Ok, now for real. About 10 years ago, my husband traveled 180 business days every year. He was out on Sunday night, home on Saturday, and back out on Sunday. I was fairly young, and had never really lived by myself. I grew up in a VERY ROUGH part of south dallas - think Oak Cliff/Lancaster/Wilmer Hutchins - so my situational awareness was (and is) always high. I found myself home alone one night with the kids, when the house alarm went off. Back then, no firearms in the house. First thing I did was call my husband. A lot of times, it's just natural instinct. I can say that I am very independent, and have no problem supporting myself. But for some reason, I picked up the phone and called him. Come to find out, there was a loose connection in one of the alarm sensors in the door, so nothing had opened at all. But just a few days ago, we were talking about what to do if that day ever came and I had to protect myself or my family. The order is 911, Husband, Lawyer. The problem arises when you run into a situation that isn't immediately discernible as a time to call 911. For instance, the gate is left open. Call the husband - "Why in the world did you leave the gate open?" He says, "I didn't." Now, the wife is on the phone, checking it out. And you have a situation where husband would <almost> rather stay on the phone than hang up. Because it was probably just the wind, or something like that. Wife runs into a bad guy, and now her connection is to husband. He's immediately going to call the cops from the office phone because that is really all he can do at that point. So I see where the woman in Georgia may have found herself in that position. Not saying that's exactly what happened, but I can see how it might have transpired. In our current world, where gender roles are challenged every day, sometimes we forget what role NATURE plays in our decisions. A very stressful time caused me to fall back on what nature intended - man = warrrior/protector. I still believe that I/my husband are our first line of protection, cops/911 next. But if hubby isn't home, you better believe 911 gets the first call because the law is going to need to send someone to pick up the pieces (of the bad guy, that is).
TBM