Not MY Mama!

According to Los Angeles police Sgt. Peter Casey, three men stopped the woman outside her home and one put a gun to her head. She called for help and her 28-year-old son shot the one holding the gun to her head.

All three suspects fled on foot, with the wounded one leaving a trail of blood that led to where the trio got into a vehicle and drove away.

Predators have survival instincts? Who'da thunk?

I met a "pro gun" cop--one with a lot of "street" experience--at a dinner a few years back, and someone asked him what to do if threatened by a gang where you don't have enough ammunition to take on all of them. His answer:

Just empty you magazine into the nearest one--the rest of them will scatter and run like hell.

I guess that's a debatable tactic and will probably prompt some objections, but intuitively it makes sense. The vermin in this story certainly seemed more interested in self-preservation than retaliation.