Woman (65) shoots burglary suspect in garage

[Ghost in the Machine]

9. Yep, when seconds count, the cops are just minutes away! I live in a VERY RURAL area of a small

town, and the 2nd smallest County in the State. The whole County is only about 7 miles wide, but about 35 miles long. We usually have **THREE OFFICERS** on duty on any given night, 1 for the north end, 1 for the middle (backed up by ONE City Officer) and one for the south end.

We have been told by the cops, to our faces, that we are basically on our own out here because if we call, the officer on duty for our area could take up to an hour to respond because he could be on another call and be tied up for a while. We were told that if someone was in our yards threatening us, or especially in our homes, to just shoot them or do whatever we have to, and they will be here eventually to "clean up the mess". How's *that* for "Protect and Serve"??

I *do* understand that they can be busy on another call, as we a lot of domestic violence calls, meth lab raids, and accidents on these hilly, curvy, usually foggy roads at night, but to basically give us a license to kill is stretching a little too far, IMHO. *Some* people would take advantage of that with the "I feared for my life" just to shoot someone, even though we have "Castle Doctrine" laws that cover pretty much anything. You can get away with shooting someone just because you have "PRIVATE PROPERTY, NO TRESPASSING" signs posted. Welcome to my world in rural Tennessee!

At least this lady only shot the intruder in the legs. I didn't follow the link, so don't know if it was good or bad aiming, but at least he didn't die.

Peace,

Ghost