Burglars - Beware of kids with guns!

[charlotte49er]

http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article/rr/8459870/59017547/Okla_mom_wont_face_charges_for_shooting_intruder

BLANCHARD, Okla. (AP) — Authorities don't plan to file charges against an Oklahoma woman who fatally shot a New Year's Eve intruder at her house while she had a 911 dispatcher on the phone, but the intruder's alleged accomplice has been charged in the death.

A 911 tape released to Oklahoma City media outlets Wednesday reveals that 18-year-old Sarah McKinley asked a Grady County dispatcher for permission to shoot the intruder.

McKinley's 3-month-old son was with her when she shot Justin Shane Martin, 24, at her Blanchard mobile home.

"I've got two guns in my hand. Is it OK to shoot him if he comes in this door?" McKinley asked the dispatcher.

"Well, you have to do whatever you can do to protect yourself," the dispatcher is heard telling McKinley. "I can't tell you that you can do that, but you have to do what you have to do to protect your baby."

This 9-1-1 Operator got it right!

[Panthers128]

This is why guns are necessary for people to defend their homes. Without a gun, what would this woman have been able to do? Have a knife fight with her attacker?

[g5jamz]

Why can't the dispatcher tell the person they can do that. They are perfectly within their right to do that.

[charlotte49er]

His lawyer will probably lead it out, but I love the fact that the guys accomplice is charged with 1st degree murder!

[Mayor Qumiby]

Why can't the dispatcher tell the person they can do that. They are perfectly within their right to do that.

911 ops aren't allowed to give legal advice.. they could have gotten in mad trouble if they said yes your allowed to shoot.. that's why they worded it they way they did.