Posted on 02/11/2013 7:32:51 PM PST by marktwain
HIGHLAND, IL (KPLR)-Scary moments in Highland, IL Sunday morning after an alleged home invasion led to a shooting. It happened in the 2600 block of Eagle Way around 3:30am. Highland Police say a 33 year-old man was transported to a St. Louis hospital with multiple gunshot wounds after he allegedly forced his way into the apartment of two sisters, assaulting both of them.
The sisters are identified as Donna Carlyle, 47, and Debbie Keeney, 55.
Keeney had gone out for an overnight cigarette when the suspect forced his way in. She was struck. When the suspect began to choke Carlyle, Keeney got her gun and warned the man to get out of the apartment. When he did not stop his attack, she fired several shots at him. A small caliber derringer was recovered at the scene.
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You have to love The Box O’ Truth.
So much conventional “wisdom” destroyed.
Good information, and precisely why I have a laser mounted under the barrels of my shotties.
I would not have been surprised if the reporter called her weapon an “assault derringer.” Why not take the opportunity to show how awful guns are even in a story like this?
This got me thinking. If you ever have to use your weapon for self defense, especially in the current political climate, it is probably a good idea to empty your magazine into the perp. That way, you can make the case for larger magazines since you would have been empty had there been another attacker.
Follow up story:
IL:Highland woman says she shot intruder to save her sister’s life
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2987772/posts
I mentioned MHGinTN
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