She has other words of wisdom to live by:Despite her warnings, the alleged burglar didn’t stop and continued to smash her dining room window and enter the house. Thompson, going into survival mode, grabbed her late mother’s handgun and shot at the suspect. She told Fox 29 it was her first time using the gun.
“I shot at him. He turned around and he ran and when he ran, I ran down the steps behind him and shot at him some more,” Thompson recalled. “Kill him before he kills me. That’s what was going through my mind.”
Not an exact quote.“Stay the heck out of people’s houses,” Thompson said.
Wounded invader ran to a nearby business and called police. He was arrested and taken to the hospital.
p.s. Note that the thug knew she was home, and he broke in anyway. I don't think 911 calls and rape whistles would have helped her nearly as much as her mom's handgun did.