Good for her.

So to speak.

Why is this news?

Once she cocked her gun the outcome wasn´t as he expected.

A .357 in petite hands is reverse Viagra..

For a minute I thought it was the New York Daily News which would have really been news

He pulled his, she pulled hers.

Good for you. I hate perverts.

#3: it´s news because it´s another incident where legal weapons use averted crime. And yes, as someone who has had this done to me (on a NYC subway platform) this is a disturbing and all-to-prevalent crime.

Sounds like a very capable, self-reliant person. Positives from the incident:

She was armed.
She was aware of her surroundings.
She shielded her child when confronted.
She calmly told the pervert to leave.
She got a description of the pervert.
She sent her dog after the pervert.
She did a little detective work online and possibly ID´d the pervert.

Negatives:

She was carrying without a magazine in the weapon.
She kinda went Dirty Harry with the "I´ll blow yer brains out" quote. Can be used by anti-gunners.

And this is news #3, because it shows gun owners in a positive light, and brings awareness to the local populace of a potential sexual predator in the area.

I´m glad she prevailed but I ask why she was carrying a gun that was not in Condition One?

Er, pardon me while I load and ´cycle´ my gun (taste police caught up with the ´proper´ term).

You call that a gun. This is a gun.

I enjoyed reading most of the comments. Good example of the positive aspect of armed citizenry.

Good for her!! Can´t help but wonder why she went, and took her six-year-old, to the lake when it was ´foggy and dark´. But she was prepared and her son had a good lesson from mom.

Regarding the ´blow your brains out´ comment, maybe that is how she talks, normally.

My kind of gal, except mine would have had the magazine already in the gun and one racked in the chamber.

I bet hers was bigger than his.

So neither of them got off a shot?

Read the whole thing. Sounds as though the woman went on to do some fine police work. She did more than just pull a gun. Her work may cause this guy - who may have pulled another similar stunt in Longview - arrested.

I´m not a big fan of carrying one in the tube in an auto. I´ve had a sear fail, and it is frightening. personally I carry a Ruger LCR.357 revolver and it has been excellent.

I have to wonder, who would have shot first?

Way to go, sister! As to why she was out walking in "foggy dark," I bet it was because she walks her dog every day at about the same time, as many of us do.
Ramona (the Pest)

An armed society is a polite society." Robert Heinlein

The nasty little pervert got a memorable lesson in politeness. Perhaps he will not repeat his act.

She should have had the gun ready to go, loading it "in the moment" is really bad tactics.

She missed the perfect opportunity to quote the line from "Scarface."

"Say hello to my little friend!"

A .380 Ruger would be the LCP. Great little gun. I bought a second one yesterday. This one has a laser. I have larger guns I sometimes carry, but the LCP is a small gun you can ALWAYS carry. A small one is better than the one that´s too big and is left at home. I´ll bet the lady in the story will always have her´s with her in the future.

Should have pulled the trigger.

I wouldn´t have aimed for his brains.

Good for her. Too bad that dog didn´t take a bite out of crime.

No nonsense people are tired of being victims and PC.

I thought this was going to end in a .38 Cal. vasectomy.