NEW YORK - Margaret Johnson's wheelchair might have made her look like an easy target. But when a mugger tried to grab a chain off her neck Friday, the 56-year-old pulled out her licensed .357 pistol and shot him, police said.

Johnson said she was in Harlem on her way to a shooting range when the man, identified by police as 45-year-old Deron Johnson, came up from behind and went for the chain.

"There's not much to it," she said in a brief interview. "Somebody tried to mug me, and I shot him."

Deron Johnson was taken to Harlem Hospital with a single bullet wound in the elbow, police said. He faces a robbery charge, said Lt. John Grimpel, a police spokesman.

Margaret Johnson, who lives in Harlem, has a permit for the weapon and does not face charges, Grimpel said. She also was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and later released.

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well good for her

NEW YORK (AP) -- Margaret Johnson might have looked like an easy target.

But when a mugger tried to grab a chain off her neck Friday, the 56-year-old Johnson, while riding in her wheelchair, pulled out her licensed .357 pistol and shot him, police said.

Johnson said she was in Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood on her way to a shooting range when the man, identified by police as 45-year-old Deron Johnson, came up from behind and went for the chain.

"There's not much to it," she said in a brief interview. "Somebody tried to mug me, and I shot him."

Deron Johnson was taken to Harlem Hospital with a single bullet wound in the elbow, police said. He faces a robbery charge, said Lt. John Grimpel, a police spokesman.

Margaret Johnson, who lives in Harlem, has a permit for the weapon and does not face charges, Grimpel said. She also was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and later released.

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Glad the scumbag got shot. Criminals just love to prey on the weak. We really need more pro-concealed laws in this country.

While I think its great this woman protected herself, I don't want the average schmuck to be walking around with a weapon, its a very scary thought.

Alright!

People who prey on handicapped and the elderly should be dragged out to the street and shot...


Oh wait.. this guy was.



Good to know that she doesn't just carry it around for show too. Problem with a lot of people having guns... not a lot of people know how to use them properly.

Guns shouldn't be given to every tom,dick and harry,its just to dangerous.

An armed society is a polite society. -Robert A. Heinlein

It's not very scary at all... Unless you're a criminal.

One of the top shows in this country is American Idol...low IQ's and deadly weapons are not a good mix

AMEN! The only people who are against it are the one's afraid of getting shot!

Easy! Semi-automatic: point the barrell forwards and pull the trigger

Pistol: c*** it and point forward then shoot, or reversed if going for the suicide act

Well i'm not a criminal and i'm afraid of getting shot (I don't trust the intelligence of most people, especially after reading some of the whacked out stories that are posted on this board )

Well then you're just paranoid.