Sarah Dawn McKinley, Cited As Gun Rights Symbol After Shooting Intruders, Supports Background Checks

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Logan Norman, a Marine on boot leave for Christmas, looks at guns at Coal Creek Armory on Dutchtown Road Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 in Knoxville, Tenn. Norman, a gun owner, said he came to the store to see what they had. Coal Creek Armory president Jason Avery said of recent sales at the store, Then this happened (the shooting) and it really went wild, he said. On a normal day, we might see between 300-400 customers. We had close to 2,000 yesterday, he said Thursday. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Adam Brimer)
Logan Norman, a Marine on boot leave for Christmas, looks at guns at Coal Creek Armory on Dutchtown Road Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 in Knoxville, Tenn. Norman, a gun owner, said he came to the store to see what they had. Coal Creek Armory president Jason Avery said of recent sales at the store, Then this happened (the shooting) and it really went wild, he said. On a normal day, we might see between 300-400 customers. We had close to 2,000 yesterday, he said Thursday. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Adam Brimer)

Sarah Dawn McKinley, a young mother from Oklahoma, was thrust into the national spotlight this week when conservatives at the Senate gun hearing cited her run-in with intruders to make the case against Obama's new gun proposals. On December 31, 2011, Ms. McKinley, at home with her three-month-old baby, fought off two men, killing one who was bearing a knife with her shotgun.

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