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Trigger Happy Mom..??
http://now.msn.com/atlanta-mom-shoot...e-face-5-times
"Trigger Happy Mom..." So this is how the media describes a mom's actions to protect her family against an intruder? She landed 5 out of 6 shots into the target, I call that pretty darn good marksmanship under what was presumably a very high stress situation. Bravo mom, good shooting. More shame on pathetic media coverage.
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I can't believe how they worded that. They have no boundaries in their quest to deface gun ownership.
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I could not find the authors name. So the "writer" is not only an idiot but a coward
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It would appear MSN editors have changed the title - even their readership called them out on it.
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Wow they did change it, for those just joining. It said "trigger happy mom......."
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And took took it out of the article too. I read it, wow.
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Good shooting on the part of the lady. The perp may re-think home invasion as an occupation.
Some anti-gun anti-self defense media blissninnie at MSN got hold of the source piece and jazzed it up to suit his/her fancy. This is the source of the story: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/m...unshots/nTnGR/ Looks like Slater, a former Long Island, NY resident has been a one person crime wave since moving to GA. Quote:
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There are some good lessons here.
Are five shots enough? Yes, unless they aren't, as in this case. Do head shots always produce incapacitation or death? Definitely not. Most of the head isn't CNS and the face is part of the head. Neck shots are often as good as head shots, meaning they don't always result in incapacitation either. Even when that many shots hit that region, if they don't hit vital cardio or CNS structures, the bad guy can sometimes still function. Slater is expected to live. Heck, he was in good enough shape to cry and plead for his life and then get up and go drive away. Granted, he eventually crashed... http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/m...unshots/nTnGR/ She did well, but I am still puzzled as to how she missed vital CNS structures that many times while hitting the general area.
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I am baffled as to why the AJC took pains not to identify the mother or kids, but then quoted and named her husband...
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My guess would be she did not focus on the front sight, but point fired at very close range.
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I'm willing to bet that the Mom was shooting either 158 grn LRN or 130 grn FMJ out of her .38, which is usually cheap and plentiful at the local gun shop or big box store but isn't the most potent self defense loading out there.
I've called the AJC many things, but never once have I called them intelligent.
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I'm shocked it didn't kill him. Also shocked that 5 hits to the head region didn't jar his head enough to make him disfunctional.
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Proximity negates skills and she got the job done.
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She did, but it also proves what many have claimed: the skull is hard, it has curves and angles that make it tougher to penetrate, so head shots still require some degree of placement in order to incapacitate - assuming one has a mentally tough adversary who does not just roll over.
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