New York Post, New York, NY, 09/09/06

Friday, December 1, 2006

When a Harlem thug saw Margaret Johnson, a grandmother who has been confined to a wheelchair since a 2001 injury, he thought he had an easy target. The friendly Johnson said hello to the man, but according to police, he responded by grabbing her around the neck in an attempt to steal her necklace. But he had underestimated Johnson, an NRA member and accomplished target shooter who was on her way to the gun range. She reached for her registered pistol and shot her assailant, sending him running. "There's not much to it. Somebody tried to mug me and I shot him," said Johnson. "It was very scary." Police caught up with Johnson's assailant half a block away.

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