Just south of Chicago in Joliet, some choirboy armed himself with a screwdriver and some evil intent, and broke into a house occupied by a young woman and her little daughter. Not knowing his intentions but making a good guess about them, the young mother shot the asshole in the head, sending his already-low IQ to zero and his body temperature to room-level.
Because this was in Joliet and not in the City Of Chicago, the police apparently muttered a couple of complimentary words about her fine placement, then did their job and carted the corpus delicti off to the crematorium or wherever.
And if this story and its happy ending does not give you the Warm & Fuzzies, then we can’t be friends.
Many thanks to Reader Brad_In_IL for the link.
A few notes: in some jurisdictions, Our Heroine would have been in trouble for her actions, using “disproportionate force” (whatever that means) — like she should have rummaged around in a toolbox and found a screwdriver to protect herself instead of using an eeeevil gun. I know; that sounds so stupid, but that is nevertheless the attitude of law enforcement and/or government in those places.
In the United States of America, however, we do not share the sentiments of Massachusetts and New York, never mind Britishland and other gun-fearing shitholes of similar inclination.
that’s the way to stop recidivism
Call me a cynic, but now Illinois’s General Assembly & Governor Fat Boi will pass a law making the victim the perpetrator, and the robber the victim. Such gun violence can’t be tolerated!
Andrew,
I would bet you dollars-to-donuts our heroine does not have a CCW let alone an IL FOID. In virtually all cases where the intended victim fights back, the news reports usually indicate having a FOID, etc. In all the articles I’ve seen about this incident, NONE mention a FOID.
What Quentin said about bad PR .. if the Joliet PoPo learned Our Heroine did not have a FOID, they were wise to not arrest her, and the local DA would be wise to not prosecute her for possession of a weapon without the permission slip.
– Brad in IL
Even over here had she shot him with a shotgun I think she would have been fine: arresting a woman for defending her child is bad PR. A man on his own would not enjoy the same privilege.