Posted on 09/10/2006 8:40:02 PM PDT by lowbridge
The pistol-packing Harlem grandma who grabbed a registered .357 magnum and blasted a mugger is a steady shot who has won awards for her marksmanship. "I never thought I would have to use my gun on a person," said Margaret Johnson, who has at least a dozen shooting trophies in her apartment and once shot a hole in a quarter from 30 feet away.
"I feel bad, but it was his choice," Johnson, 57, said of the mugger she wounded. "I think he's stupid. I think it's really wrong to take advantage of the disabled."
Johnson, who has been confined to a wheelchair since 2001 when she suffered a dislocated hip and a herniated disk, has a permit for the handgun that allows her to keep the firearm in her home and take it to shooting ranges.
She told the Daily News she has been firing guns at the ranges for 25 years to relieve stress. But until Friday, she never had to shoot a gun anywhere else.
She was heading to a Bronx shooting range at 3 p.m. when she saw Deron Johnson, a 45-year-old ex-con, in a parking lot outside her Lenox Ave. building, police said. "I said hello to the man," recalled Margaret Johnson.
But he didn't respond. He grabbed the retired bus driver around the neck,
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She pulled out her gun and shot him in the elbow, sending him running like a wounded duck.
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Margaret Johnson, whose son is an ex-Marine, said she doesn't feel like a hero for protecting herself.
"Actually I feel sick about the whole thing," she said. "Picking on a handicapped woman is about as low as you can go. I feel sorry for him, but it was a choice he made."
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Shot him in the elbow with a 357? Ouch! We wont be using that arm much..
I hope their are people who will chip in for her defense attorney.
I admire this lady even more because she regrets that he forced her into this situation.
I think she hit his elbow on purpose : )
She won't need one.
That's some fine shooting with a pistol.
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Me too!
Don't worry...it hurt him more than it hurts you! :-)
Yep.
A .357.
It begs the question; What elbow?
Exactly. Her attitude is spot on!
I'm thinking he's sounding like a candidate for a fancy schmantzy titanium elbow replacement. Don't know if she was packin' hollow-points, but I'm thinking even with cheapie wadcutter ammo for the range, that elbow is pretty much Spam at this point.
If you're a mugger and you're getting winged by Grandmama riding her mobility scooter...it's time to retire and go straight.
I don't. She should have NO regrets. It was his choice. She didn't have a say other than where to aim. And what's this about taking advantage of the disabled? It's not ok to take advantage or rob anyone wheelchair or not. She certainly can't claim a disability in the only thing that counted and that would be her trigger finger.
Granny, you don't need to feel bad at all. An elbow shot was the perfect choice when the perp was hiding behind a hostage. We all applaud your splendid gun control.
She has a heart, and that's a good thing. The bible says be angry but sin not. And that is what she did.
She won't need it. She's female, black, old, someones grandmother, Mother of a Marine, and in a wheelchair.
No prosecutor in New York will dare touch her. :-)
Opps, I guess granny was the would-be hostage on closer reading . . . which makes the elbow shot even more impressive!
My only regret was that the perp didn't bleed to death while waiting for medical assistance.
Amen, Granny.
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