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Small woman, big gun.


What do you do if you're a 110-pound woman who is alone and facing down two masked A state of being disabled or cut off.  men who want to rob your auto repair shop? You pull out a .357-caliber magnum pistol, of course. On September 22 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the population was 148,644. The county is part of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area. , Sheri Brown was alone at the auto repair shop that she and her husband own when two men, one large and one small, drove up and demanded money. "She grabbed a pole ... and smacked the big one," Sheri's husband Dan told the Tribune Review. "He then hit her in the head, but she was able to get away," he added.

She rushed to where the shop's gun was kept, throwing chairs and miscellaneous items in the path of the pursuing robbers to slow them down. As soon as the robbers saw her grab a gun, they fled posthaste post·haste  
adv.
With great speed; rapidly.

n. Archaic
Great speed; rapidity.



[From the phrase haste, post, haste, a direction on letters.
.

Dan Brown noted that the robbers must have been watching the rural business because they arrived immediately after he left. In the aftermath of the attempted robbery, Sheri sports some bruises Bruises Definition

Bruises, or ecchymoses, are a discoloration and tenderness of the skin or mucous membranes due to the leakage of blood from an injured blood vessel into the tissues. Pupura refers to bruising as the result of a disease condition.
 and a determination

to get a concealed con·ceal  
tr.v. con·cealed, con·ceal·ing, con·ceals
To keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; hide. See Synonyms at hide1.
 carry permit and a smaller-sized personal weapon.
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Title Annotation:Exercising the right
Author:Williamsen, Kurt
Publication:The New American
Date:Nov 13, 2006
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