North Alabama is growing like crazy and unfortunately crime accompanies the prosperity.

Andy

 

I am glad that she is Ok and manged to defend herself sucessfully ! I hate that she has to live with the fact that she had to kill someone but it sounds like she had no other choice !

 

I hate that she has to live with the fact that she had to kill someone but it sounds like she had no other choice !

I expect It’s easier for her to live with killing him than for her to live with him killing her.

 

Glad she was trained and capable to defend her life.

 

What Training did she get?

 

Well, career criminals career comes to an abrupt end, let's say a forced retirement. Glad the homeowner is ok...and nice work.

 

Ok, good enough.
Sometimes it doesn’t take formal training to defend oneself with a firearm.

 

Ok, good enough.
Sometime it doesn’t take formal training to defend oneself with a firearm.

Agreed. I don’t know if she’s had “formal” training. It’s unlikely that she would have been present enough to handle the situation without some training, friend, spouse, range time, etc.

 

Glad she's ok.
re: training, there is training, and then practice. Many people conflate the two but they are different. I would argue routine practice is most important (provided one is not practicing something that will work against him or be unsafe). Many citizens without tactical training have developed familiarity with firearms and become safe (in terms of handling guns well) and dangerous (to assailants) with them. How many people practice regularly? I do, many of you do, most people on such forums do. The gen. public? Maybe more should. Training is a course you take which is not a regular thing; practice is regular. It is practice that builds familiarity and muscle memory. Obviously this lady practiced enough, thank goodness!

 

Wholeheartedly agree! I’ve been an NRA Instructor for over 30 years. I advise all my students to get to the range a minimum of once a month and fire a minimum of 100 rounds. Personally, I’m at the range at least 2 times monthly (personal time, not instructing) and fire a minimum of 250 rounds.

 

Hard to believe these days she coulda did that with a single action revolver, no formal training, and less than thousands of rounds a year of practice.

The Second Amendment Lives.

 

Yup

 

I’ll crawl out on that training limb and guess that most people that defend themselves in their home or in their business have zero training beyond what took to legally obtain the pistol. And maybe (big maybe) they might shoot with it once a year.

 

You dont need any formal training to shoot a person in self defense. You have to know how to operate your weapon, you have know how to aim your weapon and you have to have that mindset that you can take a life to preserve your life or a loved one's life. Without the last you have no chance of surviving an attacker. Tactical training is a plus but it is not a necessity in situations like this.