No more "sleepy ole town".

One couple, Herb and Florence Tolar, who own Greene's Package Shop in Hardeeville, South Carolina, say that their town has changed. "It's not a sleepy ole town any more. It's scary," Herb told WSAV. com. In just over a month's time, both Tolars resorted to using a gun when facing bad guys.

On June 19, Herb Tolar was robbed at gunpoint while in the store, and he fired at the criminal as the man ran away, missing him. On July 21, Florence was in the store when she was confronted by four young men who were trying to evade the police. She drew a gun and fired it into the floor to discourage trouble. She said about the incident, "I'll tell you--if those boys would have been a little bit taller, a little bit bigger, I would have shot them. And I would have killed them." The Tolars have recently purchased more guns for protection.

The man who robbed Herb is still on the loose. The boys that Florence faced down and two of their compadres were charged with possession of a stolen vehicle. While the Tolars apparently haven't been charged with any crimes, in many states their actions would be illegal: he shot at a fleeing man, and she shot toward people when it was debatable whether her life was in danger or that she was knowingly stopping the commission of a felony (even this is only legal in some states).