Alabama Mother & Daughters Defend Themselves Against Home Invader

[twyacht]

They were not going to go down without a fight.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/alabama-woman-shoots-home-intruder-to-protect-herself-and-her-ax-and-knife-wielding-daughters/

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.

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.

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.”

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Good!!! Please fwd. to Mayor Bloomberg, and all the other anti-gun assclowns....

"There are three reasons to own a gun: To protect yourself and your family, to hunt dangerous and delicious animals, and to keep the King of England out of your face."
Krusty the Clown

 

I love these kinds of stories...
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[santahog]

... “He starts like coming up the stairs and he said, ‘would you shoot me?‘ ...

I'd have probably laughed out loud at him!!
The guy was freakin comedian!!
On second thought, I'd have shot him before he opened his mouth..
Moron...

[Henny]

Good for mom and daughters! 

However, I have to wonder what's the one daughter doing with an ax in her bedroom?   

[tombogan03884]

Good for mom and daughters! 

However, I have to wonder what's the one daughter doing with an ax in her bedroom?  

It does make you wonder about the girl.
Sounds like Mommy wanted to keep the mess to a minimum.   

[Ichiban]

Good for mom and daughters! 

However, I have to wonder what's the one daughter doing with an ax in her bedroom?   

The chainsaw was out of gas?

Maybe it was a nice double bit throwing ax.  Nothing wrong with having one of those in your bedroom, is there?

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[tombogan03884]

I have to confess, I keep my axe in the living room 

[Solus]

She's a Girl Scout.  Probably has the collectable axe

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Girl-Scout-axe-genuine-plume-collectable-axe-antique-boy-scout-/290762621260?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43b2cd814c

[TAB]

People that break into homes at night are not there to steal.  They are there to do harm.   

[Magoo541]

Saw a quick teaser of a woman in Portland, OR that had a similar type experience but she grabbed a BBQ fork and a knife.  She stabbed the dude in the neck with the fork as he ran out her back yard.  Wonder if the legal ramifications are the same as if she had shot him? 

She felt good about her actions, "He's gonna go tell all his friends that there's a crazy living up in that house..."  Just hope she saw the hole in her self-defense plan and fixed it... but I know she thinks she's good to go now.