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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
The problem we are all facing is that the author wants this to be a crime of opportunity. She probably wouldn't have a BB gun in her purse. That's why I like 'the metal rat-tail comb to the temple.' She'd have that in her purse as part of her cosmetics.[...]
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It's a story. Maybe she was out shooting rats before the mood took her to try bigger game.
If I remember rightly this isn't taking place in America, in most of the rest of the world there aren't too many people that habitually carry a gun of any sort in their purse.