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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| Yoga Instructor's Home and School |
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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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...
TOUGH lady.
TERRIBLE robbers. Now dead robbers.
It is in the breathing control...
Two Downward Facing Dogs, thanks to the plucky yoga instructor.
Always like a happy ending, although I do prefer a .45.
A .38 Special is a perfect weapon for a woman who isn’t a gun buff. Point and pull with enough power to stop a bad guy (depending on the round).
I just love happy endings.
I know it is just the effects of a translation, but when I read “one of the two antisocials received five shots in his body, falling dejected in the same place”, I thought, “Man, if I took five 38s to the body, I’d fall dejected too.” :-)
Or a 5-shot snubby for an under the pillow pistol.
I thought it was a pretty good Google translation...
Or a 5-shot snubby for an under the pillow pistol.
It seems likely that she fired at least six shots...
When they make an action movie about it, her catchphrase will be, “Namaste, mother#%*~er!”
Namaste, sucker!
He died of shame.
Mrs. Exeter?
Or maybe she kept both of her revolvers close by. A two-fisted gun fighter. :)
In all honesty, a quality 38 special is truly wonderful for everything human defense related. Id step up to a 357 for tougher critters.
Perhaps, after taking five shots to the body, a better translation would be “falling exsanguinated”. A happy ending nonetheless. :=)
But yes, the fact that they were inside her house means that she will not be charged as long as her guns were registered.
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