by 100percentfedup.com
As described by The Western Journal, Charise Taylor, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, was recently forced to pull a gun on a man who tried to enter her vehicle in traffic on Interstate 10 in New Orleans while she and her 2-year-old child sat inside.
Itâs a good thing she was armed and had the training that she did, but she is not too happy that she was forced to resort to such measures. As she told WDSU, she never thought sheâd have to do this. âSo, as he comes up, heâs close, and heâs pretty aggressive trying to get the car door open makes eye contact with me heâs still trying to get it open a couple of times,â Taylor said as she picked up her gun.  She didnât fire but was ready. She said the man eventually ran off.  Taylor noted that what bothered her is the fact that police classified the crime incident as a mere âdisturbance.â  Per Taylor, âYou shouldnât have to navigate your own city like a war zone. Itâs un-Americanâ. âThe crime is out of control, and itâs terrifying. At this point, having to use the same tactics in an American city that you use in Iraq and Afghanistan simply to navigate through the city itâs scary, and Iâm not the only mom feeling this way.â…