60-Year-Old Woman Shoots and Kills Intruder… Guess Where It Happened?
If you had to pick a state that represents independence better than any other state, which one would it be?
Delaware? It was the first state to join the United States of America in 1787, and its motto is “Liberty and independence.” So it might get a couple of votes.
Idaho? It’s known for the self-reliance of its citizens like many other northwestern states. It may be among the contenders.
And Missouri – the “Show Me State” – doesn’t take anybody’s word for anything. Not to mention the fact that it has a prominent city named “Independence.”
But at the end of the day, I think you’d have to go with Texas as the most independent-minded state in the country. After all, its nickname is “The Lone Star State.”
And Texas was once its own Republic. To top it off, Texans make occasional threats to secede from the Union. This state does things its own way, regardless of what others say or think.
Tables Turned on Would-Be Robbers
Why do I bring this up? Last week a 60-year-old woman living in Harris County, Texas heard intruders entering her house shortly before noon. They came through an open garage door because, well, the neighborhood is considered safe. Or at least it was.
She immediately assumed her life might be in danger. She also knew the basic concept that you don’t enter somebody else’s home without permission. So, the woman ran and grabbed her pistol.
She shot one of the two armed intruders, while the other ran out of the house, jumped a fence and escaped. As of this writing, he is still at large.
The man she shot also made it out of her house. But then he collapsed and died on her front lawn. Police found a gun near his body.
The woman was not injured during the incident, and she told police she did not know either of the intruders.
Now, Texas is not the only state where this type of situation happens. It could occur anywhere. But it’s more likely to happen in a state where people aren’t afraid to defend themselves.
But what struck me most about this story was the reaction from the woman’s neighbor, Cathy Hanks. She said she was not surprised that her neighbor took matters into her own hands.
“That’s Just Texas”
“That’s really how we are,” Hanks said. “It’s the state of Texas. If you’re going to go into someone’s home, you’re going to get shot. That’s just Texas.”
Now, I’m not sure that the loss of a human life is ever a cause for celebration. It’s unfortunate that the intruder chose this path in life and now will never get a chance to reform himself.
But it’s not like these two guys were in their early teens, pulling a foolish prank. The one who escaped looked to be in his 20s. By that age, someone ought to be intelligent enough to realize the implications of entering someone else’s home to steal or worse. When you make that choice, you’re risking going to jail, serious injury, or even getting killed.
And the words of the woman’s neighbor keep coming back to me. “That’s just Texas.”
If people all over the country had the attitude they have in Texas, there might be a lot fewer home invasions. Families everywhere would be ready to defend themselves with whatever force was necessary.
The Left’s Topsy-Turvy World
Of course, the bleeding hearts on the Left will look at this in another way. They’re very good at turning criminals into victims and victims into criminals.
Maybe they think the woman should have tried to talk the intruders out of their plans to rob her or worse. Perhaps they believe she should have offered to serve tea and bake a pie. That way the intruders could load up her belongings and figure out the best way to make sure she could never identify them.
For some reason, gun control supporters are under a misguided notion. They think that making guns illegal or difficult to get will cut down on crime.
They don’t seem to grasp that criminals will always find a way to get illegal guns. And law-abiding citizens will then be helpless to defend themselves against those criminals. It seems pretty basic to me, but not to them.
They don’t want 60-year-old women shooting home invaders. They want them to stand by helplessly and hope for the best.
Sorry. Not in Texas. That’s just really not how they are.
Good. The homeowner did the right thing. Too bad she didn’t get the other one also. You know he’s gonna try the same thing at someone else’s home, guaranteed.
I do not know how it is now but when I still lived there don`t leave your door unlocked. Someone could enter your home ,sit at your table & start eating you dinner & you could not use force to get him out.You could ask a neighbor to help. Your unlocked door was an invitation under Michigan Law. I hope it has changed.
What ever happened to the concept of “outlaw”? Cross over the line, you are an outlaw and should not have ANY lawful rights.
Not talking about silly little things, just serious stuff: assault, robbery, battery, rape, forcible entry, etc.
Cross the line and take your fate in your hands, no one to save your ass.
Quote:
I won’the be Wronged,
I won’the be Insulted,
I won’the be laid a Hand on.
I don’the do this things to other people,
And,I Require the same from Them.
John Wayne
“The Shootist”
From your friends and neighbors in
Tennessee.
I just want to suggest, where possible, get a laser on your gun. You don’t have to aim just place that little red dot & pull the trigger. Those ugly buggers fear that little red dot.
AMEN Sister!! Job well done!! We need to defend ourselves & our homes & retail our rights to do so
I am an 80 year old widow and own two guns. I go regularly to the shooting range to stay in shape. No one is going to take my life after I survived it. I am not afraid to defend myself…
Good for you, Mary Ann. We don’t look for trouble, but it’s important to be able to take care of ourselves when trouble finds us.
Isn’t it funny, but I didn’t see any negative comments aimed at that lady!!! I’m 81 and I live in the desert. There’s more than four legged ‘varmints
out there, and God help me, but, I’m ready!!!
It would take too long for the Police to get here.
What do you think I should do, draw a ‘bulls-eye’ on my forehead???!!!
I strongly agree with you on all of your issues. I get your emails on a regular basis and always looking forward to receiving them. I live in Canada, and our government would rather we get killed in a break in rather than allow us guns for protection. I think everyone should be allowed to carry and have a gun in house. I feel it would certainly cut down on crime and make people more secure in their own homes. Hope a change in government will change our laws.
That lady was totally in the right. 3 uninvited young men coming into her house through the open garage…oh, hell no. Glad she had the means, skill and where with all to effectively use her gun.
I am a Texan! I am a former U.S. Marine ,1950-1954,Korea. I stay “locked & Loaded” I will feed anyone that comes to my house and ask; if they come to take,they better give their heart to God,because, their a** is mine !!
Amen!
I agree the woman did the right thing. Who knows what these men would have done to her.
I have a gun, “or two” and it has never killed anyone. It did scare the heck out of a guy who kicked in my front door in the middle of the night and stared down the barrel when he turned on my bedroom light intending to rob me. He got away and it cost me $400 to repair my door. The point is, I didn’t get robbed, he got away, and this is because I had a gun, but I betcha that guy thought long and hard before he tried to rob someone else.
We in Colorado feel about the same way. We have open carry laws here. We who live up in the mountains have a very strong since of independence. I’ll take care of my own business, you mind yours. Cudos to the Texas lady.
After a hurricane in my city years ago I came home t find looters inside the house. As they tried to escape with my still and video cameras I fired one warning shot and one kill shot to the head of the nearest miscreant. He died on the spot and his arm was cut up from the broken glass and his blood was all over the inside of the house. The farthest one got away with my goods, but was later shot dead while looting a store. I never got my goods back due to a mixup at the sheriff’s office, but the two idiots did not live to steal another day!
We in NC don’t take kindly to house breakers either! The investigation took all of 2 days and I was never taken into custody. My legal gun was returned a few weeks later with apologies for the delay! It’s OK, it was only one of 37 I have collected! I never go unarmed anywhere. Break into my house or threaten me and it will be your last act…
All I can say is “AMEN”
A citizen has a right to defend themselves in their home. No one committing a crime should be treated as though they are being mistreated or violated! After all there would not be a concern if the intruder did not try to invade someone else’s residence!
I’m very proud to say that im a true Texan. Born and raised. I really would treat a stranger like I would my own. But when it comes to trusting Anybody on my land much less my family and home,that’s where a Strong Line is drown. I feel very blessed to be a Texan! I think our entire country is so very blessed. But I have to say that in a case like that,Tha line Has been crossed and a bullet doesn’t Lie! The average time of a 911 call can vary, the speed of a 357 Mg. is 14,000 feet per second. So I think Most people in my neck of tha woods know to Stay Safe. Maybe that is how it is in Texas because that’s shore how this Texan is! Y’all take Care now, and God Bless ya!!
Hey, M. N. Te\ell,
Please let me know the brand & model of your .357, also the ammo you’re using. I’d love to get performance like that (14,000 fps !) Thanks.
The Badger from New York
I am not convinced that the Liberals really love our Country. They act as if they want us to disarm and surrender! I am seriously concerned more about the insidious forces within this country than that of any foreign fear. We all need to be “Texans” in this age!
God bless her. She not only saved her own life, but possibly many others in the future. There is a real reason why our forefathers put the 2nd amendment in our bill of rights – the right of self preservation. .
As a citizen of texas, I know how Texans think, and ever since the days of the Alamo we have had a self reliance frame of mind. We don’t believe that you should wait for somebody else to come to our rescue, we tend to take care of ourselves. Much like when texas agreed to join the United States, at that time we were an independent country and not sure if we wanted to be part of this United States so we demanded and got concessions from the US including, the right to fly our flag at the same level as the US flag, and the right to cede from the US at any time we wanted to reform our own nation.
Change the state to Florida and you pretty much have a similar scenario. We’re known as the ‘wild west of the east’.
I agree she did the right thing, I live in Texas, if someone comes into my home uninvited, they will get shot….
I enjoy reading the posts from your site. My politics would be considered quite liberal or left. I do own a gun, I know how to use, and practice for competence. Not all of us who are considered liberals are the way often portrayed. Good for the woman who shot the intruder. Well deserved, and you are correct, the young men thought they had an easy mark with an older woman and an open garage…the death of the one is not cause for celebration, but a person defending themselves and succeeding is. Squeaky wheels get the grease and sound bites rule. Don’t lump all liberals in the same group just as we should not lump all conservatives as gun nuts. Keep up the good work in keeping people appraised of what they can do and ways they can stay safe.
I totally agree with what she did. the people who are fortunate enough to live in Texas or Montana are mostly “safe” from these bleeding heart liberals. I live in your northern neighbor Canada & I am EXTREMELY UPSET with “our” government settling with that piece of excrement who killed the medic in Afghanistan. I wish to this day that YOUR troops would have killed him. but maybe his widow will receive all the funds that the piece of excrement gets from the Canadian government. I really appreciate being able to read this news letter from news for patriots even though I am Canadian. thank you robert
MY wife and I live in an rv park indee east Texas, comprised primarily of retirees. I don’t believe there is a single unit in here that doesn’t have at least one gun- Several former law enforcement officers, Viet anam combat vets, etc. Everyone watches over everyone’s needs. Dont come here looking for trouble cause you’ll sure find it!
I applaud the lady. When someone breaks into
your home, they aren’t coming in to say “how Ya’ll doing”? I would have done the same thing. Too many “victims” in Georgia, already. Not me.
Same rules in AZ. You enter my house with any kind of weapon (including fists), you will be facing the kind of Thunder you don’t want to face….and you won’t leave in the vertical position at all!!!
I figure she did what was very right to do. Otherwise, they may have raped her, killed her, or whatever. We in Montana feel the same way. Prevent harm from falling on ourselves.