She should have run them over with her vehicle.
Great thinking. I’m sure she was hoping to have an opportunity to run them over after they were finished assaulting her. She was probably thinking that after they get done beating on her hopefully they will walk in front of her vehicle then she can run them down. She probably figured that after they arrested her for assault with a deadly weapon they would realize that she was actually a victim and then would say no reasonable prosecutor would indict her so they would let her go. And of course since the teens were guilty of a crime her insurance company would not have to pay for their injuries. Too bad you weren’t there to help her decide
There are sadly few states that will allow an assaulted driver to do that legally after the robber has discontinued the encounter. Texas is one of the few that do; many other states (including ones that are otherwise good on self-defense matters) will do an impression of the SNL Church Lady, finger wag, tell you that two wrongs don’t make a right then charge you with 2nd degree attempted homicide.
In Texas the only thing you can’t do to someone taking off with your stuff is execute them. That scene in the movie Collateral where Vince retrieves his briefcase from the thieves, per my attorney, is completely legal in Texas except for the very last shot into the guy on the ground.
Specifically, this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEFPcljAXgs