Posted on 12/21/2007 5:44:12 AM PST by Nextrush
A York City woman scared off a robber Wednesday when the handgun she was carrying accidentally fired during the struggle for her purse.
Wanda D. Clark, 32, of West Jackson Street, was at the Hess Gas Station at 253 S. Queen St. at 9:09 pm Wednesday when she had an argument with a man she knew.
The man, whose name has not been released by police, then struck Clark and grabbed her purse in an effort to take it, police said.
But Clark resisted, and she grabbed the purse in an effort to keep it away from the man.
During the stuggle, a handgun Clark was carrying in her purse went off, shot through the purse and scared the man away, said Sgt. John Veater.
Veater said police don't know what the bullet struck, but they checked with local hospitals and did not learn of anyone who had been treated for a gunshot wound.
Clark does have a license to carry a gun, and she told police that the gunshot was caused by accident during the struggle, Veater said.
Police aren't sure if the man fled the area on foot or in a vehicle, Veater said.
But an investigation into the attempted robbery is ongoing, he said.
"We know who the guy is," Veater said.
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And I complained about people acting like the MSM, well hoisted by my own petard.
Hmmm, I guess guns do stuff of their own accord after all. The liberals were right all along, though they’d enver admit one of them would do something good. Next you’ll hear about an SUV sending oil and parts to less fortunate compacts in the Sudan or something!
My wife has a one 9mm weapon I really don’t like. There’s no sort of safety on it, and you can chamber a round and the pin from the hammer sits on the round. It could go off with a sharp blow to the hammer (as in, if you dropped it). She carries it without chambering a round. She practices drawing it and chambering a round in one motion, unloaded at home obviously and loaded on the range. I don’t think if I were a bad guy and knew her, that I’d try her....
On the other hand, I PERSONALLY wouldn’t carry that weapon either. I have to say it’s the only gun that ‘ever scared me’ lol — even over those that I’ve had pointed at me.
When those stories appear in LOCAL Papers (as this one apparently does) there isn’t a REASON to point the place out on a map, since the folks that get the paper locally know where they are (usually). :)
The gun’s safety is your friend.
Damn! Shot my purse! Hate when that happens!
Phrase from Seinfeld, pertains to ones (cough) 'private parts'
*Sigh.* How well I remember those high school days, when boys tried to get in my pants.
like we say, it’s not the guns but the idiot humans that mishandle them
....lucky consequence of poor firearm safety.
The poster can easily provide the necessary and missing details in post #1.
I know how to fill in the blanks. My point, in the interest of communicating, I shouldn’t have to.
I frequently have to remember to fill in the blanks myself.
The topics checked includes Pennsylvania, which might lead you to deduce that it is York, PA.
Not a Harley guy?
It could have been a revolver.
My wife has a one 9mm weapon I really dont like. Theres no sort of safety on it, and you can chamber a round and the pin from the hammer sits on the round. It could go off with a sharp blow to the hammer (as in, if you dropped it).That doesn't sound right, can you name the make and model? No hammer-block safety?
Not offhand..Standard Arms. That;s all I remember offhand. I did look at it the other day, there isn’t even an actual hammer on it.
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