In a fight for lives
Earlier this week I read a story in the News Tribune about a teenager who broke into a woman's home in the early hours of Saturday morning. Her husband was gone on travel, so she was home alone when awakened by her dogs to alert her to a 16-year-old breaking into the house. The woman grabbed her handgun and shouted a warning down the hallway. The teen burglar ignored that warning and came down the hall toward her. That’s when she fired a warning shot. I have never had a warning shot fired in my vicinity in a darkened hallway, but it has to be terrifying. Any remotely rational person would immediately flee to avoid getting shot. But, not this teenage burglar. I was stunned to learn that the first shot…