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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!