With decisions come consequences. It took a home invasion to clue her in on the life-saving benefits of firearms ownership, but this woman wised up.
There’s plenty of people who, in the face of the proven benefits of owning a gun for self-defense, rely instead upon fear and emotions to guide their decision-making on gun ownership.
We can only hope they survive their encounter with violent bad guys long enough to embrace gun ownership as this woman has.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (First Coast News) — Nearly eighteen years ago, Mike and Susan Gonzalez had a life changing experience.
…It was around 12:40 a.m. when she heard a rustling sound at the front door. Gonzalez said she left the couch to unlock the front door for her son when someone kicked the door in.
“It came off the hinges and I took off running and screaming,” she recalled. “My husband was asleep in the bedroom.”
Two masked men had invaded her home. Susan was shot.
“I kind of knew I was dying, so I was making my peace with God,” she said.
Her husband was shot as he struggled with one of the attackers. Gonzalez said she saw an opportunity to reach for her husband’s pistol and she went for it. She said she pointed the gun at one of the suspects and squeezed the trigger.
“I just opened fire in his back,” she said.
The wounded suspect died in the couple’s front yard. The other suspect took the keys to their truck and got away, but he was later captured.
Susan, 56, said what happened that hot August night has changed her views completely on guns.
“A lot of people are against guns because they say guns kill, ” said Gonzalez. “Guns saved my life and I was against guns. I now carry.”
She has a concealed weapons permit and said she practices on a regular basis.
“What happened to us, I would never in a million years would have dreamed it would happen to us,’ she said.
…”Anyone that is a victim never expects to be a victim,” said Gonzalez. “You should be prepared.”