Mugger Shot By Wheelchair-Bound Grandmother; Fists Pump At NRA Public Relations Department

“Taking her .357 handgun to the shooting range” = “packing heat on a routine trip to the cornerstore”:

Margaret Johnson, 56, was taking her .357 handgun to the shooting range at 3 p.m. while riding in her electric wheelchair when she was approached by a thief on Lenox Avenue near 133rd Street, police said.

“There’s not much to it. Somebody tried to mug me and I shot him,” said Johnson. “It was very scary.”

The attacker, Deron Johnson, 45, apparently thought the older, handicapped retiree was an easy mark, police said.

Instead, she was a marksman.

When Deron grabbed Margaret’s chain and tried to make a dash, she pulled out her gun and shot him, nailing him in the left elbow, police said.

He dropped the loot and ran, but cops caught up with Deron by following his trail of blood about half a block.

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Cops said Margaret has a license for the pistol, which allows her to keep it in her home and take it to the shooting range.

The story doesn’t follow up to check the hours and/or location of the firing range . . .