Final Lesson: Nevada Woman Brings Knife To Gun Fight

By Mark Chesnut The Truth About Guns

Armed self-defense episodes aren’t always one person with a gun fighting off an attacker or aggressor with a gun. In fact, an attacker can maim or kill an innocent victim with any number of “weapons” ranging from fists or feet, to baseball bats or ice picks, to bricks or cars.

Or, in the case of one recent episode, a knife. Such was the weapon of choice in an attack in Bullhead City, Nevada, about an hour and a half south of Las Vegas, when a woman inadvertently “took a knife to a gun fight.”

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, but most of us have realized that’s not always the easiest thing to do. Such apparently was the case with some neighbors on Seafair Drive in Bullhead City who had a long-running dispute with one another.

According to a report at 8newsnow.com, on August 8 just before 8 p.m., 49-year-old Lucindy Gale Parkison had gone to a nearby home to confront the residents on what police are calling “ongoing issues.” In what would turn out to be an unfortunate decision for her, she took a knife along on her “visit.”

According to the Bullhead City Police Department, Parkison advanced toward residents in the front yard and made threats before pushing a female who lived there against a wall and holding the knife to her throat. “The victim had a defensive cut on her hand from Parkison’s knife when she reportedly held it to the victim’s throat,” police said.

A male resident grabbed his gun and ordered Parkison to leave the property, prompting Parkison to release the woman and charge him with the knife. He then shot her multiple times, killing her on the spot.

According to police, the man with the gun and the other residents cooperated fully with investigators. No charges have been file, and based on the results of the investigation none are expected.

While many might think a man with a gun shooting a woman with a knife is an unfair “disparity of force,” this is a good example of how dangerous—and deadly—any attacker with an edged weapon can be. And it’s also an excellent example of how the best armed person involved in a violent attack often comes out on top in the encounter.

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