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Feb 7-9 2012

Police: Home Intruder Shot http://t.co/wh8e9RfS" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Maid fights gunmen: http://t.co/AM4f1XMZ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Castle doctrine-DA declines charges in shooting http://t.co/b3yvMBGc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Pregnant Teen Shoots Burglar Through Doggy Door http://t.co/JWSYJU1C" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Houston Mom Runs Burglars Off with Gun: http://t.co/LTlbl4Qn" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Burglar shot in Edmonds, 2nd case this month in that county http://t.co/RdkHf0zV" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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From the Houston Mom Story
"We have trees and animals. This is our home. They're not chasing us out,” the mom said. “I know that I'm safe now. We have taken precautions. If somebody comes in again they won't be walking out this time."

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It would be better for her not to have made a public statement like this. It would have much better for her not have gone through the situation that she did in order to come up with the resolve that is obviously behind her statement.
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don't recall if this source was posted before or not
http://www.officer.com/news/10625885/el ... to-robbers" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Elderly Texas Woman Stands Up to Robbers
By Ildefonso Ortiz
The Monitor, McAllen, Texas Created: February 8, 2012
Despite her short stature, a 73-year-old woman reportedly stood up to two armed robbers who entered her home Tuesday morning.
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RPB wrote:don't recall if this source was posted before or not
http://www.officer.com/news/10625885/el ... to-robbers" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Elderly Texas Woman Stands Up to Robbers
By Ildefonso Ortiz
The Monitor, McAllen, Texas Created: February 8, 2012
Despite her short stature, a 73-year-old woman reportedly stood up to two armed robbers who entered her home Tuesday morning.
She sure sounds feisty. It is too bad that the gun wasn't loaded. I suspect that she wouldn't have missed.
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chasfm11 wrote:
RPB wrote:don't recall if this source was posted before or not
http://www.officer.com/news/10625885/el ... to-robbers" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Elderly Texas Woman Stands Up to Robbers
By Ildefonso Ortiz
The Monitor, McAllen, Texas Created: February 8, 2012
Despite her short stature, a 73-year-old woman reportedly stood up to two armed robbers who entered her home Tuesday morning.
She sure sounds feisty. It is too bad that the gun wasn't loaded. I suspect that she wouldn't have missed.

Old ladies can be very feisty. Here is one incident that happened a few years ago.

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