Prison escapees meet their match in Idaho mom with gun

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

COTTONWOOD -- The Idaho County Sheriff's Office had honored a Cottonwood woman with a certificate of achievement saying she showed true courage in the face of danger for fending off two prison escapees who tried to break into her home.

Cassidy Lockett was home with her young children late last month when she says two men tried to break into her home. She hid the children behind the couch, grabbed a .22-caliber semiautomatic pistol and aimed it at a man who was already halfway through a window, climbing into her home.

http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvba-jul2709-prison_escape.803d16fc.html

[proteus_lives]

1. A strong and brave woman!

Who defended her family and home. May she and her family have a long and happy life.

[pipoman]

2. Happy ending, what would have happened without the gun? horribly written story

are the two still on the lamb? Why would someone write this blurb without the attending facts? It strikes me more as a twitter than a news story.

[mzteris]

3. bbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa........ n/t

[eqfan592]

6. Ummmm, what? (nt)

[mzteris]

7. read the post

to which I was responding. It should be self-evident. At least I hope it is. . .

[eqfan592]

8. lol, now I get it. Missed the "on the lamb" part. :P (nt)

[spin]

4. K&R (n/t)

[winyanstaz]

5. Good for her!

I too have run off a few varmets in my youth..I was in a neighborhood being looted during the riots in Augusta Georgia. They found out I was armed and left our house alone. The house catty-corner was burned to the ground.
The people who want us to be unarmed have never faced any problems so they have no clue.