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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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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Link to Gun Watch
This stuff freaks me out.
But MAN did the gals in NYC who did Yoga have ROCKING bodies!!
I'd LOVE to be able to do Tai Chi, but I just can't liiiiifffffftttt ttthhheeeee mmmmooooonnnnnn ssslllloooowwwlllyyyy bbbrrreeeaaattthhhiiinnnggg innnnn annnnnnd ouuuuut aaaaaannnnnd ....
Here ... TAKE the damned moon ... NOW what ?
/8^)
Yoga is very good isometric core strengthening exercise!
You’ll also develop the ability to ignore “kooks”, a yoga studio full of them!
lol
If the Tai Chi doesn’t have “standing exercise” or something similar as a primary core strengthening exercise its not worth doing.
Believe it or not, Tai Chi properly taught as a martial art is a devastating martial art. It’s a martial art built around joint locks, where you “disturb” your opponents balance and he falls into the joint lock.
It’s difficult to find a Tai Chi instructor who will teach it as a martial art. Most of the instructors at Rec Centers are New Age hippie types. They don’t even know its a martial art and would be horrified to find that out!
I can breathe slowly in and out once or twice, but it leaves me breathless and I spend the next five minute catching my breath.
Just TAKE the damned moon !
/8^)
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My Tai Chi (Chen Style) instructor thinks the “special breathing” is way over stated. Normal breathing is fine! The key at least with this style is the core strength & improved balance you get from the “standing exercise”.
Unless you are talking about rifles then you are wrong as far as the semi-autos go.
The shock of an assuredly hippie-type new-age yoga nut (complete with turban) living in South America actually having firearms - including under her pillow.
I have a Taurus .38. But only 5 shots.
“. 38 hammerless snubbie is perfect for women.”
It’s perfect for anyone. A snubbie is for up-close and personal work, and no matter which gender is using it, empty it in the torso(s) of the attacker(s).
A .38 SPL at close range is quite effective.
I like the .357 revolver with +P. Excellent round, heavy frame to reduce kick.
Speed strips are great. If you have a 5-shot snubbie, just load five rounds, leaving off the sixth round that would be closest to the end tab. That way, your end tab is longer, sturdier, and easier to grip.
Ahh prostrate cancer from lead poisoning..
/8^)
Now I have to hide this thread from my wife or she'll start back in on me about looking nine months pregnant.
We’ve put a few “full power” loads through it just for kicks, if you’ll pardon the pun. Stout indeed.
When fired inside a dark range you’d swear it’s a mini-flamethrower.
LOL.
The beginnings of Gunkata?
The beginnings of Gunkata?
lmao...!!
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