WHEN DID SHE KNOW SHE WAS IN FEAR FOR HER LIFE?

This is a chilling story in the news right now that I want to share with you.  READ IT HERE...HER FINAL MOMENTS

Beverly Hope Melton woke up today expecting to live through the day.  It was just another regular and normal day in her life.  The cover photo for my blog today shows Beverly looking very unafraid.  However, at some point within a short time of this photo being taken, we know that she became VERY afraid.  WHY?  Because some random stranger decided he had other intentions for Beverly that day.

My heart and prayers go out to her family as they grieve their loss. 

I can't help but wonder if things could have gone differently that day.  What does it feel like to be in a situation where your life is clearly about to end and there is nothing you can do to prevent it?

From the story we know that Beverly had a cell phone and she did use it as soon as she suspected she was being followed. That phone call did not save her life.  The police could not save her.  She was no match (unarmed) for the man about to allegedly commit murder.

I wonder what the outcome would have been if she had been armed with a handgun, pepper spray, knife or kubaton.  Would she have used a gun, could she had used her gun?  I believe that answer would have been YES!  I believe she would have died, perhaps lived, fighting verses being defenseless if she had the ability to defend her life.  Her odds of survival would have increased dramatically if she was armed and capapble of meeting a greater force, the scum bag attacker, with an even greater force, a fully loaded handgun.  Don't believe that?  Ask any officer of the law who see's this behavior daily.

What about you, what would you have done?  Would you have had a firearm available to you in an instant?  I personally know a hundreds of women who would be able to answer that questions with a resounding, "HELL YEAH".  These women are women whom I know personally.  Mom's, sisters, daughters, aunts, grandmothers and the list goes on an on.  These are women that I have trained through The Women's Shooting & Safety Academy.  All of them at some point ended up in my "Ladies Introduction To Handguns" or my "Concealed Weapons" classes.  It takes guts and courage for women to step into the world of committed responsibility that is their personal safety.  I have first hand witnessed women who make the decision to arm and protect themselves.  When the actually do it, they have an epiphany of epic size and it changes their life forever!  They become confident in knowing they have a chance at surviving home invasions, carjacking and like Beverly, attack, rape and murder.

Right now, I wager if I asked you to think of three women in your life who could use some firearm training, I'm sure you would not be at a loss of names popping into your mind.  Perhaps one of those women is YOU.

With the beginning of 2012 comes new decisions, new habits, new choices....gone with the old in with the new.  Please do something in regards to your personal safety sooner rather than later.  Don't end up like Beverly.

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It is my commitment to continue to EDUCATE - ENCOURAGE - EMPOWER as many women as I can on this journey we call life.  One woman can make a difference, many women can start a movement.

 Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.
Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
- Marie Curie

Vicki Kawelmacher
Founder
(775) 772-7064