I don't see where that report says the husband fired into the air, but he did fire and "it scares the suspect," said a deputy on the scene. "The suspect runs up the police car and saying, 'Let me in. They are shooting at me'."
See, this is the kind of behavior that gives purse snatchers a bad name.
Purse snatching is an honorable profession. Purse snatchers today, however, have a hard enough time making a living without their victims shooting at them.
If this purse snatching were to have taken place in New York City, Chicago, or a civilized country like England, the snatcher would not have had to flee for his life in fear of the snatchee.
I join with other highminded people in wishing that the snatchee had simply behaved properly and allowed the snatcher to run off with the snatch.
It is quite true that the sound of a pump shotgun being racked has the power to render villains completely harmless. That is why the military does not carry ammunition for their shotguns. There is no more fearsome a sound than that of Marines charging the enemy while racking their shotguns.
For most people there is not even the need to have the shotgun itself much less any ammunition for it. All that's needed is the
sound of the shotgun being racked. Anyone in this forum who wants to be absolutely safe, therefore, need not carry the shotgun.
Simply get an MP3 player and download this sound of the shotgun being racked (and fired too, in case you like more noise). Then, if you are attacked, just play this MP3 sound effect:
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