Not A Time To Second Guess

By James Rummel

Did any of you see this?

Tina Ring and her daughter Ashley Lee make a living for their families through their liquor store in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A masked robber, armed with a shotgun, threatens their lives and takes the cash in the till before exiting the building.

He has what he said he wanted, but he comes back. Why? He had just robbed two helpless women, leaving them unmolested. Maybe he had second thoughts about that second part.

We don’t have much information except the video, and some of the action takes place off camera. Tina the mom arms herself with a revolver, don’t know what make or model, but I would guess something chambered for the .38 Special cartridge. Daughter Ashley favors an autoloader, probably chambered for the .380 ACP cartridge. If this is what they are using, and I have no way to know if it is, then they are both perfectly adequate rounds for self defense.

The end of the video is particularly terrifying. The robber returns, wrestles the gun from Tina, and tries to shoot Ashley. Why didn’t …Read the Rest

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