Woman answers knock, finds gun at her head

The Mansfield News Journal has published an in-depth story about a home invasion that occurred on a quiet sleepy country road at 9:10 a.m. last Friday morning (the paper first reported on this home invasion on December 11).

Quotes taken from both stories are extemely enlightening:

Click on the "Read More..." link below for more.

  • "We think a blue-and-white pickup truck was the getaway vehicle," sheriff's Capt. Larry Faith said. "A lady said she saw it sitting in the parking lot of a church at Hanley and South Washington roads."
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    Churches are, of course, on the list of places where concealed carry is illegal.

  • "Faith said he believed the residence was scouted in advance of the crime. "I definitely think someone was watching this house to get an idea of the activity," he said."
  • Yet another example of criminals casing their targets in advance. Why do anti-gun extremists suggest criminals are not smart enough to check a newspaper list of CHL-holders when they plan to steal firearms, or want to make certain an intended target is not armed?

  • "He placed the gun at my feet and said he'd blow off each of my toes until I told him the combination," she said.
  • Human beings understand reason, compassion, dignity. Predators understand strength.

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