Random Quote Wednesday
December 9, 2009
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Posted by Michael S. Langston
Late last week, an Oklahoma resident, was put in the unenviable position of having to defend her life and property with deadly force. From the transcripts of the 911 operator (here):
RESIDENT – “Oh crap he’s coming around the front…”
911 - “Is your front door locked?”
RESIDENT – “Yes ma’am but it’s only got a lock on the handle.”
911 – “Okay, do you have a place inside your house and lock yourself in a room?”
RESIDENT - “Uh, not really.”
911 – “He’s trying to come through the front door.”
RESIDENT – “i’ve got a big shotgun. I’m not going into a tiny bathroom…”
RESIDENT – “He’s walking around the house trying to find a way in…”
RESIDENT – “Oh crap, he’s at the back…”
911 – “Okay , (unintelligible) is advising that you can defend your property if you need to.”
RESIDENT – “Alright he’s at the garage.”
911 – “He’s at the garage? Is it attached to your house?”
RESIDENT – “Nope, he’s at the patio door again.”
911 – “I can hear him banging again.”
RESIDENT – “I don’t want to have to kill this man, but i’ll kill him graveyard dead ma’am.”
911 – “I understand.”
RESIDENT – “Alright.”
RESIDENT – Oh crap he’s breaking in. he’s breaking in now, he’s breaking in now. He’s breaking the window, i’m going to kill him. He’s walking back and forth on the porch. He looks to be an older man, I don’t want to kill him. He’s kicking the door please hurry. He’s going to make it in please hurry ma’am. I think he’s drunk . He doesn’t know where his pickup’s at. God I don’t want to kill this man.”
And the entire horrible ordeal can be listened to here (careful):
While I’m sure nothing I could say would give this women any consolation at all and I do indeed believe that even the justified taking of a life is something we should naturally avoid, I hope that one day she can reach the conclusion that she acted upon her rights as a human being to defend herself.
& just maybe, rabid gun control advocates can use this as well. Maybe they can use it to question cease the belief that laws like carry concealed will result in wild west shootouts on the freeway or that gun control can actually saves lives. Unlike the straw men built by those against concealed carry of the crazy gun totting neighbor, this woman was sincere and morally torn.
Indeed, unlike many myths about our neighbors, humans simply aren’t as flippant of other human life as some believe.
So for those who tend to fear allowing concealed carry, please take this as an opportunity to understand the real grief law abiding gun owners go through when forced to the ultimate defense.
With that, a quote from Thomas Jefferson on the right to bear arms:
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms, disarm only those who are neither inclined, nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants. They serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
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