LANCASTER, OHIO – A woman in Lancaster, Ohio is certainly glad she made the decision to carry her firearm when she took her dog for a walk earlier this week.
According to an interview with Dinah Burns by a WBNS-10TV.
“I think if they’d gotten any closer, I probably would have fired,” said Burns.
“Two gentlemen came out of the woods, one holding a baseball bat, and said ‘You’re coming with us’.”
“I said, ‘Well, what do you want?,’ and as I was saying that I reached in to my pocket and slipped my gun out, slipped the safety off as I pulled it out. As I was doing that the other gentleman came toward me and raised the baseball bat. And, I pointed the gun at them and said, ‘I have this and I’m not afraid to use it.’”
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Well, that’s central Ohio for you– she referred to them as “gentlemen” as if she’d never met a REAL gentleman.
Good for her, anyway.
Um, NOT gentlemen. Thugs. She would’ve met with an ugly fate had she not been carrying; I’m glad she was!
Shouldn’t have had the safety on, though… Always carry hot and ready to go.
Should’ve ruined their Labor Day.
Should have busted two caps a piece in them. Won’t learn a lesson until that happens
Glad she’s okay, but when he came toward her and raised the bat… I just hope that she doesn’t need it again at some point. I fear she would hesitate in thinking they will run away like the last time.
Always use manufacturers safety precautions when carrying a weapon. Accidental discharges are frowned upon by most law enforcement agencies,
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why I carry a DAO with no safety nor need for one. Mine is a S&W 4556, but there are lots of other good choices.
What if they’d come from behind and hit her in the head with the bat first? I want to be able to draw and fire, even if stunned nearly unconscious, without having to remember a safety. Or if they shoot me dead before I can get it out, I want my wife or whoever is with me to get my pistol out and avenge me without having to know about any safety—point and squeeze; it’ll do the rest.
But that’s just me. Your choice in weapon is yours alone…just please learn to use it effectively and carry it always!
Good for her.
But – someone else will pay for the pity that stayed her hand. I’m guessing that the thugs didn’t experience an epiphany about good and evil.
Extremely good point, Tim…
OP. Effectively and safely. Lots of new gun owners out there. Maybe a few here. Some really bad advise earlier in this thread .
if ya point, you’re sposed to shoot, aintcha?
@Bad_Brad: True, and important to reflect that none of us were there or “in her shoes,” and don’t know how far away they were from her to be a threat with the bat. My point here is that, Distance=Time. However, if he was close enough to be a threat with the deadly device, what I said still stands since reliance upon showing the arm worked once, is not insurance it will under a different scenario.
Yes, since it worked out, she made the correct decision not to shoot and I would never question that decision based upon personal experience.
“The suspects are described as young and white.”
Gee, I wonder how the would have been described had they been young and black?