Clerk kills would-be robber who grabbed daughter

[Remmah2]

Never mess with a momma bear and her cubs:


EAST NAPLES — A clerk at a landmark East Naples corner store shot and killed a man Tuesday as he attempted to rob the family-run shop and flee with her 1-year-old daughter.



http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/oct/18/deputies-responding-possible-shooting-dels-24-hour/

[AnneD]

1. First rule of nature....

never come between a mom and her baby. It could have unpleasant consequences.

[opihimoimoi]

2. WHAD A DUFUS.....deserves his fate....hope the kid/mother is ok

[ileus]

3. aim at the knee? and he died? well that fixes that problem I suppose.

[reggie the dog]

5. someone tries to kidnap my daughter and if i have a gun

the knees will not be where i aim, i will aim where my little girl is not in the way and blast, this mother did a great thing for her child

[ileus]

7. center mass, leg, whatever it takes to stop the thug.

without hitting the kid...

[Hepburn]

8. she could have hit the femoral artery...total bleed out and quick. n/t

[TheWraith]

10. I'd imagine that's what happened, but if so she's very lucky.

One little twitch while firing--maybe not leading a moving target just right--she misses the leg entirely, and he gets away.

[ManiacJoe]

11. Backstop problem: his knee is at the child's level.

Center of mass would have been the preferred target.

[SteveM]

12. So much for the Hollywood myth of "winging" someone. nt

[one-eyed fat man]

13. Simple biology

The aorta is the largest artery in the body and it connects to the femoral arteries which branch down each leg. The femoral artery connects with the popliteal artery at the knee. If the popliteal artery is damaged beyond repair, it is very likely the leg will not be able to survive. The popliteal artery carries blood to the leg and foot. Sever that artery and a person can bleed to death within a few minutes.



Battlefield Case Studies
Civil War (fatality)
• Leading Confederate General (Albert Sydney Johnston)
• KIA at Shiloh April 7, 1862
• Gen. Johnston’s Surgeon, Dr. David Yandell, directed that tourniquets be issued. During the battle, Gen. Johnston sustained an injury to the popliteal artery (located just above and behind the knee) and bled to death
• Tourniquet was in his pocket

There's a reason, as soldiers, we were taught how to use tourniquets and other basic hemorrhage control techniques.

[reggie the dog]

4. what a great mother, saved her daughter from rape

and likely a future as a kidnapped prostitute somewhere, good on her

[AtheistCrusader]

6. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

9. "Let the robber take what they want and you personally will be OK"

Or something like that.