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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (117904)	3/13/2008 4:06:57 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

Ehhh? Correct me if I get any of this wrong. Situation, Woman is stalked and chased down a dark isolated country road by a man violent enough to force her off the road. Man goes after her, alone in her car. She pulls a gun and the man is deterred from (we can only imagine) Your concerns: "What if the man gets shot, wounded or killed with no witnesses?" Why would that happen? Maybe, because the woman wasn't bluffing and he came one inch too close for comfort. Maybe because she was nervous and it went off before she made a conscious commitment to shoot. Maybe you were thinking something else. "She would have been in a pickle..." She was in a pickle. She solved that problem using her gun. That's what the story was about. " Was she trained and safe using the gun. " In a formal course you mean? Or safe use compared to what, not able to protect herself with the gun, or put others at undue risk? You read the outcome. How can you even ask that question? "He could have claimed he was merely trying to pass her." Would it be a mess for the cops to sort out? Could they get the wrong idea? What if the man was a liar? My guess is the cops would have to consider all those things. The man was probably a liar. Just trying to pass doesn't jive with the evidence... she pulled over, he went to her car door then boosh close range bullet hole, matching window hole, blood all over the door the ground etc. Slim chance she could have some difficulty with an imperfect justice system. But of course if this decent law abiding woman had no gun, there would have been no risk of harm to the attacker and things would have worked out peachy, ... for the assailant. Is that the way you had it figured?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (117904)	3/13/2008 4:55:42 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

but did your wife report the incident to the police? She didn't say anything about it. I dont think so. It was out in the boondocks - guess she could have called the state police and reported it but doubt anything would have come of it - unless she had someway to identify him and she hadn't gotten his license. Was the gun registered Wasn't required to be. and was she trained in the safe usage of it? Not professionally trained, though she knew how to fire it. Being an ER nurse I think she was mindful of dangers and could have handled a crisis situation. We didn't get along but I know she was a capable person. She would have been in a pickle had she fired the gun and either wounded or killed the guy.....there were no witnesses, right? Nope. Just him and her. As they say, better to be judged by 12 than carried by six. But frankly, I doubt a jury would be too tough on a woman shooting a stranger who stopped her on a highway at night.