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"Jon" <jon@no-email.org> wrote in message news:k0rb13$1b1$1@dont-email.me...
> On 19/08/2012 6:38 pm, A Voice of Freedom wrote:
>> This couldn't have been done in one of the cowardly countries that 
>> oppress
>> the human rights to self defense and to keep and bear arms.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/bre7tzv
>>
>> Alabama Woman Shoots Home Intruder to Protect Herself and Her Ax- and
>> Knife-Wielding Daughters
>>
>> Posted on August 17, 2012 at 12:49pm by Madeleine Morgenstern
>>
>> Martha Lewis shot an intruder in her home to protect herself and her
>> daughters. (Image source: WVTM-TV)
>>
>> An Alabama woman said she was forced to shoot an intruder that broke into
>> her home this week in order to protect herself and her daughters.
>>
>> Martha Lewis of Dora, Ala. told WVTM-TV it was about 3 a.m. Tuesday 
>> morning
>> when she heard a loud noise, which turned out to be someone kicking in 
>> her
>> door. Lewis said she called the police and grabbed her gun, then went to
>> her daughters� room and told them each to get something to defend
>> themselves with. She said one grabbed an ax and one got a butcher knife.
>>
>> They were at the top of the stairs when they saw a man standing there at
>> the bottom.
>>
>> �I knew when he stepped on the landing that I would have to shoot him,�
>> Lewis told the station. �He starts like coming up the stairs and he said,
>> �would you shoot me?� And I said �I don�t want to have to but I will.��
>>
>> Ignoring her warnings, the man kept coming � and that�s when Lewis said 
>> she
>> fired.
>>
>> �It wasn�t like, oh can I pull the trigger? It was like when should I
>> shoot? When will he be close enough that I know I won�t miss him? That�s
>> one of the things that was going through my mind,� she said.
>>
>> The man stumbled outside into the yard where police found him, WVTM
>> reported. Police said he�s 25-year-old Michael Jacobs and was 
>> hospitalized
>> in stable condition.
>> Alabama Woman Martha Lewis Shoots Home Intruder to Protect Herself and 
>> Her
>> Daughters
>>
>> Lewis said she woke up when she heard a loud noise, which turned out to 
>> be
>> an intruder kicking in her door. (Image source: WVTM-TV)
>>
>> Lewis told the station one of the responding police officers said it 
>> would
>> have been a different situation if she hadn�t been armed.
>>
>> �One of them said we would be writing up a different report if she had 
>> not
>> had that gun,� Lewis said.
>>
>> Police said Lewis will not be charged for shooting the suspect. He faces
>> charges of burglary and criminal mischief as well as possession of
>> marijuana and drug paraphernalia, according to WVTM.
>>
>> Lewis said she�s had the gun for about three years but only for 
>> protection
>> purposes.
>>
>> �There�s so much talk about banning guns and gun control but they�re for
>> protection,� she said. �There�s no way that I could have fought him off.�
>>
>
> I'd shoot anyone who says "Burglarized" instead of Burgled!

Not to mention all the other words that some people seem obsessed by a need 
to add 'ized' to the end.

As for this woman. I'm glad see had an opportunity to equal the odds and 
protect herself and family.