There’s perhaps no other sound that commands as much respect and fear. The young woman at the business end of that gun was home alone and prepared to protect herself.
Quick note.... I really hope she wasn't at "the business end" of that shotgun or perhaps she needs a bit more training...
“So then I hustled up the stairs to grab our gun, and I came down and I loaded it and cocked it,” said the homeowner.
With a single pump of her 12-gauge shotgun, the would-be burglars bolted out the door and through the backyard.
“Yes, a shotgun racking is something you don’t forget if you’ve ever heard one. So, it frightened these two suspects off right away, they took off running,” said Coon Rapids Police Captain John Hattstrom.
As this is the first time my wife has been pregnant, i am having to fast learn that you just don't mess with a pregnant woman! I don't even have to commit a crime to fear death!
Hopefully, she would have chosen to not be a victim whether pregnant or not. Impending parenthood will often induce some serious protective impulses, though.
Russ
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Hades hath no fury....and all that. When my wife was in labor with our son, she kind of got off track with her Lamaz breathing toward the end there. I got down and got eye level with her and said, "Breath, baby, BREATH! That's when she gave me THE LOOK.
I've been afraid of her ever since, and with good reason. There aren't enough garlic bulbs and crucifixes in the world to defend against that look. I put my hands up and stepped away from the bed and shut my pie-hole.
God help the fool who tries to rob my wife. She says she'll kick 'em in the nuts just for good measure. I believe her.
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
The Annoyed Man wrote:Hades hath no fury....and all that. When my wife was in labor with our son, she kind of got off track with her Lamaz breathing toward the end there. I got down and got eye level with her and said, "Breath, baby, BREATH! That's when she gave me THE LOOK.
I've been afraid of her ever since, and with good reason. There aren't enough garlic bulbs and crucifixes in the world to defend against that look. I put my hands up and stepped away from the bed and shut my pie-hole.
God help the fool who tries to rob my wife. She says she'll kick 'em in the nuts just for good measure. I believe her.
Never mess with a pregnant woman--especially one that is armed. At 39 weeks 5 days pregnant I can tell you heaven help the person that messes with pregnant mamas. Having done natural birth I gotta say there at the end the best thing a husband can do is to hold her hand or keep her hair out of her face and be quiet! Anything that drops into your mind to say--let it stay there. If it is funny--and my husband thought of a few funny things to say--say it later, he did and I thought it was funny (4 weeks into the future.) Had he said it at the time I would have given him a look like you got.
Glad she was ok. Good for her.
SAHM to four precious children. Wife to a loving husband.
"The women of this country learned long ago those without swords can still die upon them!" Eowyn in LOTR Two Towers
mamabearCali wrote:
Never mess with a pregnant woman--especially one that is armed. At 39 weeks 5 days pregnant I can tell you heaven help the person that messes with pregnant mamas. Having done natural birth I gotta say there at the end the best thing a husband can do is to hold her hand or keep her hair out of her face and be quiet! Anything that drops into your mind to say--let it stay there. If it is funny--and my husband thought of a few funny things to say--say it later, he did and I thought it was funny (4 weeks into the future.) Had he said it at the time I would have given him a look like you got.
Glad she was ok. Good for her.
Thanks for the advice! My wonderful wife is birthing for the first time this February and we are going to be at a birthing center, birthing naturally, and my mouth tends to say whatever funny (to me) thing pops into my head. Other than our agreed upon support methods (we're doing the Bradley Birthing) i'm probably going to keep my mouth shut!
It has been 30+ years since our children were born and I still remember what can or cannot be said at that time.
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." Thomas Jefferson USMC 1967-1970 101st. Underwater Mess Kit Repair Battalion - Spoon Platoon.
The Annoyed Man wrote:Hades hath no fury....and all that. When my wife was in labor with our son, she kind of got off track with her Lamaz breathing toward the end there. I got down and got eye level with her and said, "Breath, baby, BREATH! That's when she gave me THE LOOK.
I've been afraid of her ever since, and with good reason. There aren't enough garlic bulbs and crucifixes in the world to defend against that look. I put my hands up and stepped away from the bed and shut my pie-hole.
God help the fool who tries to rob my wife. She says she'll kick 'em in the nuts just for good measure. I believe her.
When my wife was in labor I did something similar, her retort is not fit for publication here.
I remember when the word "pregnant" wasn't spoken in polite company and certainly never uttered around children, bless their innocent little hearts.
Why there's even a petition going around our little God fearin' hamlet to put the sale of hard likker on the ballot in May. All of this loose talk and drinkin' is the devil's work. We're doomed.
to the young lady with the pumpgun. SALUT!