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NBC -- Positive Gun Story

From my "Here's How It's Done" department, first the details From WFIE TV (FL):

A Florida great-great-grandmother says she's "not feeling real perky'' after shooting a would-be robber in the chest.

Janet Grammer was filling in for the regular clerk Thursday in a Jacksonville convenience store when a gunmen burst in demanding money. The man waved his gun around and fired two shots at the back wall. The 64-year-old woman says he probably thought she "was an old woman and would just give him the money.''

But, she pulled a pistol from under the cash register and shot him in the chest. She fired two more shots as the man fled. A sheriff's report says the suspect went to a hospital a short time later. He's being treated for chest wounds and faces robbery charges.

I do think Campbell Brown tried a couple times to cast a story in a less than good light first by asking Grammer why she fired again after the suspect had started to flee. Grammer said (rightly) that she was still scared and let's face it, everything happened in a matter of seconds so it's not as if the she had given chase and followed the mutant out through the parking lot.

Campbell then asked the police officer with Grammer if he approved of her actions. He confirmed that it happened very quickly (the defensive shooting) but pointed out that -- yes -- she believed her life was in jeapardy and she had the right to shoot the criminal and he pointed out that she was the mother to ten children (etc.) and he understood her fear and actions completely.

Anyway, the story is in the 8:00 o'clock segment so those of you on the west coast can still catch it.