Darn JE223 - I'm usually pretty proficient in finding stuff on the numerous search resources out here on the Internet, especially if I've read the info before in the past. But man, this one is leaving me empty-handed. I even went back to all my Ayoob books here at home thinking maybe I read it from one of them - no luck either.
I've read that exact story at least a couple times here on the Internet. I recall it pretty clearly because it was such a harrowing event for the woman in question.
I recall the story was set in the woman's home - during daylight hours - she was the only one home. She was doing house chores - dusting cleaning, that sort of stuff. When in the bedroom she opened up the night stand drawer to continue cleaning and putting stuff away, when she notices the handgun in the drawer that she either purchased or received as a gift, for purposes of home protection. She thought it amusing that it was there as she's never once even remotely thinking of needing it in the past. For some reason she leaves it sitting on top of her night stand - in plain view to anyone in the room. I recall it was a very small caliber handgun - either a regular .22 LR, or similar, like the .25 ACP you mention. Shortly thereafter she found herself tired, and decided to lay down to take a nap, in that bedroom. She ends up waking to an intruder, whom as I recall was hoping to get away with raping this woman. As she's trying to fight off his incredibly violent blows, she recalls the gun sitting on the night stand - the would be rapist never even saw it sitting there. She ends up getting hold of it and in the hour long struggle gets off numerous shots, but she never really knows at the moment if any of them have hit their mark as this guy just keeps beating at her. A lot of things happened in that hour that I can't recall exactly from the article, but what it all boiled down to was she survived the encounter, while the intruder was dead. Once she got hold of a phone to call in the emergency and the police arrived the found that she had in fact shot the guy numerous times, one shot going right into the guys mouth and exiting out the side of his face/head. At least one other shot into the abdomen, and I can't recall if the other were hits too, or misses. Through this whole incident she never let go of that gun either. Basically the article said the guy bled to death over that one hour of time, taking multiple small caliber shots. I also recall that the police that arrived were just astonished that this woman lived, as she was truly beat to a bloody pulp - I recall that the officers were just numbed that this intruder was so inhumane to beat another human so severely that it maddened them - one of the many things that horrified the police was how bad her face was beat - apparently so bad that one on the woman's eye balls was popped out of it's socket as well. I believe the doctors saved her sight, but she had to go through years of physical rehab regardless.
That's the best I can recall from the story. One day I'm sure I'll roll across it again, and I'll try to remember this thread and post a link...
