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Yoga Instructor uses Taurus .38 to Kill 2 of 4 Home Invaders
Gun Watch ^ | 27 November, 2016 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 12/03/2016 12:14:54 PM PST by marktwain


On Friday night, 25 November, 2016, the well known and successful yoga instructor Hari Nam Kaur Khalsa, was assaulted by two robbers in her bedroom. Her home and school are 20 miles north of Santiago, Chile.  The robbers were half of a gang of four that invaded her home and school. She, her partner, and two students were in the house when the night time invasion occurred. Khalsa was born in Texas. From dallasnews.com:
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.

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.
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:
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.

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.

©2016 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice and link are included.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: argentina; armedcitizen; banglist; selfdefense; yoga
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Self defense, inside of your secured property, is respected in Argentina.
1 posted on 12/03/2016 12:14:54 PM PST by marktwain
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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.


2 posted on 12/03/2016 12:17:14 PM PST by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: marktwain
Khalsa shot the two men, killing one instantly. The other, badly wounded, died in the yard after running outside. Neither man has been identified.

Furiously trying to think of a yoga/trigger control wisecrack here, but failing.....
3 posted on 12/03/2016 12:18:11 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Vote for your guns!)
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To: RandallFlagg

It is in the breathing control...


4 posted on 12/03/2016 12:19:33 PM PST by marktwain
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To: RandallFlagg

Two Downward Facing Dogs, thanks to the plucky yoga instructor.


5 posted on 12/03/2016 12:19:43 PM PST by nickedknack
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To: marktwain

Always like a happy ending, although I do prefer a .45.


6 posted on 12/03/2016 12:20:15 PM PST by Obadiah
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To: marktwain

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).


7 posted on 12/03/2016 12:21:02 PM PST by JonPreston
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To: marktwain

I just love happy endings.


8 posted on 12/03/2016 12:21:46 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: marktwain

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.” :-)


9 posted on 12/03/2016 12:21:49 PM PST by Oatka (nd 14)
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To: marktwain
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.

Or a 5-shot snubby for an under the pillow pistol.

10 posted on 12/03/2016 12:22:46 PM PST by Red Steel
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I thought it was a pretty good Google translation...


11 posted on 12/03/2016 12:22:56 PM PST by marktwain
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To: Red Steel

Or a 5-shot snubby for an under the pillow pistol.


It seems likely that she fired at least six shots...


12 posted on 12/03/2016 12:23:51 PM PST by marktwain
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When they make an action movie about it, her catchphrase will be, “Namaste, mother#%*~er!”


13 posted on 12/03/2016 12:24:08 PM PST by Rastus (#NeverHillary #AlwaysTrump)
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To: marktwain

Namaste, sucker!


14 posted on 12/03/2016 12:24:57 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: Oatka
“Man, if I took five 38s to the body, I’d fall dejected too.” :-)

He died of shame.

15 posted on 12/03/2016 12:26:21 PM PST by BipolarBob (Selling agent for Algores carbon credit scam. See me for the lowest prices guaranteed!)
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To: marktwain

Mrs. Exeter?


16 posted on 12/03/2016 12:27:23 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: marktwain

Or maybe she kept both of her revolvers close by. A two-fisted gun fighter. :)


17 posted on 12/03/2016 12:27:25 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: JonPreston

In all honesty, a quality 38 special is truly wonderful for everything human defense related. Id step up to a 357 for tougher critters.


18 posted on 12/03/2016 12:27:58 PM PST by DesertRhino (November 8, America's Brexit!!!)
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To: Oatka

Perhaps, after taking five shots to the body, a better translation would be “falling exsanguinated”. A happy ending nonetheless. :=)


19 posted on 12/03/2016 12:28:59 PM PST by Bob (No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not veauccomplishments; they're jobs.)
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To: marktwain
Chile is not Argentina.

But yes, the fact that they were inside her house means that she will not be charged as long as her guns were registered.

20 posted on 12/03/2016 12:29:11 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles!)
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