This woman could be the poster child for the anti-gunners who say; "The bad guy will just take your gun and shoot you with it."
Not a lot of detail in the article, but it's an example of why you need to be prepared to shoot if you draw a gun:
Florissant man takes pistol from woman defending her friend, shoots her, police say http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_aed9a632-7f45-5f2a-af17-7c49a738d1dc.html
Over the years I've run into a lot of people who think that just having a gun is enough. I've even had people tell me they didn't need ammunition because just the sight of the gun would make the criminal run away.
And yes, there are plenty of examples of that happening. You can usually read of a couple every month in the Armed Citizen column in the NRA publications.
But as this incident proves, it's not always the case.
Not a lot of detail in the article, but it's an example of why you need to be prepared to shoot if you draw a gun:
Florissant man takes pistol from woman defending her friend, shoots her, police say http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_aed9a632-7f45-5f2a-af17-7c49a738d1dc.html
Florissant man takes pistol from woman defending her friend, shoots her, police say
Joel Currier [email protected]
Sep 22, 2015 17:15
UNIVERSITY CITY • A Florissant man was charged Tuesday with grabbing a pistol from a woman Saturday as she was trying to prevent him from attacking her friend in University City, then beating her and her friend with the gun and shooting one of the women.
Mario Pearson, who turned 31 on Saturday, of the 2600 block of Northridge Place, was charged Tuesday with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. He was being held on a $150,000 bail.
University City police said in court records that Pearson shot the woman Saturday at a home in the 1200 block of Meyer Avenue. The victim pulled out a handgun when Pearson "began to get rough with the victim's friend," court records say.
Pearson then took the gun and beat the women with it. He shot the woman who had originally pulled the gun, police say. She was struck twice in the chest.
The woman's age and condition was not available Tuesday. Pearson's criminal history includes a 2014 conviction of unlawful use of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor.
Over the years I've run into a lot of people who think that just having a gun is enough. I've even had people tell me they didn't need ammunition because just the sight of the gun would make the criminal run away.
And yes, there are plenty of examples of that happening. You can usually read of a couple every month in the Armed Citizen column in the NRA publications.
But as this incident proves, it's not always the case.