Wednesday, May 11, 2011

More Like This, Please...

Linoge and commenter notDilbert both sent in today's DGC addition, and it's a good one:

Woman shoots knife-wielding intruder in Gwinnett


A Gwinnett County woman shot and killed a home invasion suspect Wednesday morning after the knife-wielding intruder attacked her in the shower, police said.

The incident happened about 6:30 a.m. at a home in the 2800 block of East Mount Tabor Circle. Gwinnett police Cpl. Edwin Ritter told the AJC that the woman, who is in her late 40s or early 50s, was getting out of the shower when the intruder, who she did not know, turned out the lights and attacked her.
She fought with the goblin briefly, who then pushed her into her bedroom. Before he had a chance to do whatever it was he had in mind, she grabbed her gun (a .22LR!) and shot him. He later died of his injuries, but more importantly, discontinued his nefarious plans upon taking incoming fire.

Now, I don't know about the rest of y'all, but a 20-something male breaking into a house and forcing a female occupant into the bedroom at knifepoint isn't a good sign. Maybe he just wanted to chat with her about Amway products with an aggressive sales pitch, but it's far more likely his intentions were sinister.

I'd rather see a goblin bleeding out on the front lawn than a trauma victim try to get her life back together any day of the week...

Dead Goblin Count: 157

That is all.

7 comments:

Dave H said...

Props to her for not giving up! They say age and treachery will always beat youth and skill, but sometimes it just depends on who has the most grit.

Sharc 65 said...

I never understand the surprise exhibited whenever a .22 LR turns out to be sufficiently lethal to stop an attack. Shoot whatever feels good or is at hand. Gun beats knife. Period.

Jay G said...

Marc,

.22LR is deadly, certainly. The issues is that it's not deadly fast enough to stop a determined attacker from causing harm before he expires...

Heck, there was a story not all that long ago about a guy who got shot by a .22, chased down the guy who shot him, beat the hell out of him, then called the cops.

And *then* noticed he was bleeding...

libertyman said...

Wow -- she shot him right in the Gwinnett! That must have hurt!

Anonymous said...

Warms me heart it does!!

Wish same had happened in this case!!
http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/121637649.html

John B said...

If he was pitching Amway, she should have reloaded and shot him some more. Now if it were Cutco Knives, she should have let him live!

BornLib said...

"Gun beats knife. Period."

Not really.
http://gunfreezone.net/wordpress/index.php/2011/05/10/and-then-everything-failed-nsfw-very-violent-graphic/