Y'all are missing the point of my title to this post; The old west a'int dead yet.
True, this could have been a different turn out, true, according to this first account by the news, no one was hit, etc, etc.
And all the technical gunfight review stuff, plus personal experiences of some of ya.
My point is: This woman faced off 6 armed bandits, bent on robbing her husband with guns pointed at him. She came out with her gun blazing, in True old west fashion, to protect her man. That, I surmise, took a lot of RAW COURAGE, especially when they apparently returned fire as they scampered off.
The West was won by folks with the intestinal fortitude to face the odds. This woman shows she has that same Old West Courage! 6 against 1? And a woman to boot............
I remember reading long ago about Texas Range Detectives. About this cattle detective, in the early 1890's in Sweetwater (If I remember correctly the town) who was gunned down by two cowboys in a hotel sitting room. They were under investigation by this cattle detective and faced charges.
Anyway, this detective's wife was with him when he was shot and fell to the hotel floor. While these two thugs were still standing there, she ran to her husband, pulled his .38 Colt Lighting he carried under his coat and returned fire, hitting one of them in the arm as they ran out of the hotel.
Same Raw Courage, in the later days of what we now call the Old West.
I think this Houston gal has that same Raw Courage.
Griswold