GUNS: Woman hiding with kids shoots intruder.

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A woman hiding in her attic with children shot an intruder multiple times before fleeing to safety Friday.

The incident happened at a home on Henderson Ridge Lane in Loganville around 1 p.m.
The woman was working in an upstairs office when she spotted a strange man outside a window, according to Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman.
He said she took her 9-year-old twins to a crawlspace before the man broke in using a crowbar.
But the man eventually found the family.
“The perpetrator opens that door.
Of course, at that time he’s staring at her, her two children and a .38 revolver,” Chapman told Channel 2’s Kerry Kavanaugh.
The woman then shot him five times, but he survived, Chapman said.
He said the woman ran out of bullets but threatened to shoot the intruder if he moved.
“She’s standing over him, and she realizes she’s fired all six rounds.
And the guy’s telling her to quit shooting,” Chapman said.
The woman ran to a neighbor’s home with her children.
The intruder attempted to flee in his car but crashed into a wooded area and collapsed in a nearby driveway, Chapman said.
See, this is where one of those “assault weapons” might have come in handy.

UPDATE: A reader emails: “When some politician starts pontificating that no one needs more than a 10 round clip capacity (or 5, or 3) this is the story that should be shoved in their faces.
She fired 6 shots, put 5 in the attacker and he was still kicking.
What if there had been multiple attackers.
Then that 30 round clip suddenly seems appropriate.”