Good Guy with a Gun #154: Murray, UT

To him, she looked unarmed — but concealed carry has a way of surprising people. | Original incident: April 3, 2024

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Sometimes a gun can’t stop you from getting hurt, but it still turns the tables on the bad guys.

When Lt Col Siamelie Nick Mila — “Lt Col” is the 20-year-old’s name, not his title — approached a woman outside EOS Fitness in Murray, Utah, she probably looked like an easy mark. He had an illegal gun, and he wanted her car. He and his driver, 21-year-old Maddyn Dean Christiansen, had been looking for a BMW to steal for a ready buyer.

But she had a legal gun and a concealed carry permit, and she fought back. She was critically wounded in the encounter, unfortunately, but so was her attacker.

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