And that’s why with a good knowledge of gun statistics and how things can go south I taught my wife how to defend herself at home if it were ever necessary. Conservative numbers seem to indicate that about 65,000 times a year, a gun plays a part in a self defense incident.

It’s not for the casual or irresponsible, or the depressed. Not for the angry. It’s for those who have all the necessary facets. An excellent anger management ability. Training, practice, safe handling, safe storage and a good knowledge of the legal, moral, psychological and even professional consequences of a gun used in defense. I added the bold.

May 6, 2014

Police say as she ran for cover the suspect chased her down possibly with a garden tool and assaulted her by striking her in the head and face; that’s when she shot him.

“I know she said because she lives alone that she is afraid of something like this happening,” said Hector Heredia.

Police say the suspect knocked on the front and side doors before breaking in through the back door that what happened could have ended a lot worse.

“I would say that anytime someone is in your house, they’ve assaulted you, broken into your house, and assaulted you, you would say she appears to have been in the right at this point,” said Phoenix Police spokesperson Tommy Thompson.

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