I'd've Offered Him A Light

In far-off, exotic New Mexico, a dear, sweet little old lady defied the "experts" and successfully thwarted a purse-snatcher at a gas station. Oh, hully gee, it worked!

...Somebody alert the media (oh, wait, they already know), and wake up Helmke and his band of fools. You don't stop crime by knuckling under, you stop it by sayin' "No" in word and by deed!

This should be the rule and not the exception. It shouldn't even be newsworthy; but perhaps it'll help spread the meme.