25-year-old woman uses her gun to turn things around with two men who allegedly attacked her during a robbery

The Montana woman got revenge on two assailants who reportedly attacked her during an attempted robbery.

The 25-year-old woman shot and killed the men, aged 29 and 37, apparently in self-defense, according to Billings, Montana police, according to KTVQ-TV in Billings.

The incident happened around 12:45 p.m. Saturday.

The Billings Police Department initially described the incident as a “possible alleyway shooting robbery” on their Twitter account.

23-006448 01/28/23 12:45 p.m. The BPD responded to a possible robbery with gunshots in Lane 2000, a block of Cook Avenue. Two male suspects were shot and brought in with GSW injuries. BPD is at an early stage of investigation, all parties are accountable – Sgt. Milam.

— BillingsPD (@BillingsPD) January 28, 2023

“The report indicates that the suspects attacked the victim in her car outside her home,” Police Lieutenant Matt Lennick said in a statement.

“The victim pulled out a hidden firearm and both suspects were shot dead.”

When the police arrived, one of the wounded was still at the scene. Another was found at a local hospital after seeking medical attention.

While none of the men were armed, police say Montana law does not require them to be armed, in order for the law to allow a man to open fire.

“In regards to a victim using firearms in self-defense, the law is pretty clear on people’s right to self-defense when they can formulate a threat to themselves or others,” Lt. Lennick said in a statement to KTVQ.

“Like all cases of this nature, this case will be reviewed by the District Attorney’s office, and they may bring [forth] criminal charges against the shooter if they believe the threat was not commensurate with the level of force used.”

Two men hospitalized after shooting near West High School

— Billings Gazette (@billingsgazette) January 28, 2023

“People think about self-defense and stuff like that, but really the legal term is justified use of force,” said Missoula, Montana attorney Paul Ryan, who represented a man sentenced to 70 years in prison for shooting and killing a German student exchange. was discovered breaking into his garage in a highly publicized case in 2014.

“The law allows you to defend with the same force they go with, essentially.”

Thus, by law, people may use force if they believe that serious bodily harm, if not death, is an imminent possibility.

“There are different standards depending on the location,” Ryan said. “For example, there are different standards if you are in your home and not outside. There are different standards if you are protecting property and not your person.”

In this case, if the facts we are presented with are accurate – the woman was molested in her car in an alleyway outside her home – there is a high probability that this is very different from a simple penetration situation.

As for the wounded, as of Monday, none of them had been charged.

“Due to the injuries sustained, none of the suspects were immediately arrested or charged, but the case was sent to the district attorney’s office for review and formal charges,” Lennik said.

Of course, the details are sketchy at the moment and the story is subject to change. There were even proposals in social networks that the woman may have been involved in a potential drug deal that escalated into violence.

But if the police insisted that the woman’s use of force was justified, it was probably a situation that could have turned out to be much more ugly if she had not been able to defend herself.

That’s why the Founders gave us the Second Amendment, and why Montana law allows people to use force if they believe serious bodily injury is imminent.

Remember that the next time someone asks if we really necessity weapons, especially in the face of skyrocketing crime across America.