Woman Shoots Abusive Estranged Husband Who Assaulted Daughter

[ileus]

http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20120502/NEWS/305020022/Black-Mountain-home-invasion-shooting-death-probed?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage

BLACK MOUNTAIN — A woman said she shot her estranged husband to death after he broke into her house and assaulted her daughter, authorities said.

The shooting, at a home on Maney Lane just outside of town, was reported in a 911 call shortly before 3:30 a.m. Monday, said Lt. Randy Sorrells of the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office.

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What would have been the proper response?

[Clames]

1. Seems the proper response was made...

...based on what was presented in the article. Good DGU so far.

[Johnny Rico]

6. I agree. Based on the article, this appears to be a good shoot.

[Warpy]

2. I think dispatching an ex who won't let go

and gets violent about it is the right thing to do, whatever the weapon.

Unfortunately, the courts rarely agree and Ms. Moore is probably facing time in prison for it.

[Clames]

3. Why would she be facing prison for it?

Castle doctrine would apply here.

[Warpy]

5. Because that's what happens when wives kill husbands.

[Clames]

7. Let's not let the law and circumstances...

...get in the way...

[Callisto32]

8. That's a heck of a broad stroke.

[Warpy]

10. It's in the news all the time.

Try this one, just today: http://www.democraticunderground.com/101726228

[Clames]

13. You should try reading the specifics...

...of both cases. If all you can see in common is that a woman shot her abuser then you probably shouldn't be discussing this topic.

[tularetom]

4. Are you implying that what she did was NOT the proper response?

I hope not.

She should not be charged with anything in my opinion.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

11. I think...

...I know of someone who may give her free firearms training classes for life. Which sounds like a good thing to me.

[shadowrider]

9. She should have been proficient with cans of pork and beans and threw them at him

in an aggressive manner. If that didn't work, she could have grabbed her handy staff or simply used her natural fighting skills.

[ileus]

12. I'm finding there's a lot to using the Jo properly.

It's looking like I'll have to continue rude totin' for a little while I just can't trust my life to such a double ended device yet.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

14. An update:

A woman who shot and killed her estranged husband after he broke into her apartment and assaulted her daughter will not be charged, authorities said Friday.

http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20120505/NEWS/305050018/No-charges-filed-against-Asheville-area-woman-who-shot-estranged-husband?odyssey=mod|mostview


Play stupid games... get dead.

[Clames]

15. Good call by the authorities.

Let this woman and her daughter move on with their lives.

[Lurks Often]

16. It's good that she and her daughter survived

and that no charges were filed.

Of course, I'm sure some of the pro-criminal crowd will be along to tell us what she did wrong and that the poor abusive husband had his rights violated somehow.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

17. "...the poor abusive husband had his rights violated..."

He did have his rights violated. He was killed and justifiably so. Most times, in small ways, we are faced everyday with cost-benefit decisions. This case is an example of a large and unusual cost-benefit decision.

As Thomas Aquinas wrote: "Without doubt one is allowed to resist against the unjust aggressor to one's life, one's goods or one's physical integrity; sometimes, even 'til the aggressor's death... In fact, this act is aimed at preserving one's life or one's goods and to make the aggressor powerless. Thus, it is a good act, which is the right of the victim."

[shadowrider]

18. What she did wrong was not throwing cans of beans at him or using her handy staff n/t

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

19. Perhaps she should have...

...just used her superhuman strength and held him for the cops or outwitted him with intelligence.

[ellisonz]

20. "pro-criminal crowd"