Posted on 12/03/2016 12:14:54 PM PST by marktwain
Officials said a pair of the robbers found the yoga instructor in her bedroom. Despite them hitting her in the head with a gun and trying to tie her up, she was able to get free and grab a revolver hidden beneath her pillow.The Dallas News reports misses some interesting details. The Yoga instructor owned two Taurus .38 Special revolvers, one of which she kept under her pillow. It is likely the revolver used was a six or seven shot model. Both are popular and common. The robber killed in her bedroom was shot five times. The robber found outside the home was shot at least once. She probably emptied her Taurus. This is a google translation:
Khalsa shot the two men, killing one instantly. The other, badly wounded, died in the yard after running outside. Neither man has been identified.
The two other robbers ran off.
Soto added that one of the two antisocials received five shots in his body, falling dejected in the same place, whereas the second subject, was badly wounded and ended up prostrate and passing away in the patio of the property. Meanwhile, his two other accomplices who were in the kitchen and were preparing to steal, hearing the shots fled quickly without achieving their purpose. Until this morning, the two deceased delinquents were still not identified and according to the persecutor, in the case the grounds exist to estimate that the teacher acted in self-defense. "The .38 Special was sufficiently powerful. In spite of the somewhat mangled translation, it appears that Hari Nam Kaur Khalsa will not be charged.
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The lack of bars on the windows and door show this area, about 20 miles north of Santiago, has been fairly crime free. A wall surrounds the property.
A wall is common practice for most well to do estates throughout the world. It would be common in the United States, but is banned by most zoning codes. The estate appears to be several acres. The picture is taken from a video of the school made in 2009. The gate to the property is directly behind the camera.
Link to Video
A revolver under the pillow is a technique with a long tradition. A few stories have been written of people accidentally shooting themselves because of the practice. Some have claimed a befuddled person picked up the firearm instead of a telephone, then shot themselves in the head while fumbling with the gun. I am skeptical of such accounts. How do you differentiate such a situation from a normal suicide, which happen thousands of time a year?
To prevent accidental discharges, the firearm can be kept holstered. This requires a little more thinking, and slows access very little.
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Link to Gun Watch
I’d hit it.
I always say that Exeter turned out to be really a pretty cool guy in the end, especially considering that he was... well, you know... a space alien.
Or be faster on the ...
In Chile, yogi hit you.
Speed strips fit nicely in a back pocket.
In Soviet Russia, WOMEN HIT LAZ!
Which is why Laz is considering moving to Soviet Russia.
Good and good for her.
Be more fun if it were a Taurus 3800.
Pounds.
Of charging bull.
But a bit messier.
Went for the prostitute mode shooting from the ground, on my back in case I was pushed or knocked down by an attacker .....gunfire is soooo non-yoga serenity as you well can imagine....:o)
Stay Safe Larry !
I think so too. I named mine Lucy.
Is a guy supposed to look at that.... and not think about sex?
My .38 S&W 2” Special is nearly 50 years old. IIRC I paid $50 (+/-) for it new. It’s my carry and it works as flawlessly today as it did back in ‘68. I keep a Taurus Judge in my nightstand just in case someone makes a serious mistake.
I was thinking about shooting stances and range safety. But I’m getting old.
But now that you mention it....
In Spain where they have walls they often will embed broken glass of different colors (red, blue, green, etc) in the top of the wall. It's attractive in it's way, certainly more so than barbed or razor wire, and I'm sure it will discourage an unsophisticated thief from climbing over. I was told this was common in latin america as well.
Also in the mantra chanted. "Eat lead, MO FO." It is said if that is repeated three times when firing, it will assist the perp in attaining the after life. Hey, I'm a Buddhist. Om mani padme BOOM! The word Mani means "jewel" or "bead", Padme is the "lotus flower". Seed pods of the lotus flower look like someone shot a bunch of .38 slugs into someone's family jewels.
“...one of the two antisocials received five shots in his body, falling dejected in the same place...”
I love the translation! LOL
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