Crime

Woman Who Smacked FL Gunman With Her Purse Recounts Ordeal

Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:00am by Jonathon M. Seidl
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AZwoodman
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 1:24pm
this woman whacks the gunman and the other“men” just set there!! Fools. why didn’t they jump him?
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- rfycom
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 2:15pm
  Dah the guys were on the other end of the gun. As in the side with the barrel pointed at them.
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ggboren
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 1:07pm
Watch all those men sit like cowards. JUMP and do something. What a brave woman!
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- MsMonsoon
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 1:20pm
  AMEN!!! Wusses all.
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bailey08
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:52pm
Let’s face it no matter where we go–to work, restaurants, the post office, the mall, Christmas celebrations, etc.–we are basically sitting ducks if some nut decides to go off.

Maybe I’m paranoid or just being cautious–but I sit near an exit at meetings, funerals, church, public events. I’m watching the people around me at convenience stores, restaurants, etc—just to help my chances in case the unthinkable happens.

I don’t carry a purse, but I like to think I would have busted a chair over that guy’s head or hit him in the face with a stapler or something. Jerks/thugs make me furious.

Ginger is a hero.
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dantom
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:48pm
Men used to do that kind of job butnow they are wussies thanks to PC>
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doglady
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:47pm
God Bless you, you are truly a hero. It is good to know that there are good people out there when so much bad is happening in our country.
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KansasPatriot
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:38pm
Brave Lady. Thank God she and the other people in that room are alright. As for the perpetrator, he is another body that can be placed at the feet of Obama and the Democrats because of their class warfare rhetoric.
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Slobaphobe
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:30pm
I’m not sure I would have done what she did. Hope to never know…
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goldmind
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:27pm
Sometimes, ignorance is blissful. A crotch attack, is what was needed to disarm him.
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mcFirst
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:23pm
she was brave but not the right approach to risky , needed backup of some kind.
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- Gonzo
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:48pm
  Should have called on Smith & Wesson!
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Patriot
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:22pm
God Bless you Ginger. I only hope that I can someday rise to your level of heroism. Sure the odds were against you, in a big way, but if that weren’t the case, you would be just like everyone else. You are much more of a hero than the guard (who did do his job commendably though).
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Gonzo
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:16pm
Lady I respect your courage but, if you’re going to ever try that again…get a baseball bat!
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westfayetteville
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:12pm
these are the moments in life you find out what you are made of. She is one very brave lady
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Grandpa
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:09pm
Too bad she didn’t have a gun in her purse
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- TexasCommonSense
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:15pm
  You’re right. Boom! Crisis over and the world is a better place.
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TexasCommonSense
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:08pm
Too bad she didn’t pull out a concealed-carry weapon instead.
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BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:58am
Unless you‘ve got a brick in there it ain’t going to do anything but get your butt kicked. There wasn’t anything else she could have used?

I’m sorry, but if all I have as a weapon is my purse, then I have no weapon.
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bookofwisdom
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:56am
God and the Angles were with her and the men on the board or they would not be here today. It was a crazy thing to do, but now her conscious is clear; but I’m sure they will all have nightmares forever. May God Bless.
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MySacredHonor
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:49am
Courage isn’t about doing something when you know its safe.. it’s about doing something you know is right… despite the risk! god bless you Ma’am!
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- TexasCommonSense
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:11pm
  Good answer…
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mtnclimberjim
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:46am
Stupid. That dumb half assed move could have killed someone.
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- mtnclimberjim
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:04pm
  She could have farted and had better results.
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- butler180
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 2:00pm
  And you would have pushed anyone and everyone out of your way to save your a%%.
  I say GOD Bless her for caring for her fellow human beings.
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- anOpinion
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 2:01pm
  MTNCLIMBERJIM – Come on now, there is no need to bring weapons of mass destruction into this
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bobball
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:37am
If she’d a had a gun in her purse and hit him with it he might have gone down…:-)
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TrueToTheCoreAmerican
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:21am
One comment. Just saw her interview on TV and when she did the AUCTION thing $50, $50, $55 while holding the purse up that she hit the guy with I was suddenly brought back to reality after seeing mostly professional behavior. To her it was so quickly ALL about making money by selling THE purse. I‘ll bet she’s a liberal too. She should be ashamed of herself after this interview.
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- CaptGregg
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:51am
  Oh, yeah. At the time, she was thinking “If I hit him with my purse, I’ll be a hero and can put the purse on e-bay and make a bundle.”
  
  After the fact, she saw (or someone told her) that she could make some cash by selling it. Just good old American initiative at work here. I hope she gets a bundle for it. She’s earned the right.
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- TrueToTheCoreAmerican
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:24pm
  @CaptGregg
  Morals can be PRE-ACT or POST-FACT. Neither make her action moral.
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- dontbotherme
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:50pm
  @truetothecore… The woman was a hero. She tried to save lives. …And you resort to name calling. You say she is immoral. What an ugly thing to do.
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Disabledvet
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:20am
Second ammendment rights, but even that would not have helped, since you can’t carry on a school ground. I say people that go through the process of getting a concealed carry permit should be able to carry everywhere, the ones that get the permit are not the people you have to worry about, it is idots like the guy coming shooting, one person with a conceal carry permit could have stopped this quick, this lady is extremely brave and we need more like her.
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DelZotto
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:12am
….. she is brave but stupid atleast she sould have goten something really hard in her purse it didnt even phase him. nice try tho lady you got some kahunas!
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alwayssora
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:09am
KUDOS to this woman! Let Obummer know how you feel! She should have been carrying heat! Then she could have ended this once and for all!
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Jethro212
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:06am
She has more courage than most of us, you rock lady, take notes people, don’t be a sheep, fight with whatever you have.
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GeauxAlready
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:04am
She is lucky to be alive. Maybe she could loan Obama her pair. You Go Girl!!!!!
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- mrlogan3
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:09am
  She is lucky to be alive, but I’m not sure if what she did was brave or really stupid, maybe both.
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- cheerer8000
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:13am
  Amen!
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- HillBillySam1
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:14am
  She obviously did not get the memo about not bringing a purse to a gunfight! Very gutsy lady, though…..sure am glad that they are alright.
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- Gun_Slinger
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:26am
  The cowards who sat there after she did what she did…
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- dwh320
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:56am
  With all the hate and fear the Progressive Socialist and their media puppets flood on America about class warfare it is no wonder this sick man flipped out like he did. He was a devote fan of Media Matters and swallowed their propaganda. He was a self professed Progressive and demanded “Social Justice” in his writings and in the last moments of his twisted sick life.
  
  His blood and the horror he imposed on those he attempted to kill are on the Progressive Socialist hands.
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- C.C.D.
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:26pm
  Just think what she could have accomplished with a gun in the purse…
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- MsMonsoon
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:32pm
  I don‘t understand why those men didn’t jump up and attack the guy once she had distracted the gunman. Sheeple, they are all dumb sheeple. She risked her life, gave them a chance and they sat there! Perhaps they were too stunned to see a woman with a pair!
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- TXPilot
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:59pm
  If more people in this country would not hesitate to get involved when they see injustice like this brave woman, we would have much fewer problems than we have currently….However, I do recommend this lady have a sock and a roll of quarters for next time….lol !!
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- daylee
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 1:22pm
  The shooters family will probably sue her now for assault.
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- proudinfidel54
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 4:38pm
  This woman is in no way a hero, She jeopradized everybodys saftey with her thoughtless act. Evidently she watched one too many Cagney and Lacey, just like an idiot to bring a purse to a gun fight…She summed it up perfectly when she said “at that point I wasn’t thinking anything.
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- Ron4Tx
  Posted on December 15, 2010 at 5:17pm
  I agree with gun_slinger. With the gunman’s back to the “men”, and struggling with the lady hero, those cowards just sat there. I certainly don’t want to be on a plane with them if a terrorist tries to take over.
  Each one of them should be voted out of office.
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- paperpushermj
  Posted on December 16, 2010 at 1:32am
  loved how two Men of the board closest to her just sat there with their thumbs up their A**.
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