Did you read her comment? " If they'd even dared come close to me, they'd be 6 feet under by now." http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/04/21/wtf/doc462acea48347e274299600. txt She is saying for those not used to ideas of self-defense, "if they were to come toward me, I would shoot them rather than let them get to me." If you read her comments, you will see that when they tried to steal her farm machinery, she didn't find it necessary to "put them six feet under," she shot out their tires and held them for the police. Lawrence From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Stone Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 9:34 PM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Armed Miss America of 1944 stops intruder On 4/22/07, Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: This just in from the Associated Press, Mike. And she doesn't appear to be charged with any crime. What's the U.S. coming to? Long tribute to "the american way" snipped Once again, I ask, is it really necessary to shoot someone and "put them six feet under" for stealing old farm equipment? Should property really be defendable with deadly force? Are you actually endorsing that? am I getting through? wondering why nobody responded to my last email, Paul