Beth Douglas of Wheatland knew she needed a gun when three side-by-sides full of men approached her from behind one day.

Douglas had stepped out of her vehicle to open the gate that leads to her home in the mountains when the vehicles drove up. She said the men were wearing helmets and masks that concealed their faces, causing her to panic.

“It turned out that once these guys got parked and took off their helmets and everything, I knew them,” Douglas said in a phone interview with Cowboy State Daily. “It made me nervous because I was the only one up in that area. It’s like 30 miles out of town.”

Since obtaining a concealed carry license, Douglas said that she still does not feel completely protected, but now has a greater sense of peace of mind.

“I would never say that at all, because

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