Murder victim Kelly Wilkinson repeatedly visited police in fear. They said she was ‘cop shopping’

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Murder victim Kelly Wilkinson repeatedly visited police in fear. They said she was ‘cop shopping’
theguardian.com

Exclusive: Family calls for inquest, saying Wilkinson visited police ‘almost every day’ before she was murdered by her husband in 2021

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When seconds count police are only minutes away not coming to save you.

Buy a gun, learn to shoot. Nobody is coming to save you, take agency for your own safety.

Wasn't she a resident of Australia? They have some pretty strict gun laws, so there's almost no chance she'd have been able to get one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_of_Australia

A person must have a firearm licence to possess or use a firearm. Licence holders must demonstrate a "genuine reason" (which does not include self-defence)

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She was, it’s a shame she didn’t have access to all the tools she needed to escape that deadly situation. Depending on others is never a good plan.