Woman in wheelchair on way to gun practice shoots mugger

Margaret Johnson might have looked like an easy target But when a mugger tried to grab a chain off her neck Friday, the wheelchair-bound 56-year-old pulled out her licensed .357 pistol and shot him, police said.

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I guess someone made her day It just goes to show how the laws in the US are aligned more to the real world than they are here in the UK, over here if she'd even caused him the slightest injury the police would have nicked her instead of him :bnghd:

0wn4g3!!!!!!!

I posted another thread in ATS "Other Current Events" about a 51 year old nurse who strangled an intruder that was in her home when she got home from work and killed him.

Nurse, 51, Kills Intruder With Bare Hands

Originally posted by solidshotI guess someone made her day It just goes to show how the laws in the US are aligned more to the real world than they are here in the UK, over here if she'd even caused him the slightest injury the police would have nicked her instead of him :bnghd:

So why do UK citizens tolerate the government making such stupid laws. British members seem to complain repeatedly about your lack of self defence and the likelihood of prosecution if you hurt a burglar/mugger/rapist, but no one ever seems to get off their backside and do something about changing the legislation.

Why the apathy ?