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“Not one person came in all of the time they were in the store. The first guy said he was going to buy his girl a ring and I went to show him diamond rings. I pulled a tray of diamond rings out of the showcase and when I raised my head up, the other guy was pointing a gun right between my eyes. It was about two inches from my head. I looked down the gun barrel, a .25 caliber. In a split second I swung my hand and hit the gun. At that point I ducked behind the counter and crawled on my hands toward the back room, hoping the pair would just run off. The next thing I knew I had one of them on my back and he’s calling for his friend to help him get me down. I told his accomplice that he’d better run. I managed to pull my Tomcat from my side pocket. I got it in my hand and hit him with it so hard that I broke the trigger guard, and he went down. He was still calling for the other guy. With no time to waste I had to even up the odds.

Key features of the Tomcat are tip-up loading, seen as the thumb pushes the release lever forward, and a barrel held rigidly in place so the pistol won’t jam if a muzzle-contact shot is attempted.