I have to chime in on this one.
If the reports say the police released a statement that the couple in the car used their vehicle to try to rob the store, then that takes out the medical cause. POlice are pretty reluctant to make public statements about any cause, it seems. When they do, they must have something.
Second, the name sounds like Thai, Cambodian, or Laotian, I guess. Not sure. As one poster sated, SE Asian women in their mid 30s and older are easily from the Vietnam-conflict era; they react pretty quickly.
I think it was rather interesting the convenience store owner had a rifle on hand. For one reason or another, a handgun was not under the counter. good thing, too. The rifle round probably allowed the penetration through the glass and metal of the car, although nothing is specified about where the shots went.
I think it is probably a 10-rd stripper clip loaded magazine if it is an SKS. Again, just guessing. It would be rather hardcore if the police arrived and saw a little Asian woman with a rifle with a banana magazine sticking out, smoke steaming from the barrel and shell casings all over the ground. I doubt the justified self-defense report would have been allowed in that scenario.
I guess such a defensive firearm would be needed if that coveneience store were robbed before. Not sure where the store is located, or what kind of neighborhood, but I guess that store owner was not going to be a victim of any sort.
In a case like this, The NRA should promote the value of a defensive firearm against marauding attackers.
