When Thieves Broke In, This Grandma Grabbed Her Gun - Then Was Stunned at What 911 Told Her To Do | Top Right News

Posted by $ AJAshinoff 10 years, 8 months ago to Culture
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And this is the future of personal safety if we allow the 2nd Amendment to be curtailed. They day I lay down my arms and rely on anyone to protect me.....

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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I wonder if the same advice goes for breaking into the police station - or the house of a cop?
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  • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    surest recipe for getting killed. The policy should have the operator and her superiors fired and held liable for any victim hurt or killed.
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  • Posted by Solver 10 years, 8 months ago
    "Stay away, I have a gun!"
    "But the 911 person ordered me to put it down. But stay away anyways!"
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  • Posted by Technocracy 10 years, 8 months ago
    In Massachusetts they tell you to flee the premises and let the people breaking in have it.
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  • Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    If it is standard procedure to give that advise then they will face that situation at some point. Why not tell her to keep the gun and lock herself in a room and wait for he police???
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "If so they will have a lawsuit on their hands eventually and a wrongful death charge."
    If the woman had followed the advice to put down the gun and been killed, I wonder if her estate could have sued b/c she acted on bad advice.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 10 years, 8 months ago
    Put the gun down? This seems like a case of the operator foolishly commenting on a situation she had no knowledge of. Your suggesting this might be somehow related to political opposition to guns, and I think so too.

    I heard another 911 call in which the would-be victim asked the operator if she should shoot the intruder. The operator said "I can't comment. Do what you think is right to protect yourself." That's the correct response IMHO b/c the operator cannot understand the unfolding situation as well as someone in it.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 8 months ago
    The 911 operator was probably thinking of when the cops got there... not wanting gramma to get shot for brandishing, and not wanting her to shoot the cops by not looking to her backstop.

    Nah...
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  • Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 8 months ago
    I am curious as to weather the 911 operator was following protocol. If so they will have a lawsuit on their hands eventually and a wrongful death charge.
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 8 months ago
    Well good for her. That 911 operator should be fired. I wonder if N.J. is in favor of guns OUTSIDE your home.
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