Would-be Car-jacker Picks Armed Female ‘Victim’

By James England

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE — Looking for an easy target? Think again. A suspected car-jacker attempted to force a woman out of her car outside Memphis. Thankfully, she was armed.

All it took, according to Memphis 5 News, was for the woman to pull her handgun before the thief took off. He was picked up out of a line-up of suspects thanks to police having him pegged from a prior, recent conviction.

Memphis 5 focused a lot on neighbors’ reactions to the event but, in truth, it’s becoming a part of the norm for people to carry.

“You know, they want to take [guns] from people now but, in reality, you need something to defend yourself. It’s bad out here,” neighbor Eric Schermerhorn said.

According to police, the man who attempted to force the victim out of the car had his hand in his pocket either because he had a pistol and didn’t want to brandish it or he didn’t have a pistol and sought to intimidate her. In either case, she responded.

There is no way to know whether an aggressor is carrying a gun, a stick, or a BB gun. There’s no way to know that information until it’s either too late, you’re …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation