How many of you guys who have wives/girlfriends who can shoot (most of them better than you I would bet ) would pick on her.

—–Original Message—–
From: Dan

Date: Friday, November 17, 2000 7:09 PM
Subject: God bless you

>My mother was constantly stalked, threatened and beat until the day after
>buying a cheap revolver ( the only one she could afford on her 2:00/hr
>custodian wages) when my father had torn the lock off of the door to get at
>her, she pulled it out of her purse and told him that she would shoot him
if
>he took one more step. That was the last time he bothered her. Previously
>he had taken my eight year old sister to the hardware store and showed her
>the rifle he was going to kill my mother with. For her efforts, she was
>charged with assault had her gun taken away. She was eventually found not
>guilty but nothing was done to him. He remarried and threatened his next
>wife until he was put in a California jail for trying to kill another man.
>My mother was 5′ 1″ tall and weighed about 98 lbs. My father was 6 feet
>tall and 200 lbs. He always had illegally modified guns in his car. This
>incident took place in Lehi, Utah in about 1965. There is no doubt that he
>would have killed her if she had not armed herself. Thank you for your
>courageous stand. Not everyone needs a gun, but when you do, the
government
>shouldn’t stand in your way if it cannot guarantee your safety. They could
>do it, but they simply will not commit the resources to doing the job.
They
>do seem to like having power over the people , however. Regards, Dan