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surprise_i'm_armed wrote: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

Bottom line: Assailant DOA in the parking lot. My hero recovering from five gunshot wounds. We both are alive.

Now, ask me how I feel about the right to bear arms.

Here's the truth:

1. Criminals will always have guns, this is not about them.

2. Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms. Humans have a right to defend themselves. If we didn't have the Second Amendment, we would create it.

3. You can't control everything; but if it makes you feel better, go with a simple law preventing violent offenders from buying firearms. Make it "violent" offenders rather than "white collar" offenders, or most of Capitol Hill won't be allowed to own them.

4. Get a gun, get legal, be responsible, trust yourself. Don't trust yourself? Then don't carry. But for God's sake then, shut the f**k up about it, because that's where your involvement ends.

Chuck and I were married one year ago, on the Fourth of July. Sure, we celebrated our first wedding anniversary in a hospital. But thanks to the Second Amendment, my crack-shot husband and the pistol he used, we were able to have a first anniversary.

baldeagle wrote:Doesn't it irk the daylights out of you that this couple can travel from DC to California armed and loaded without any hassle, but you can I have to jump through all sorts of hoops to obey the law? Sure seems like equal protection under the law would apply to these scenarios.

Jim Beaux wrote:

VMI77 wrote:

Taypo wrote:Even for a CNN type, spending the night at a Motel 6 is entirely too dumb to be possible.

I'm guessing they were on the job and got made.

Another article says they were traveling with their dog. As someone who has traveled with a dog I can assure you than many hotels don't allow dogs and most of those that do only allow dogs that weigh 35 lbs or less...that eliminates most of the popular dog breeds. We couldn't find very many motels that would accept our 170 lb Great Dane. I've never even owned a dog that weighed less than 70 lbs. That makes having to settle for a Motel 6 entirely plausible to me.

Hillary?

Taypo wrote:Even for a CNN type, spending the night at a Motel 6 is entirely too dumb to be possible.

I'm guessing they were on the job and got made.