Home Invasion with 39 Warning Shots?

A family in Chesterfield County, VA survived a violent encounter with a naked home intruder last week.  The Lewis family describes the intruder as looking "possessed" and "having the strength of four men." 

Apparently, the man of the house encountered the home intruder first (a naked woman) and felt threatened enough to retrieve his pistol.  When she wouldn't leave he fired warning shots in her direction until he ran out of ammo - 39 warning shots!  At this point, it looks like the whole family was involved in fighting her off.  The family is covered in bites and bruises shown in the video of this article and you can see a significant amount of blood in the house.   This was a fight for life and death.  I'm glad the good guys survived.  

It would seem that this woman was high on some sort of substance that made her extremely strong and resistant to pain.  I disagree with the Mr. Lewis' decision not to shoot the woman.  I wonder if part of his decision not to shoot her was because the "bad guy" here was a girl?  By shooting warning shots, he endangered the lives of his family and neighbors and destroyed his own house in the process.   Each of those holes in the walls of his house could have hit an innocent bystander.   Additionally, if she was as strong as four men, couldn't the home invader have taken the gun away from the home owner and used it to kill his family?  Each of us gun owners needs to look at this situation and think through what we would do and what measures we are willing to take to protect ourselves and our loved ones.  

I would have retrieved my pistol, pointed it at her chest and told her to leave.   If she made any move toward me, I would have shot her twice in the upper chest.  Hopefully, that would have ended the confrontation.  If not, Plan B is a single shot to the cranial ocular cavity (head shot).   Hopped up on drugs or not, that shot would have stopped her.

Many people own guns for self defense and think they will rise to the occasion when they need it.   In an encounter such as this one, you don't have time to think.  Your body will default to your level of training and practice.  Contact me if you'd like to build your skills and confidence with a gun.  

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