There was a great op-ed piece by Rich Lowry in today's NY Post. Conservative radio host Mike Gallagher covered the story a few days ago. Sarah Dawn McKinley, a single mom living in the middle of nowhere 25 miles outside Oklahoma City, found herself in a nightmare situation - two men were trying to break into her home. She put a bottle in her three-month-old baby's mouth and dialed 911. Her husband died of cancer on Christmas Day. She stayed on the line 21 minutes. There are only three deputies assigned to the 12,000 square mile area in which she lives, so it was unlikely she would receive any help. Fortunately, she was armed. She asked the dispatcher: "Is it okay to shoot him if he comes in the door?" Fortunately, Oklahoma allows a citizen to fire upon an intruder, who in this case happened to be carrying a knife. The dispatcher said: "... you do what you have to do to protect your baby." She blew the lead lowlife away. The other fled.
A week or so ago, Meredith Graves, a medical student from Tennessee visiting the 9/11 Memorial in NYC, asked a guard where she could check the gun she was carrying in her purse, for which she has a license in her home state. She was arrested and faces three years in prison. In my view, the politicians who strip upstanding citizens of the right to protect themselves are the ones who should be in jail. I've never owned a gun. I am not comfortable around one, but many are and many have turned the tables on criminals. There is an Armed Citizens Archive published by the American Rifleman magazine that details incidents of a weapon used in self defense as far back as 1958. There has been a pro-gun email circulating that highlights the tyrants who disarmed citizens. Two of the most notorious mass murderers in history, Hitler and Stalin, are on the list.
It was a gorgeous spring-like day. I thank the Russian grandmother who overpaid for another book for her grandson, and the younger woman who bought Jackie Collins' Goddess of Vengeance for herself and Ghostly Tales for her twelve-year-old daughter. And special thanks to Joann for another donation of hardcover best sellers. I surprised her with a gift - four oldies CDs I burned on my PC.
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