Kate Ranta's Story

PAUL BILODEAU/Staff photo. Kate Ranta has a tattoo on her arm with a finish saying of "Sisu". Sisu is described as extraordinary determination in the face of extreme adversity, and courage that is presented typically in situations where success is unlikely.

Rnta is a public figure in the gun reform and violence against women movements. In 2012—after leaving an emotionally, financially, and sexually abusive marriage—Kate’s ex-husband stalked her to her apartment in Parkland, FL, where he shot her twice and her father twice in front of her then 4-year-old son. One bullet destroyed her right hand, and another went through her left breast, just missing her heart. Her father was shot in his left arm, which is still disabled, and in his left side, just missing his heart and lung. Although not physically hurt, Kate’s son witnessed the entire event from start to finish. 7/7/21

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