Armed Brother Defends Sister & Kills Violent Ex-Boyfriend

Tales of armed protection seldom make it to the mainstream media. As armed defenders, the information experiences typically pass over necessary particulars that we wish to know. On this case, an ex-boyfriend attacked his ex-girlfriend. That story is frequent sufficient. Happily, on this case, the ex-girlfriend’s brother was on the scene and was armed. That is the way it was introduced within the information and likewise what we are able to study.

This story took place in late April in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The defender shared an condo together with his sister. The sister’s ex-boyfriend had a historical past of abuse, together with bodily beating her. The ex-boyfriend threatened her the day earlier than and stated he would come again and beat her once more.

It was a Sunday night, and each the brother and sister had been at house. There have been different pals within the condo on the similar time. They heard somebody on the entrance door. Apparently, with little warning, somebody broke down their entrance door. The ex-boyfriend walked in and went to the sister’s room. She shouted, and the attacker grabbed her.

The defender ran to his room and grabbed his gun. Our defender adopted the ex-boyfriend and shot him till he let go of the sufferer. It isn’t clear from the information experiences who known as 911 and requested for assist.

Police arrived, and the defender put his gun away. Emergency Medical Companies declared the attacker lifeless on the scene. The armed defender gave the police an announcement about what occurred. The defender’s sister and their pals who had been within the condo through the assault additionally gave statements to the police. The neighbors additionally made statements in regards to the attacker threatening his ex-girlfriend yesterday. The police observed the damaged entrance door.

The defender was not charged with against the law.

It’s scary sufficient once we are seemingly attacked by a felony at random. That is worse since this violent assault was intentionally directed at this girl: the attacker got here to the condo with the deliberate intent to harm her. There are a selection of issues that the defender and sufferer did nicely.

They acknowledged that the world isn’t a secure place, so they’d a firearm for his or her protection. The armed defender stopped the assault after which stopped capturing. The defender, the sufferer, and the witnesses stayed on the scene and gave a preliminary assertion to the police. It’s important to love that there have been numerous witnesses.

As is true in most defensive conditions, we wish to name 911 and ask for assist. We wish everybody else to make that decision, too, together with the sufferer and the witnesses. We wish somebody to remain on the decision with the dispatcher so we all know when the police are about to reach. We wish to ensure we would not have a firearm in our fingers when the police are on the door.

This defensive gun use can be extremely uncommon. On this case, the defender needed to shoot the attacker and never shoot his sister whereas she was being attacked. That will imply now we have to get near the attacker. Maybe now we have to get very shut.

Sure, we would have the ability to shoot the attacker within the again from throughout the room, however will our bullet undergo the attacker and wound our beloved one?

That form of protection isn’t one thing we often observe as we stand in a port and shoot at a stationary paper goal that’s 7 yards away. Taking a category on close-quarters armed protection actually helps us make higher selections in an assault like this one.

I’ll additionally wager that the victims on this story weren’t common readers of the columns right here at AmmoLand Information. In the event that they had been, then this sister would most likely have requested for a restraining order in opposition to her ex-boyfriend. She would even have been armed herself. Please inform me for those who suppose I’m mistaken, however I feel we’re relying on luck if we’re relying on another person to defend us. What if the attacker broke in whereas the brother was having a shower?

This story is one of many that go under-reported by the mainstream media as a result of it reveals a optimistic picture of a law-abiding gun proprietor defending their life and their household. It’s our duty at AmmoLand to report these tales to you. Whereas we’ll proceed to report these tales, teams just like the Crime Prevention Research Center, led by Dr. John Lott, are fastidious in finding out the usage of firearms for self-defense. Keep updated with all information on self-defense by following CPRC and AmmoLand Information.

About Rob Morse

Rob Morse writes about gun rights at Ammoland, at Clash Daily, at OpsLens, and on his SlowFacts blog. He hosts the Self Defense Gun Stories Podcast and co-hosts the Polite Society Podcast. Rob was an NRA pistol teacher and fight handgun competitor.