. 9100620)

SMILE. WAIT FOR FLASH.



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Put out an all-points bulletin: Millions of Americans have gone missing from the workforce. Every month that those would-be workers are gone raises the odds that they might never come back, dimming the prospects for future economic growth. The vanishing trend is more than a decade old, but it accelerated during the Great Recession. Throughout 2012, economists held out hope that it had stopped. But then came Friday’s jobs report, and hopes were dashed. The Labor Department reported that the U.S. labor force — everyone who has a job or is looking for one — shrank

White House Blames Jobs
Numbers on Sequester

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Breitbart´s Big Government, by Wynton Hall    Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/5/2013 8:02:58 PM     Post Reply
The Obama White House is scrambling to blame Friday’s abysmal March jobs numbers on the sequester’s trimming of the rate of growth in federal budgets that have yet to fully commence. After the Labor Department announced that a mass exodus of 663,000 workers left the U.S. workforce last month and that job creation fell 112,000 jobs short of projections, Obama’s top economic adviser Alan B. Krueger, took to the White House blog to blame the sequester: It is important to bear in mind that the March household and payroll surveys are the first monthly surveys to look

The Secrets of Princeton
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New York Times, by Ross Douthat    Original Article
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Susan Patton, the Princeton alumna who became famous for her letter urging Ivy League women to use their college years to find a mate, has been denounced as a traitor to feminism, to coeducation, to the university ideal. But really she’s something much more interesting: a traitor to her class. Her betrayal consists of being gauche enough to acknowledge publicly a truth that everyone who’s come up through Ivy League culture knows intuitively —

Beyonce, Jay-Z celebrate 5th
anniversary in Havana, Cuba

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Los Angeles Times, by Nardine Saad    Original Article
Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/6/2013 8:20:04 AM     Post Reply
Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba this week. The couple, who married on April 4, 2008, took in the sights of Old Havana, visited a school, dined on a rooftop terrace and strolled the fan-filled streets in their island best.(snip).The power couple declined to answer journalists´ questions about their visit to the island nation, but some outlets are reporting that the moguls are there as tourists, though that would be illegal because of the half-century embargo the U.S. has on the Communist country. However, the Miami Herald said Washington has issued special licenses for

Obama Budget to Cap Retirement
Accounts at $3 Million

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Breitbart´s Big Government, by Tony Lee    Original Article
Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/5/2013 9:40:39 PM     Post Reply
The budget President Barack Obama will submit on April 10 will contain a proposal that would prohibit individuals from accumulating more than $3 million in Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and tax-preferred retirement accounts. According to a White House statement, the Obama administration believes the current rules allow some wealthy individuals "to accumulate many millions of dollars in these accounts, substantially more than is needed to fund reasonable levels of retirement saving." "The budget would limit an individual’s total balance across tax-preferred accounts to an amount sufficient to finance an annuity of not more than $205,000 per


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