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Originally Posted by mrnbcox
Dude, a 56yr woman awakened by a man banging on her door and then busting through. She is not thinking anything about reasoning, she is trying to survive.
It's a major tragedy, but I don't know that I would have done different. You never know how you will react in those situations
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She was quite calm before he actually broke in -- and considering, it took him about 5-10 minutes of pounding on the door and yelling a name she didn't recognize.
I understand she was probably petrified. But she knew what was about to go down. The woman on the phone could have helped a bit more.
"I'm going to have to kill him if he comes in."
"I understand..."
Depending on her experience with guns, she could have shot his legs, fired a warning shot, caulked the gun... a number of things. She could evidently see the guy since he walked all around her wrap-around porch. She suspected him of being drunk even.
All hindsight. But all these facts make the story more tragic.
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