Another instance of a firearm protecting someone, this time from a stalker ex-boyfriend

[tortoise1956]

19. And you know she didn't need to shoot HOW?

You were there to see him abjectly surrender before she committed murder upon his poor defenseless foot?

Give me a break. This is a man who had violated orders of protection 3 times, and had 3 outstanding warrants - so, he was a wanted criminal. He was under her bed in the daytime, waiting for her. And you question her shooting him in the foot? What in the name of Murphy makes you think that he would have passively stayed on the floor if she hadn't shot him? Hell, in many states just the act of breaking in, especially with the history of violating protective orders, would be justification for killing him on the spot. The requirement is that you be in fear for your life, and this definitely meets that standard.

I'd be willing to bet that, in Nevada at least, the odds of the case even going to trial would be slim to none. No DA would want to be branded as the idiot who tried to convict a woman for killing a criminal stalker in her own bedroom...