Pregnant wife made it clear NO GUNS hubby INSISTED; THKGOD

[308Mike]

She even fired it too ! Wife interview video at the link.

Texas Man’s Pregnant Wife Never Wanted to Have a Gun in the House – But Now She’s Sure Glad He Insisted
Sep. 13, 2013 4:00pm Jason Howerton

Related: #2A

A Texas man’s pregnant wife made it clear she was against having a firearm in their house. However, the husband insisted she learn how to use a gun to protect herself just in case. In fact, it was just a few months ago that he took her out to teach her the basics.

On Saturday, she was extremely thankful to have the protection of a gun on her side.

The pregnant woman, identified only as “Alex,” told KGBT-TV that she was startled by the sound of a man banging loudly on her front door while another man walked around to the back of her Palmview, Texas, home. Her husband had just left 20 minutes before.

“I’m a young woman, I’m pregnant, I’m home alone. I’m not going to answer the door – I mean, I know better,” she recalled.

Sensing something was very wrong, the pregnant woman retrieved her husband’s handgun for protection. With one hand on the firearm and the other dialing 911, one of the men broke into the house.

“Oh my gosh, he broke in!” the woman told the operator.

She remembered what her husband told her while practicing shooting just months before: “When you’re in a situation like that- you’re not going to think twice.”

He was right.

When the two men realized the woman was armed, they took off towards their truck. Alex’s “adrenaline kicked in” and she shot once at the vehicle. She said she was not aiming to shoot the men, but rather at the truck to both scare the burglars and provide police an identifying marker that might help them track it down.

Unsurprisingly, Alex is very thankful her husband insisted that they not only keep a firearm in the house, but that she learn how to use it.

“I was against him buying a gun maybe 7-8 months ago, but I told him, ‘I don’t know if I told you, thank you for doing that’ because it changed the situation completely,” she told KGBT-TV.

Palmview Police and SWAT eventually tracked down the suspects, brothers Lucas and Jesus Ortiz, who had barricaded themselves inside a different home. Authorities blocked off the area and negotiated with the two men, ultimately arresting them.

“Palmview Police say Lucas and Jesus Ortiz were high on unknown drugs at the time of the burglary and that they are still not being cooperative with the investigation,” KGBT-TV reports.

[skb12172]

Good. Less pressure and worry on the husband. Think on this, younger members. Chris, myself, and others on here have ended relationships over guns before. This is just one reason why.

[Yogimus]

If a man would have fired an "identifying shot", his ass woul be zimmermanned so fricking fast, his head would spin.

[Greg]

If a man would have fired an "identifying shot", his ass woul be zimmermanned so fricking fast, his head would spin.

It's in Texas.

[308Mike]

REMEMBER: PREGNANT woman, hormones running wild, protecting herself and her unborn baby - I can't even CONSIDER ANY jury containing at LEAST ONE WOMAN convicting her of ANY crime at that place and time!!! And no MARRIED man would consider voting to convict her NO MATTER WHAT THE CHARGE, not if he ever wanted to sleep in the same bed as his wife ever again.

[Aesop]

Location, location, location.

In Texas, a pregnant woman home alone and confronted by two men breaking into her house could've shot both of them in the johnsons, stood over them writhing on the ground, and administered coup de grace headshots on each, then set the corpses on fire just to be sure, and the grand jury would no-bill.

In NYFC, they'd split on indicting her for being pregnant and married, and not holding down a full-time job.

The story is a vivid reminder of why men are supposed to wear the pants. Luckily for his entire family he wasn't a wussified wreck of a former male.

[arctictom]

In Alaska we call it no limit no closed season, when one of my daughters was accosted recently a hand gun solved several problems , he pissed his pants ( providing ID ) and the Troopers only comment she might want to up grade to a 357 from a 9mm . Texas is the only free place left.

[skb12172]

Oh, I don't know about that. In Kentucky, once they tried forced entry, she could have fired through the closed, locked door and still not have been charged. Yes, it happened. It was even a man in one of our liberal college towns. No charges. Plus, unlike Texas, we have open carry.

[randy]

the Troopers only comment she might want to up grade to a 357 from a 9mm

Did said Trooper give any rationale for that? (why they thought 9mm was an upgrade over a .357?)

[Jericho941]

the Troopers only comment she might want to up grade to a 357 from a 9mm

Did said Trooper give any rationale for that? (why they thought 9mm was an upgrade over a .357?)

.357 too much gun for the wimminfolk?