"There's not much to it," she said in a brief interview. "Somebody tried to mug me, and I shot him."
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/09/09/wheelchair.shooter.ap/index.html
Way to go, pure and simple!
wish she'd got a bit more than his elbow, but he'll be banged to rights, i hope.
good on you, girl! :clap: :clap: :clap:
more here, with pic of the female hero: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/09/nyregion/09wheelchair.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin
As muggings go, it began like many others. A 56-year-old woman was leaving her building in her wheelchair, her only company the small dog perched on her lap.
Her attacker came from behind, the police said, and there was no one else around. But this attempted robbery had an ending unlike many others. As it turns out, the would-be victim, Margaret Johnson, has a permit to carry a .357 handgun and she carries it often.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/09/09/nyregion/wheel600.jpg
Margaret Johnson, 56, fended off an attacker yesterday by shooting him with a handgun she is licensed to carry, the police said.
(anyone who can't access NYT, try bugmenot.com)
The man accused of attacking her, Mr. Johnson (no relation), was described by the authorities as a robbery recidivist, with nine previous arrests. He spent several years in prison for criminal sale of a controlled substance, and he was released in February 2003, according to Department of Correction Records.
wonder why he was released . . . dumbass - he now knows not everyone is a pushover, yes! :dance: :dance: :dance:
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/09/09/wheelchair.shooter.ap/index.html
Way to go, pure and simple!
wish she'd got a bit more than his elbow, but he'll be banged to rights, i hope.
good on you, girl! :clap: :clap: :clap:
more here, with pic of the female hero: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/09/nyregion/09wheelchair.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin
As muggings go, it began like many others. A 56-year-old woman was leaving her building in her wheelchair, her only company the small dog perched on her lap.
Her attacker came from behind, the police said, and there was no one else around. But this attempted robbery had an ending unlike many others. As it turns out, the would-be victim, Margaret Johnson, has a permit to carry a .357 handgun and she carries it often.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/09/09/nyregion/wheel600.jpg
Margaret Johnson, 56, fended off an attacker yesterday by shooting him with a handgun she is licensed to carry, the police said.
(anyone who can't access NYT, try bugmenot.com)
The man accused of attacking her, Mr. Johnson (no relation), was described by the authorities as a robbery recidivist, with nine previous arrests. He spent several years in prison for criminal sale of a controlled substance, and he was released in February 2003, according to Department of Correction Records.
wonder why he was released . . . dumbass - he now knows not everyone is a pushover, yes! :dance: :dance: :dance: