'Pistol packing Mama' kills intruder.

**onearmedbandit** · 5th January 2012, 23:54

Nice work from a mother protecting her baby. Calls 911 who inform that she can not shoot him until he enters the home, so when he does......

Police call it a justified shooting. Nice.

http://gma.yahoo.com/video/news-2679...-27777235.html

**Hopeful Bastard** · 6th January 2012, 00:08

Holy crap... BRING THAT LAW HERE!!!

**Gremlin** · 6th January 2012, 00:27

Haha, I love how the other guy handed himself in. Bet he got the surprise of his life as his mate entered the door

Unfortunately, y' just know it wouldn't work that way here... but the American police seem far more practical about it.

**sinfull** · 6th January 2012, 05:57

Them good ole boys thought they's gonna have some fun with that pretty lil filly, seein she was all alone after her Bo went an died on her !!!

Nek Minit

**SMOKEU** · 6th January 2012, 09:39

My grandma caught a black guy cooking eggs on her stove in the early hours of the morning after he broke into her house, so she held him at gun point and called the cops. Over the phone the cops said that she wasn't allowed to shoot him. This was apartheid era South Africa, too.

**Milts** · 6th January 2012, 09:45

Related: http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2012/...nd-defense-ca/

**Crasherfromwayback** · 6th January 2012, 10:48

Sounds fair to me!

**misterO** · 6th January 2012, 11:19

911 operator told the mother she could not tell her it was OK to shoot, but said that she should do whatever she needed to protect herself and her baby. Seems sensible enough to me, given the circumstances. When I lived in the states I never heard too much about home-invasions. I wonder why that is?

**mashman** · 6th January 2012, 11:36

Originally Posted by Hopeful Bastard

Holy crap... BRING THAT LAW HERE!!!

I'd be happy with that

**Tigadee** · 6th January 2012, 12:55

"Pistol packing mama"... She used a 12 guage shotgun! Media just loves to be change facts in order to sensationalistic...

**placidfemme** · 6th January 2012, 13:09

Nice!

Self defense and protecting ones property should not be a criminal offense (as it is here in NZ). Good on her. One less twat the earth has to deal with.

**RDJ** · 6th January 2012, 13:52

Good for her. As they say, when seconds matter, the police are only minutes away. (And in fact there is no legal obligation on the police to protect any of us... their legal obligations relate largely to investigating us, detaining us and charging us, a difficult concept to believe but it is enshrined in law).

It should concern policymakers greatly that the more efforts are made to institute restrictions on homeowners to defend themselves, the more emboldened and better armed criminals get. But perhaps the for the Nanny-Statists, that's a feature not a bug.

**PrincessBandit** · 6th January 2012, 14:40

Bet there'd be waaaay less home invasions here if home owners were allowed to use lethal force to protect themselves. Pity that our law allows for anyone to break into our homes, do basically whatever they like, and then they are entitled to defence when they eventually get caught.
I did smile though when I heard that it was in Dallas - is that the same law in all states in the US?