Woman 78 Years Old Holds Gun On Intruder

Newspaper ^ | October 24, 2001

[RetiredArmy]

Check out the stuff of this nice old lady who held her ground with her trusty firearm! What a hoot.

http://thejournalnet.com/Main.asp?UID=20340330&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=211&ArticleID=24764

[RetiredArmy]

Gun control? Not even.

[apackof2]

go granny, go granny, go granny go!

[WIMom]

LINK

[WIMom]

An armed, 78-year-old woman prevented a drunken intruder from breaking into her house early Sunday, firing at him and holding him at bay until police arrived.

Monice Peterson, who lives in the 600 block of South Home Avenue, was awakened shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday when she heard someone pounding on her back door, she told police.

She went to investigate and found a man — later identified as Earl S. Feathers — kicking a hole in the wall next to the door to her back porch, according to the police report.

Peterson called 911 at 12:58 a.m. While she was on the phone with the 911 operator, Feathers created a hole big enough to enter and came inside the porch, she told dispatchers.

Peterson then warned Feathrs that if he came any further she would shoot him, according to the police report.

He started to move toward her again, and she fired one shot from her .25-caliber semiautomatic handgun, she told police. The bullet missed Feathers and went through the porch wall.

Feathers tried to escape through the opening he had kicked, but Franklin police arrived as he was trying to wriggle out, according to the police report. Officers John Moore and Roger Logsdon dragged Feathers the rest of the way out of the hole and handcuffed him, Moore’s report says.

Feathers told officers he was just trying to get into his own home. He said he thought he was at another address in the 600 block of South Home Avenue, according to the police report.

Moore reported that Feathers’ eyes were bloodshot and his speech was slurred, prompting the officer to administer a breath test to check for alcohol use. The 50-year-old Franklin resident tested 0.136 percent BAC, according to Moore’s report.

Feathers told police he’d only had two beers.

Feathers was taken to the Johnson County jail and released on $4,000 bond Sunday. He faces a Class D felony charge of residential entry and a Class B misdemeanor charge of public intoxication.

Peterson reportedly was not injured.

[the bottle let me down]

He started to move toward her again, and she fired one shot from her .25-caliber semiautomatic handgun, she told police. The bullet missed Feathers and went through the porch wall.

Seems to me that this story illustrates the need for better gun control. She should have hit the SOB.

[Bella_Bru]

Bump for brains!

[bluesagewoman]

I prefer a .38 Chief's Special. (Pre-S&W sell-out time)

[abigail2]

LOL!!

[TightyRighty]

To bad her eyesight wasn't better.....

[TightyRighty]

She looked so sweet....

[chainsaw]

I prefer a .38 Chief's Special. (Pre-S&W sell-out time)

What the heck. She is comfortable with a .25 and is willing to use it. Don't knock it. That .25 makes nice little hole too.

[Fiddlstix]

Feathers told police he’d only had two beers.

LOL!
I have two cousins in law enforcement. (Cops, in other words)
They have both told me that in almost every case they are told,"Officer I Only had two beers".
LOL

[3catsanadog]

My late ex-grandmother in law used to keep her husband's pistol in an old sock by the bed. She was in her 70's. That's how they do it in West Virginia!

[Armchair General]

I understand the sentiment, but really, isn't a warning shot justified in an instance like this? She had the gun, wasn't in imminent physical danger, essentially had the drop on him. I think it's simply the civilized thing to do; let one off into the floor and see if the report is enough to end the intrusion. Of course, a twelve-gauge pump is much more effective than a .25 auto in this regard.

[bluesagewoman]

Being comfortable with your weapon is probably the biggest part. Practicing helps too. I hope to still shoot at pepper poppers when I am 73.

[onedoug]

Well, now she's gotta go to court and face the possibility of his being acquitted, or that he might sue her for traumatizing him.

He took the chance when he came crawling through. Would she had taken him out. And then the taxpayers wouldn't have support his sorry a__ is jail or prison.

You seem to make part of that argument yourself with that .12 gauge.

[zip]

ping

[Armchair General]

I understand your point, but, as a pro-gun individual myself, I don't like the blood-thirstiness I see in posts on articles like this.

I thought that the pro-2nd Amendment idea was that our judicial system can do its role better if citizens can defend themselves at times when official assistance is not available. Not the same as an excuse to execute anyone who threatens you on your property. I know many here feel differently....

[antienvironmentalist]

Gee, the poor guy only wanted to kick a hole in her house. He probably wouldn't have assaulted her too badly. WHAT A SAVAGE BEAST she is for attacking his right of self expression. (sarcasm tag)

[.38sw]

I must say I agree with you. Not to mention, if you kill the perp, his survivors may very well sue you for everything you've got, for the "unjustified" murder of their sweet little boy.