Pistol-Packin' Grandma Thwarts Mugger

(New York City) Margaret Johnson may be 56 years old and in a wheelchair but she's spunky.

From NYT:

Her attacker came from behind, the police said, and there was no one else around. But this attempted robbery had an ending unlike many others. As it turns out, the would-be victim, Margaret Johnson, has a permit to carry a .357 handgun -- and she carries it often.

The mugging ended seconds after it began, the police said, when Ms. Johnson pulled out her gun and shot her attacker in his arm. Last night, the man accused of the attempted mugging, Deron Johnson, 45, was in stable condition at Harlem Hospital Center with a gunshot wound to his elbow, the police said. He was under protective custody and is facing a robbery charge, the police said.

Ms. Johnson, who was treated at a local hospital and later released, said she suffered bruises to her neck and arm. "I'm tired, I'm really tired," she said as she sat in her apartment last night, wearing a tan baseball cap and appearing rattled. "He tried to mug me, so I shot him."

Mugger Deron Johnson has an impressive arrest record and spent several years in prison for drugs. Seems to me he got off easy with a mere gunshot wound to the elbow.

It's reported that Ms. Johnson was on her way to the shooting range when she was accosted. Had she just returned from the shooting range, maybe her aim would have been better. Either way, there's a message for would-be muggers out there, "Don't mug people packing heat."

Of course, I should probably wait for Senator "Guns Kill" Schumer to weigh in. There must be a liberal political argument against people protecting themselves from muggers in New York City.

Tip: Don Morgenstern