In the news today: "Oklah Woman Shoots, Kills Intruder: 911 Operators Say It's Okay

[ezkl2230]

Doing what it takes to be safe!!! Way to go, Mom, and kudos to the 911 operator who told her to do what she had to in order to be safe!!!

On Good Morning America today.

By KEVIN DOLAK and RYAN OWENS | Good Morning America – 3 hours ago

A young Oklahoma mother shot and killed an intruder to protect her 3-month-old baby on New Year's Eve, less than a week after the baby's father died of cancer.

Sarah McKinley says that a week earlier a man named Justin Martin dropped by on the day of her husband's funeral, claiming that he was a neighbor who wanted to say hello. The 18-year-old Oklahoma City area woman did not let him into her home that day.

On New Year's Eve Martin returned with another man, Dustin Stewart, and this time was armed with a 12-inch hunting knife. The two soon began trying to break into McKinley's home.

As one of the men was going from door to door outside her home trying to gain entry, McKinley called 911 and grabbed her 12-gauge shotgun.

McKinley told ABC News Oklahoma City affiliate KOCO that she quickly got her 12 gauge, went into her bedroom and got a pistol, put the bottle in the baby's mouth and called 911.

"I've got two guns in my hand -- is it okay to shoot him if he comes in this door?" the young mother asked the 911 dispatcher. "I'm here by myself with my infant baby, can I please get a dispatcher out here immediately?"

The 911 dispatcher confirmed with McKinley that the doors to her home were locked as she asked again if it was okay to shoot the intruder if he were to come through her door.

"I can't tell you that you can do that but you do what you have to do to protect your baby," the dispatcher told her. McKinley was on the phone with 911 for a total of 21 minutes.

When Martin kicked in the door and came after her with the knife, the teen mom shot and killed the 24-year-old. Police are calling the shooting justified.

"You're allowed to shoot an unauthorized person that is in your home. The law provides you the remedy, and sanctions the use of deadly force," Det. Dan Huff of the Blanchard police said.

Stewart soon turned himself in to police.

McKinley said that she was at home alone with her newborn that night because her husband just died of cancer on Christmas Day.

"I wouldn't have done it, but it was my son," McKinley told ABC News Oklahoma City affiliate KOCO. "It's not an easy decision to make, but it was either going to be him or my son. And it wasn't going to be my son. There's nothing more dangerous than a woman with a child."

[NavyLCDR]

Oklahoma has one of the strongest castle doctrine laws in the country. Now if they would just lighten up on their restrictions on carrying a firearm in public.

[patsfan11762]

Hmmmmmm, sounds like somebody brought a knife to a gun fight again. Not only that but going after a Mom and her baby, I can't think of a much nastier person with a gun!

[voldak]

This makes me proud to live in Oklahoma. If you can't protect yourself then no one is.

Also, I think we may be getting Open Carry soon. It's passed the house before, but it got vetoed by our Dem. governor. We have a rep. governor now and she should sign it into law if it comes on her desk.

[Munkeyhunter]

"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. ... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them." Thomas Paine (1775)

[The_Outlaw]

Awesome! Here's more on the story;

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/mom-...12-ga-shotgun/

[50SR9]

My kind of woman! I bow to her.

Voldak, it goes back before them in February when they reconvene. That's the way I understand it anyway.

[Tucker's Mom]

Good on her! AGree with the 911 operator.

[KCD1974]

More interesting....She was on the phone with 911 for 21 minutes!!!! WOW I guess it holds true, when seconds count the police are only 20 minutes away...Good for her....maybe she should have called Jimmy Johns first? lol

[Tucker's Mom]

I read this somewhere....it goes something like this:

Police protection is an oxymoron.
Free citizens must protect themselves.
Police do not protect you from crime, they usually just investigate the crime after it happens and then call someone in to clean up the mess.