Jewell Turner was sitting in her van outside of her Fort Worth, Texas, doctor’s office when a young man approached and asked for directions, a common ploy used by stick-up artists to put their victims off guard.
“Never thought that when I turned my head that that young man would stick a knife to my throat,” Turner told the local NBC affiliate.
But the suspect did just that, saying, “I don’t want to hurt you, but I want your money. And I will hurt you if I have to.”
But Turner had no intention of being a victim that day and luckily had a small handgun with her, which she quickly put to use.
“I just reached down, got the gun and turned around and pointed it to his face.
And I told him, I said, ‘You back off, or I’ll blow your head off.’
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After the incident, Turner admitted that it had revealed the darker side of humanity to her, even in herself.
“I noticed there was a dark side in me, too.
Because when I first pulled that gun on him I actually wanted to shoot him.
But I stopped and thought about it,” Turner said (H/T The Blaze).
Thankfully, this older woman had a tool with her that leveled the playing field, removing the advantage enjoyed by the younger, stronger, and faster thug.
Even better is the fact that Turner didn’t have to fire her gun, as its mere appearance was enough to make the thug quickly reconsider his course of action.
The anti-gun and citizen control groups would have grandma Turner be disarmed, with no way to defend herself from the thug demanding she hand over her money, or worse....
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