Pregnant Woman Stops Armed Home Intruders with AR15

[Double Naught Spy]

I thought this was a good story. Two armed intruders break in to a home, pistol whip and have a gun on the husband, grab the 11 year old daughter, and when the pregnant wife hears the commotion, comes to see what is happening and one of the intruders shoots at her. So what does she do? She grabs their AR15 and takes the battle to them, shooting one who fled and eventually died 200 feet from the house.

Sounds like she did a fine job of protecting her family.

And yes, this was in the MSM.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/pregnant-florida-woman-kills-home-intruder-with-ar-15/
https://nypost.com/2019/11/04/pregnant-florida-mom-uses-ar-15-to-kill-home-intruder/
https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-pregnant-woman-ar-15-burglary
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/home-invader-fatally-shot-florida-pregnant-woman-ar-15-n1076026

 

[old lady new shooter]

Outstanding!

 

[ATLDave]

The specifics of this case seem to be a fine example of how a semi-auto carbine can be just the right tool for home defense. Some specific observations:

• Relatively few people are going to put in the considerable work needed to have the accuracy skill and confidence to use a handgun to shoot someone who is physically melee-ing with their loved ones. The easy accuracy of a shouldered gun is a key element in this lady being willing to pull the trigger and getting the right outcome.
• Similarly, while many people do overestimate the spread of shot at cross-room distances, the inherent loseness of a shotgun's pellets are going to make it terrifying at best to try to shoot someone who is bodied up on a loved one. You need the one-projectile characteristic in this case.
• While one shot was enough here, what if she had missed? Very few people are going to learn to be sufficiently fast with a bolt-action or even lever-action rifle to wade into a room with two armed assailants and take the risk of missing on the first shot.
• The psychological impact of the rifle-caliber round going off indoors was undoubtedly part of what made the assailants turn tail after only one shot.

 

[Double Naught Spy]

I liked this commentary on the event from YouTube that included part of the news coverage interview with the husband...

 

[DustyGmt]

It's nothing short of a miracle that everyone in that family survived. It sounds like those guys were out for blood and quite possible had that AR not been in reach for that woman the entire family would have been badly injured or executed.

I built my wife an AR pistol and let her pick exactly how she wanted it set up. It's nice and short and very easy for her to wield and control as opposed to my other carbines, my wife is like a fragile lil bird and her tiny frame just cant weild a full size carbine/rifle too well. She strains to try to control it.

I think all this SBR nonsense needs to be repealed, small framed people, especially women or handicapped ought to have the means to own the smaller, lighter, shorter weapons that are negated for ownership less a tax stamp and NFA reg's....

 

[Deanimator]

The proponents of racially invidious gun controls would rather have seen the entire family raped, tortured and murdered rather than defend themselves with a gun... of ANY kind.

 

[DustyGmt]

The proponents of racially invidious gun controls would rather have seen the entire family raped, tortured and murdered rather than defend themselves with a gun... of ANY kind.

Well according to sleepy Joe all this woman needed to do was break out the old double barrel, walk out onto her luxurious lofty second story balcony and "let off two blasts" into the night air....

 

[AlexanderA]

When I see stories like this, I get the feeling that there are salient facts missing. Like, what were the motives of the intruders? Things like this don't happen completely out of the blue.

OK, I get the need for a gun. But a complete security plan also includes not making yourself a target in the first place.

 

[Deanimator]

When I see stories like this, I get the feeling that there are salient facts missing. Like, what were the motives of the intruders? Things like this don't happen completely out of the blue.

OK, I get the need for a gun. But a complete security plan also includes not making yourself a target in the first place.

What were the motives of the savages who slaughtered the Petit family in Connecticut?

 

[Deanimator]

Well according to sleepy Joe all this woman needed to do was break out the old double barrel, walk out onto her luxurious lofty second story balcony and "let off two blasts" into the night air....

Yeah, he's always a goldmine of helpful hints... like how to disarm oneself, be beaten, raped and robbed, then prosecuted for reckless endangerment/firing a firearm within city limits (to no good purpose).

I'd no more take self-defense advice from Joe Biden than I'd take dating and culinary advice from Jeffrey Dahmer.

 

[alsaqr]

When I see stories like this, I get the feeling that there are salient facts missing. Like, what were the motives of the intruders? Things like this don't happen completely out of the blue.

Violent home invasions do sometimes happen "out of the blue". In this case police apparently believe the family was targeted.

"Investigators said they do not believe the break-in was a random home invasion."

https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/n...t-shot--killed-during-home-invasion-in-lithia

 

[DustyGmt]

When I see stories like this, I get the feeling that there are salient facts missing. Like, what were the motives of the intruders? Things like this don't happen completely out of the blue.

OK, I get the need for a gun. But a complete security plan also includes not making yourself a target in the first place.

I would argue that they do in fact happen out of the blue. People are targeted randomly all the time. Who knows what these guys saw that made them target that particular house. If you watch any true crime stuff you will hear from criminals who openly admit that there was no rhyme or reason for targeting the person they victimized. Wrong place wrong time.

 

[old lady new shooter]

When I see stories like this, I get the feeling that there are salient facts missing. Like, what were the motives of the intruders? Things like this don't happen completely out of the blue.

OK, I get the need for a gun. But a complete security plan also includes not making yourself a target in the first place.

I thought I heard the homeowner mention that the BGs said something about being there to steal his guns.

 

[old lady new shooter]

It's nothing short of a miracle that everyone in that family survived. It sounds like those guys were out for blood and quite possible had that AR not been in reach for that woman the entire family would have been badly injured or executed.

I built my wife an AR pistol and let her pick exactly how she wanted it set up. It's nice and short and very easy for her to wield and control as opposed to my other carbines, my wife is like a fragile lil bird and her tiny frame just cant weild a full size carbine/rifle too well. She strains to try to control it.

I think all this SBR nonsense needs to be repealed, small framed people, especially women or handicapped ought to have the means to own the smaller, lighter, shorter weapons that are negated for ownership less a tax stamp and NFA reg's....

I was just about to write something similar in response to ATLDave. I think an AR is pretty much a perfect home defense weapon for a woman -- it can be lightweight, has no noticeable recoil, and out of the box is accurate at longer distance than a handgun.

 

[Thibaut]

The proponents of racially invidious gun controls would rather have seen the entire family raped, tortured and murdered rather than defend themselves with a gun... of ANY kind.

Especially a pregnant woman WITH a husband.

 

[AlexanderA]

I thought I heard the homeowner mention that the BGs said something about being there to steal his guns.

Yes, that could be a motive. In my case, that would be virtually the only motive for someone to break into my home. All the more reason not to let it be known widely that you have guns.

Most home invasions are for obvious things like drug turf wars, etc. If you live a quasi-criminal lifestyle, you can expect to become a victim of crime yourself.

 

[Thibaut]

It happens a lot in a certain neighborhood in a certain city in a certain state of which I am a resident. A LOT! I wondered, as well, but then I decided WTH, there is no good reason to bash in a door and threaten a child just because they happen to live there and you might or might not be pissed at their mom or dad or want something that they have and so forth and so on. I see no grey areas in home invasion.

 

[theotherwaldo]

Years ago I had a somewhat different home invasion. A black bear came in through the kitchen window to get the salmon that my valley-girl mother had hung there. He left when he was done.

A couple of years later I had an oddly similar home invasion. I had put on a pot of coffee and it had just stopped perking when this rather ragged and wild-eyed fellow popped in through the back door, grabbed the coffee pot and took off running.

I guess that hunger or thirst were the motives in both of these cases... .

 

[Double Naught Spy]

I thought I heard the homeowner mention that the BGs said something about being there to steal his guns.

Where did you hear that. I have not seen/heard that on any interview.

 

[bdickens]

When I see stories like this, I get the feeling that there are salient facts missing. Like, what were the motives of the intruders? Things like this don't happen completely out of the blue.

OK, I get the need for a gun. But a complete security plan also includes not making yourself a target in the first place.

Why, that's very sanctimonious of you.

 

[Deanimator]

Yes, that could be a motive. In my case, that would be virtually the only motive for someone to break into my home. All the more reason not to let it be known widely that you have guns.

Most home invasions are for obvious things like drug turf wars, etc. If you live a quasi-criminal lifestyle, you can expect to become a victim of crime yourself.

What "quasi-criminal lifestyle" were the Petits living?

 

[Officers'Wife]

When I see stories like this, I get the feeling that there are salient facts missing. Like, what were the motives of the intruders? Things like this don't happen completely out of the blue.

OK, I get the need for a gun. But a complete security plan also includes not making yourself a target in the first place.

There are always going to be facts missing. You aren't going to get the complete story in a few inches of print or a few minutes of video. The facts you do get are carefully selected for the effect the outlet wants you to have. That's the reality of modern media.

As for not making yourself a target... How do you know the end goal wasn't the 11 year old daughter? It could be the guy had been pulling in overtime to pay for a new baby and these were people that felt he was being a bad example. It could be the fact he had a roof over his head gave the hostiles the idea he had money. In some areas I'm a target just because I'm half Pinay, in others my husband is a target because he is heavily tanned with blue eyes and six feet tall. My daughter is a target because she is on the honor roll at school. So educate me here... how do you "not" make yourself a target when there are so many people out there motivated by greed or hatred of those that don't look or think as they do?

 

[old lady new shooter]

Where did you hear that. I have not seen/heard that on any interview.

I was thinking about that and realized I might have gotten mixed up with the account on the video youtube popped after the one posted. If so I apologize.

 

[Tinman357]

Getting targeted isnt that hard. Like the lady said above. Take a little pride in your home, have a nice clean, well maintained home and yard. Have a decent car that you take care of. Wear decent clothes when you're out, have a nice pleasant family that is well mannered and polite in public.

All this signals to the orcs is that you have money, you care about your family and you'd give all you have to keep them safe.

Bingo. Big target to a large segment of the "how else he gonna gits his money" crowd.

 

[old lady new shooter]

Yes, that could be a motive. In my case, that would be virtually the only motive for someone to break into my home. All the more reason not to let it be known widely that you have guns.

Most home invasions are for obvious things like drug turf wars, etc. If you live a quasi-criminal lifestyle, you can expect to become a victim of crime yourself.

Don't fall into the trap of blaming the victim. In a high-crime area, ANYONE can be the victim of a home invasion. Invader may not even be targeting you personally but rather looking for a place to hide from police after committing some other crime nearby, that's why police robo-call and say to stay inside and keep your doors and windows locked. And in an area with a lot of mentally ill homeless drug addicts one may dive in through one of your windows for no reason you can figure out, but he'll be so much in his own world that if shot he'll just keep coming at you.