The gun control orgs in this country love to use domestic violence as one of their rationales for limiting Americans’ right to keep and bear arms. The cite the number of spouses — usually women — who are injured or killed by husbands, boyfriends and exes.
What they somehow fail to mention, though, are the women who don’t rely on court orders to keep them safe. Women who arm themselves in case an abusive significant other decides to attack.
That’s exactly what happened earlier this month in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
From live5news.com . . .
Henry Herbig, 65, spent weeks planning to kill his wife, according to investigators.
On Sept. 8, Virginia Beach police found two women attacked and Herbig suffering from a gunshot wound at a home.
They found a journal in the front seat of Herbig’s car, which was parked out front. Details of an alleged plan to kill his estranged wife filled the pages.
Herbig drove to Virginia Beach from his home in Florida to carry out the attack, police say.
They said he went through a lot of steps to ensure he couldn’t be tracked.
Herbig had obviously put a great deal of thought into planning the attack on his wife and intended to get away with it. He drove to Virginia from his home in Florida intending to killer her after she filed for divorce and moved north to live with her daughter.
He left his phone at his home, so he couldn’t be pinged by GPS; he used cash to avoid credit cards; he only stopped at mom and pop shops, so he wouldn’t be recorded on security cameras; and he avoided tolls.
Prosecutors say once he was in Virginia, he put on a disguise, which included a wig, and went to the house with a gun and a large wrench.
But he didn’t plan on his wife or his stepdaughter being armed.
Investigators say he first attacked his stepdaughter, hitting her over the head with the wrench, and then used the same weapon on his wife.
Investigators say he first attacked his stepdaughter, hitting her over the head with the wrench, and then used the same weapon on his wife.
She suffered severe injuries to her face.
His stepdaughter stopped the attack when she shot him, which severed his spine.
It is believed Herbig will never walk again.
