On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:13:18 -0500, "Tom Del Rosso"
> wrote:

>Nancy2 wrote:
>> On Jan 22, 3:48 pm, "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
>> > "sf" > wrote in message
>> >
>> > ...
>> >
>> > > Another shooting on a college campus in Texas. Multiple people
>> > > have been shot.
>> >
>> > Don't forget the one yesterday. Five got killed.
>> >
>> > But whatever we do let's not discuss it - too soon.
>>
>> Chris Rock had the right idea, years ago....bullets should cost $5,000
>> EACH.
>>
>> Someone please explain to me: why does any ordinary citizen need an
>> assault-type weapon, and why does any ordinary citizen need a magazine
>> with more than 6 or 7 rounds of ammunition? And I am not interested
>> in answers that say "it would be a first step in taking away Second
>> Amendment rights," because that is not logical.
>
>In a recent case a woman shot a home invader and hit him 6 times, and he was
>able to run away.
>

I think she was 5 for 6- but all in the head and shoulders from a few
feet away. That's the good and the bad of a .38-- a lady can shoot
it enough to be proficient- but you really need a head shot to stop
anyone. [for those who don't know the story- Google; Georgia woman
husband talking to 911]

>What if he hadn't been alone? Does that make it clear?
>
>On TV you've seen people get shot once and go down. That's not reality.
>When police shoot someone it usually takes several carefully aimed shots.
>It takes several shots to stop an attacking dog.

I wish that case was getting more press-- It also illustrates the
false impression so many folks have that just 'showing' a gun-- or
wounding an attacker will end an attack. If you aren't ready to take
the life-- find another way to avoid the confrontation.

Her husbands voice saying- shoot him again-- keep shooting. . . was as
big a part of her being alive as just having that gun.

The skeptic in me says there is more to this story than we know-- a
recently [well] trained gun toting woman repels an apparent burglar
who, instead of running when he found out someone was home, pursued
them through 2 locked doors to an attic- where he continued to attack
after being shot several times.

Jim