[maine-iac7]

He had been stalking, threatening, assaulting and even previously broken in to her house - and he was still walking around free - typical of these cases.

By the time the police got there, the dead body would have been hers - had she not had the gun.

What is the saying: “When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.”

We have the right of self-defense = and not to feel bad for taking a life rather than dying...she did not kill this man so much as he killed himself by his actions...This is a better outcome than her having to go through a year of more of trial - with him, no doubt, out on bail...and even if convicted, the specter of his getting out always hanging over her life. This way, it is over with. He is the cause of his death.

[jaydubya2]

Family defends shooting victim

Ryan Lee Bergner was a "gentle" and "kind" man, and his family "can't even believe" he would break into a woman's house and try to hurt her, his sister-in-law said Wednesday night.

"It's just so shocking for such a gentle person to die in such a violent way," said Becky Bergner, who is married to Ryan Lee Bergner's brother.

"He did not go there that evening to hurt her, as far as the Ryan that we know."

http://www.nwi.com/articles/2007/11/15/news/top_news/doc03135c1e27e2e7038625739400154bf6.txt

[zot]

By the time the police got there, the dead body would have been hers - had she not had the gun.

Absolutely true.