Tennessee Mother Repels Intruder With Gunfire
UPDATE: Suzanne and her husband will be guests on the NRA's "Cam & Company" show Wednesday night at 8:20 CST. That's at NRA.org and on Sirius Satellite Radio Patriot Channel 144. A woman home alone with her two children in Morgan County's Coalfield (Tennessee) community fired a gun three times to protect herself and her family.
Shortly after Suzanne Carson's husband left for work, Carson said she went back to bed with her 3-year old daughter. When she heard a noise, she got up to check on her 4-year old son, who was sleeping down the hallway.
"As I stood here, I could hear someone at the back door," Carson explained, standing in her home's hallway, at the doorway leading into the kitchen. Carson said she saw the face of a young man trying to open her back door. She said he appeared to be in his 20s and was wearing a dark baseball cap with a yellow logo. Carson went for a gun, with only one thought. "The first thing actually was my kids," Carson said. She thought, "Ok, I'm going to have to do something to protect them."
Holding the gun, Carson said she yelled for the man to stop. "I could see his arm entering my home," she said. "That's when I fired the first shot."
The kitchen wall took a hit, but it didn't stop the intruder. "He stepped completely into the kitchen, and that's when I fired the other two shots," Carson explained. The shots shattered the glass storm door and ripped holes in the screen.
Carson said the man wearing a thick dark shirt or jacket fled into the woods behind her home.
"I was terrified, absolutely terrified," Carson said. "And I remember screaming the whole time it was going on. "He didn't say anything, not one word," she added.
It scares Carson to even think about what he wanted, this time. She believes he was also outside her home Thursday night, when she was home alone with her children again. "They actually tried to open one of the playroom windows," she explained. The woman, whose husband taught her to shoot a gun for the first time a month ago, didn't hesitate when the invader tried to enter her home.
"I'm so proud of her for being able to protect herself and the kids," husband B.J. Carson said. "She's truly a hero."
Shortly after Suzanne Carson's husband left for work, Carson said she went back to bed with her 3-year old daughter. When she heard a noise, she got up to check on her 4-year old son, who was sleeping down the hallway.
"As I stood here, I could hear someone at the back door," Carson explained, standing in her home's hallway, at the doorway leading into the kitchen. Carson said she saw the face of a young man trying to open her back door. She said he appeared to be in his 20s and was wearing a dark baseball cap with a yellow logo. Carson went for a gun, with only one thought. "The first thing actually was my kids," Carson said. She thought, "Ok, I'm going to have to do something to protect them."
Holding the gun, Carson said she yelled for the man to stop. "I could see his arm entering my home," she said. "That's when I fired the first shot."
The kitchen wall took a hit, but it didn't stop the intruder. "He stepped completely into the kitchen, and that's when I fired the other two shots," Carson explained. The shots shattered the glass storm door and ripped holes in the screen.
Carson said the man wearing a thick dark shirt or jacket fled into the woods behind her home.
"I was terrified, absolutely terrified," Carson said. "And I remember screaming the whole time it was going on. "He didn't say anything, not one word," she added.
It scares Carson to even think about what he wanted, this time. She believes he was also outside her home Thursday night, when she was home alone with her children again. "They actually tried to open one of the playroom windows," she explained. The woman, whose husband taught her to shoot a gun for the first time a month ago, didn't hesitate when the invader tried to enter her home.
"I'm so proud of her for being able to protect herself and the kids," husband B.J. Carson said. "She's truly a hero."
Labels: 2nd Amendment, Armed Citizen, Gun Control, Gun Rights
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