[GovernmentShrinker]

I seriously doubt that a gun would have helped her. In order to effectively defend yourself, you have to be prepared to do so. Sitting in your car in a mall parking lot, with the doors unlocked, yakking on your cell phone, makes you an easy mark, unless you already have your gun in the other hand, ready to go with a bullet in the chamber. I'm a regular carrier, but I'm not dumb enough to think that just carrying will make me safe.

[Inspectorette]

Sitting in your car in a mall parking lot, with the doors unlocked, yakking on your cell phone,

Wow - I didn't know this: I thought he grabbed her as she was walking toward her car. Unfortunate that she didn't have "street smarts" - always be aware of your surroundings, and ALWAYS lock your car doors the minute you get inside, even broad daylight.

I used to work in a mall store, and the management would always make us leave as a group out to the parking garage when we worked at night.

It's a shame that we have to live that way, but in today's dangerous world of carjackings, etc., it's necessary :-(