what not to do in an emergency III (from Commonwealth v. Nolan, 634 A.2d 194 (Pa. 1993))

Imagine you are the owner of a bar. Two people run brandishing pistols. When one yells “don’t move or I’ll shoot,” a range of appropriate responses would be politely giving up the money, not moving at all out of sheer terror or possibly even running away for cover. This woman thought the best course of action was walking toward the robbers and yelling at them to leave. As a reward for her brave decision to bring harsh words to a gun fight, she was shot three times. I realize that I only have book-learnin’ and not “real-world” experience, but one thing I’ve learned, as a general rule of thumb, is yell at angry people with guns. Politely ask the gentlemen to kindly leave your establishment; you’ll probably only get pistol-whipped for that.

This should be the last of teh "what not to do in an emergency" series for a while. I know it will be hard to live without any more, but you'll get over it. Or you won't. I don't care.