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After having cogitated on this for a while, I believe that there are more lessons to be learned from this incident.

Here we have 2 Georgia CHL's, with a pistol each, presumably proficient in using them, but the critical piece that was
missing from their self defense mindset was that neither of them had their pistols ONBODY. Lynne Russell was up and dressed,
so she would have been the one more able to resist the armed robber... but the pistols were apparently in the motel's bedside tables,
or somesuch.

Motels are hotbeds of criminal activity. That's why the LEO's always patrol them, checking number plates. Plus a robber might be
aware enough to realize that if he robs someone with an out of state license plate, they are much less likely to travel a great distance
to testify against him, should he get arrested.

Now her husband was in the shower and would have been unable to have his pistol ONBODY. But he could have had it somewhere in
the bathroom with him.

A similar self defense case happened some years ago in an Atlanta, GA suburb. A single woman (mid 50's year old, IIRC) was in the
shower when a rapist stalker chose to assault her. She had fighting spirit and used the only weapon she had at hand...her shower curtain rod.
After tussling with the intended rapist for a while, she managed to get to her handgun, and killed the attacker with a hail of .22's.

The Lynne Russell story got me to thinking about the gap in my own defensive situation. While I have been in the shower, all my handguns were
in the bedroom. Should a home invader come in while I'm showering I would also have to resort to the shower curtain rod...not optimal.

So what I do now is bring a pistol into the bathroom and set it inside a drawer. That way it's concealed and not as affected by shower steam.

Some years ago on this board, someone posted a picture of a large ziplock bag hanging from the showerhead area. It contained a Glock
and extra mags. Funny.

Although the "attacked in the shower" scenario is unlikely to happen to any of us, would you rather fight someone off with a shower rod...or your handgun?

Respectfully submitted for consideration...SIA

The link from VMI77 above ID's their 2 handguns as .380's. No brand/model given.

SIA

Well, thank you for researching the .35 angle. I still think it's pretty odd to refer to a modern handgun that way.

Interestingly, one of the links said that the GG fired all the rounds from the first handgun he had, then continued firing
with the 2nd handgun. Wow. You can never carry too much ammo, or better yet, too many loaded handguns.

Lesson learned from this encounter: Carry extra mags, speedloaders, or a BUG. You never know whey you'll need 'em.

SIA

I can't find the link right now, but one of the stories I read about
this incident said that the couple had ".35 caliber handguns".
It makes you wonder what else reporters get wrong when documenting
their stories.

SIA

IIRC, Lynn(e) Russell was a private investigator when she was not on the air with CNN.
As a PI residing in Georgia, it's probable that she has her GA CHL.

This raises a whole lot of scenarios since she may have angered someone she was surveiling
for a major league court case.

So it's possible that she was actually targeted by an irate party for her PI work.

SIA