A man armed with a rifle ran after he tried to and failed to rob a hotel clerk who ended up pointing her own gun at him in Texas.
Stories like this one really make you wonder why armed criminals even bother to carry out this kind of small-time heist in areas of the country that encourage their law-abiding citizens to arm themselves.
In Texas, where most people over the age of 21 are legally permitted to carry a weapon — open or concealed — perpetrators of such crimes are playing a dangerous game.

According to a news release Wednesday from the Houston Police Department, a f …