Woman defends her life with a .22 pistol

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Woman: ‘I shot him as much as I could'  | ajc.com

 

[IndySSD]

Three good things about this story....


1. "police found her would-be attacker dead in the back yard of her Gwinnett County home."

2. The woman was not charged with killing Puentes. "She responded to the deadly threat with deadly force," he said.

(Gwinnett police Cpl. Edwin Ritter)

3. Thankfully Puentes was not a "Determined" attacker and was driven away by multiple .22 shots. There are several instances where the attacker manages to kill the victim and then dies from the .22 wounds.

 

[GARANDGUY]

Three good things about this story....


1. "police found her would-be attacker dead in the back yard of her Gwinnett County home."

2. The woman was not charged with killing Puentes. "She responded to the deadly threat with deadly force," he said.

(Gwinnett police Cpl. Edwin Ritter)

3. Thankfully Puentes was not a "Determined" attacker and was driven away by multiple .22 shots. There are several instances where the attacker manages to kill the victim and then dies from the .22 wounds.

^This. Just goes to show what Ive said all along,a 22 will kill you just the same as any other gun. Might take a few more but it will do it. + rep for the both of you. To the OP for posting it and to IndySSD for the above post.

To the OP I owe ya one. It said I have to spead it around.

 

[Bigum1969]

A .22 will kill you, for sure. But it does lack stopping power in a self defense situation, IMHO.

 

[misconfig]

A .22 will kill you, for sure. But it does lack stopping power in a self defense situation, IMHO.

I tend to agree with that, although it proves "Any gun is better than no gun" I think most criminals would their pants at the sight of ANY unexpected gun.

In her case she was very lucky and I'm glad the woman was able to defend her life!

 

[esrice]

Also of note is that she first attempted to fight him off with the shower rod. To me that speaks of a solid fighting mindset. She used what she had in her environment to fight. When her environment changed (she was dragged from the bathroom to the bedroom), she adapted and found a better tool (a .22).

Bravo to her!

 

[misconfig]

Also of note is that she first attempted to fight him off with the shower rod. To me that speaks of a solid fighting mindset. She used what she had in her environment to fight. When her environment changed (she was dragged from the bathroom to the bedroom), she adapted and found a better tool (a .22).

Bravo to her!

Not to mention, she was naked whilst fighting.... If you ask me that takes more courage than most people have!

 

[Bigum1969]

Not to mention, she was naked whilst fighting.... If you ask me that takes more courage than most people have!

If an intruder saw me naked, he'd probably , then .

Sounds like I have my new self defense plan.

 

[dice dealer]

I was impressed ......It only took 3 replies before someone started putting down the .22 ......
Do resereach folks .....the low life .22 caliber has killed more people than any round made ....



A couple weeks ago in Floyd county A break in happened , the home owner shot the guy with his .40 the cops found the thief several hours later at the hospital , he is still alive ...

This lady shoots Bad guy with her .22 they find him dead in her yard ...



Just sayin ..


OF course Im no internet ballistics expert ...I just sell guns for a living .

 

[femurphy77]

I was impressed ......It only took 3 replies before someone started putting down the .22 ......
Do resereach folks .....the low life .22 caliber has killed more people than any round made ....



A couple weeks ago in Floyd county A break in happened , the home owner shot the guy with his .40 the cops found the thief several hours later at the hospital , he is still alive ...

This lady shoots Bad guy with her .22 they find him dead in her yard ...



Just sayin ..


OF course Im no internet ballistics expert ...I just sell guns for a living .

I've heard that claim many times but have never been able to substantiate it personally. With all the .45, .38, .223, 30-06 etc that have been fired thru the years I've always wondered where this rumor originated? Even discounting wartime deaths by firearm. . . .

What the OP and your case both illustrate is shot placement. Any round can be effective if put in the right location, I read a news report last year of a kid killed by a bb gun.

 

[Kitty]

This woman is a real fighter. It makes me thankful that I have what I do.

 

[SmileDocHill]

Also of note is that she first attempted to fight him off with the shower rod. To me that speaks of a solid fighting mindset. She used what she had in her environment to fight. When her environment changed (she was dragged from the bathroom to the bedroom), she adapted and found a better tool (a .22).

Bravo to her!

This was my observation also. In addition to that it stood out that she was able to get to her gun while being taken into the bedroom. It didn't say she escaped to the bedroom so I'm led to believe it was pretty readily accessible. I don't think I could have gotten to mine in a Gunvault that quickly while the guy was in the room with me. Obviously we don't know the exact situation but since he led her to the room I'm sure he wasn't far from her at any point.

 

[GARANDGUY]

Also of note is that she first attempted to fight him off with the shower rod. To me that speaks of a solid fighting mindset. She used what she had in her environment to fight. When her environment changed (she was dragged from the bathroom to the bedroom), she adapted and found a better tool (a .22).

Bravo to her!

Exactly.

A .22 will kill you, for sure. But it does lack stopping power in a self defense situation, IMHO.

Never said it didnt,just said it will kill someone all the same.

Im just glad to hear that she did have the mindset to fight back and not just take it and run the risk in being killed anyway. I comend her as it took guts to fight off an assailant with a shower rod when he had a knife.He got what he deserved.

 

[IndySSD]

I was impressed ......It only took 3 replies before someone started putting down the .22 ......
Do resereach folks .....the low life .22 caliber has killed more people than any round made ....



A couple weeks ago in Floyd county A break in happened , the home owner shot the guy with his .40 the cops found the thief several hours later at the hospital , he is still alive ...

This lady shoots Bad guy with her .22 they find him dead in her yard ...



Just sayin ..


OF course Im no internet ballistics expert ...I just sell guns for a living .

Can you please educate me by posting the research you've done that shows the number of deaths per caliber dating back to the 1200-1300's when the first "hand held cannons" were invented?

I'd be very interested in a scientific study on this subject. I've not yet been able to locate anything but anecdotal evidence along this line of searching. Perhaps I am just weak in the art of Google-Fu?

Along those lines, I can definitely say I've killed more game with my .22's over the last 28 years (how long I've been hunting) than any of my other rifles/shotguns. That being said, I wouldn't hunt deer with a .22, even if it were legal. I'd take a high powered rifle or Slug gun... why? Because the rounds are more effective by means of destroying more tissue and destroying organs than my .22 can.

Just because I've killed hundreds of squirrels/rabbits with my .22's and only tens of turkey, deer or coyotes with high powered rifles/shotguns doesn't mean that my .22's are just as effective as my higher powered rifles/shotguns.

But I'm not an internet ballistics expert, just some country bred fella hiding in the city who likes venison. But I'll bet there's one thing we can both agree on since neither of us are ballistics experts...... The most effective firearm for self defense is the one that's always with you...

 

[GARANDGUY]

Not to mention, she was naked whilst fighting.... If you ask me that takes more courage than most people have!

If someone saw me naked coming out of the shower they would die from before I shot them w/ the .22 I cc in my hammock when going from the shower to the bedroom just because ya never know,

 

[T.Lex]

Mmm.... venison.....

I'm sorry - what were you saying?

 

[cosermann]

Wow. Good for her and her fighting spirit.

Yet another example of why you should carry in the shower.

Someone should really share this information with our law enforcement and military communities so they can start switching over to the .22lr.

 

[revsaxon]

Yet another example of why you should carry in the shower.

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Its the concealed part thats a b****

Good on her though, that woman kicked some major ass.

 

[esrice]

Yet another example of why you should carry in the shower.

 

[dross]

I call BS. It's impossible to defend yourself with a .22. Everyone on the internet knows THAT.