When Family IS The ‘Bad Guy’ — Defending Your Life Has Never Been More Important

By James England

HURLINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA — For a lot of people who purchase a gun for home defense, they may envision some illusive stranger with bad intent barging in and trying to hurt them. In times like that, a gun does indeed make a lot of sense. However, for a few, the real enemy is all too familiar.

One mother was recently forced to shoot her son after he forcefully entered her home and began beating her with a handgun. She fought the gun out of his control enough to discharge it once, wounding him.

According to the Herald-Dispatch, she was understandably distraught and cooperated with police as EMS took her son to the hospital for treatment for non-life-threatening injuries.

It’s something no mother or father or family member should ever have to face but it can be a sobering reality. The bad guy may be someone we already know all too well. And when that time comes, we have to face the threat with the same courage we would face a stranger.

We’re reported on other cases where a son attacked his mother and it was his step-father who had to intervene through the use of a firearm. In another case, it …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation