http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1521850.shtml?cat=648(AP) DES MOINES, Iowa - An elderly Des Moines woman used a handgun to ward off a man who bashed in the front door of her home. Beatrice Turner said the man pounded on her door early Tuesday. Despite being told he had the wrong house, the man used his fists to break through the wood door.
The 89-year-old Turner said she grabbed a handgun and told the man she would shoot if he came inside. When the man entered, she fired a single shot.
A neighbor called police, who found 37-year old Nelson McAlpine standing on Turner’s front lawn. The uninjured McAlpine was arrested on a charge of second-degree burglary.
Without her gun, what chance would an 89 year-old woman have against a male home-invader who is strong enough to break her door in with his fists?
You can see the damage he did with his fists to the door at this link:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100421/NEWS01/4210357/-1/BUSINESS04/Elderly-Des-Moines-woman-puts-.22-caliber-stop-to-break-inBTW, also at the second link:
"He was a big, burly guy," Turner said. "He was pulling at his shorts and talking crazy..." Again, what chance is an 89 yr-old woman going to have against a thug like that, unless she has a gun?
"McAlpine, who has an extensive police record..." We need to start taking the criminals off the streets. Do that and the gun crimes by criminals will go down markedly.