Elderly Woman Pulls Gun To Thwart Two Men Attempting to Rape Her
By Bob Owens
An elderly California women thwarted two home invaders with the only practical tool for the job:
An elderly woman took hold of a firearm to scare off two men who entered her Big Sur home and attempted to rape her on Sunday, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office.
Around 9 p.m. Sunday, deputies responded to a report of an attempted home invasion in the 37000 block of Garrapatos Road, about 2 miles east of state Highway 1, sheriff’s officials said.
Two men armed with knives entered the home and made their way into a bedroom, where they tried to rob and rape an elderly woman, according to sheriff’s officials.
The woman was able to defend herself with a firearm, sheriff’s officials said.
This is just the latest example of a firearm being used for self-defense by a law-abiding citizen who has no other viable self-defense options.
So many people who complain about armed self-defense are relatively young and relatively healthy with little experience with violent crime. They delude themselves into thinking that they can either defeat an attacker with a punch or kick, which is typically something they’ve imagined, but never practiced, and certainly not against a living opponent who is likely much …read more
Source:: Bearing Arms
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