I feel sad for Ms. Nice and want these thugs serving some time for this. That said, some commenters on this story have said “well, if she was armed this wouldn’t have happened.”
The woman was hit over the head. I don’t think she was expecting to be hit on the head. I doubt she had much time to do anything at all other than collapse in a heap. In fact, if she had a weapon on her it’s quite possible that these dirtbags would’ve stolen it with her other stuff, too.
I hate crime as much as anyone but guns are not some magic cure-all. They just aren’t.
I hope they catch these punks.
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – A Raleigh woman was hit over the head, thrown to the ground and mugged – all just feet from where she lives.
“All you’ve taken away is my little bit of security,” said the victim, Annie Nice.
Nice is still shaken up talking about the mugging that sent her to the hospital. It happened at 8 p.m. Tuesday on East Davie Street in downtown Raleigh. Nice said she was just walking from her car at the time.
“It felt like a piano has fallen out of the sky and hit me over the head. You know it’s unbelievable,” Nice said.
Source: Raleigh woman, part owner of Tir Na Nog, still shaken by mugging | WNCN