Why I carry a handgun for protection, Vol. 51

A 53-year-old Duluth, Georgia woman was taking a shower in her home early Wednesday morning when she stepped out to find a knife-wielding stranger menacing her in her bathroom.  The intruder overpowered the woman and dragged her into the bedroom and threw her onto the bed, presumably to rape her or worse.

The woman (who apparently lives alone) alertly managed to reach into her nightstand and grab her unlocked and loaded .22 caliber pistol, which she used to shoot her attacker nine times.  The man then ran out into the home's backyard where he collapsed and subsequently expired.  Police are calling it a clear case of self-defense and the woman is not expected to face any charges.

If Sarah Brady, Paul Helmke and other anti-gun activists had their way this woman would be raped, maimed or dead right now, because in Ms. Brady's fantasy world these types of random home invasions by violent thugs simply don't happen, and thus there is never a single reason for a person to have a high-capacity handgun loaded and ready for instant use.  She's quite mistaken, as one can plainly observe from the outcome of this incident.

Firearms are very useful and efficient self-defense tools, especially when they are successfully used by women, the disabled, the elderly and others who are at a physical disadvantage when preyed upon by hulking thugs like this fortunately deceased example.  Please consider acquiring one and getting properly trained in its use and carry.  The life you save may be your own.