I recently confirmed a memory I had from about 15 years ago in New Orleans. I confirmed the story as true from a retired newspaper reporter and a criminal defense lawyer, first guy balding a should be sly, second guy is sly. A senior citizen, a lady, was returning from her job to her home in mid city New Orleans when two punks threatened her w/ a knife. She acted as though she was opening her purse to withdraw her money, but surprised these guys w/ a small hand pistol, plugged one, but the gun, being old, jammed before she got of the second shot. Of course the second punk was off to the races. On questioning the lady, the police found that she had been part of the French resistance, of course the gun was old--she'd used it on Nazis. These punks picked the wrong old lady. No question of her self defense, when the police coroner picked up the body--yup she shot he dead through the heart--the knife was under the body.
Gotta pick victims carefully, but some people don't know that.