12-year-old girl shoots home invader [View all]

[Atypical Liberal]

http://m.news9.com/story.aspx?story=19858704&catId=112032

"It happened on Wednesday when the girl was home alone. She told police a stranger rang the doorbell, then went around to the back door and kicked it in. She called her mom, Debra St. Clair, who told her to get the family gun, hide in a closet and call 911.

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The during that time, the intruder made his way through the house. St. Clair's daughter told deputies the man came into the room where she was hiding and began to open up the closet door. That was when the 12-year-old had to make a life-saving decision."

Without firearms every victim of violent crime has three choices: run away if you are fast enough, submit to your attacker if you are tough enough, or fight if you are strong enough.

Thankfully this kid had an alternative that many people here would deny her.