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> So, Andrea, if these lunatics start shooting at her or her horse, would
> you like her to shake her finger and say, " That's not nice of y'all, I
> don't believe in defending myself?"  If some one is not able to defend
> themselves, whether due to personal convictions or stupidly thinking they
> can rely upon the goodness of humanity, then my suggestion is to ride
> somewhere else.  If these people are truly mentally unstable, you are not
> going to reason with them and legal options do not mean much to geniuine
> psychopaths.  Cindy

I suspect that the safest course if one were being shot at would be to kick 
on and leave quickly.
Certainly, packing iron and trying to drill your attacker from the back of 
a horse  is going to be more hazardous, if only because continuing to 
linger there within range presents a better target.
This is even supposing that the horse is broke to mounted shooting, which 
her horse may well not be, so that could be an additional source of 
personal damage--being flung to the ground when the animal spooks from the 
noise of a pistol.
I doubt most of the posters here are sufficiently skilled at pistol 
shooting to reliably hit a target from the back of a horse, even one 
standing *relatively* still.
I think you've been watching too many movies...
                     --CMNewell



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