Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA, 12/06/01

Friday, March 1, 2002

A BUSINESSWOMAN THWARTED A ROBBERY in her store when she responded to a man's demand for cash by pulling her 9mm handgun. Erin Moul, owner of a Carlisle, Pennsylvania, bookstore, said she felt the man was up to something soon after he entered the store. "He came in about 10 minutes before 6 and says, "Do you sell any comic books,'" Moul recalled. When she told him no, the man "meandered" around the store then came behind her counter. As Moul backed away toward her purse, the man said he needed her to open the cash register. When he repeated the demand, Moul responded, "No, and I have a really good reason not to open my register. You want to see why?" She then pulled out her handgun and said, "Why don't you try robbing somebody who doesn't have a gun?" At that, the man apologized and quickly fled. Moul called police, and a suspect was in custody within an hour.

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