“It is not a good idea as a rule for a person to take the law into her own hands, but a Hot Springs, Ark., woman appears to have deterred some crime in her neighborhood with a flash from a gun. Problem is, she may have run afoul of the law herself. Last weekend, a 37-year-old man turned up in the woman’s yard, exposing himself. The woman, 30, after repeated calls to police, fired a warning shot at the flasher. He jumped and fled, hitching up his drawers as he ran off. He came back Sunday evening, this time dropping his pants, chunking stones at her windows and howling like a dog. This time his victim took aim — well, maybe not perfect aim — and shot him in the leg. That brought an end to his expose.He took himself to a local hospital for treatment. He told law enforcement officials that he did not want to pursue charges against the shooter because he was in her yard and shouldn’t have been there. Police, though, are required to forward the case to the local prosecutor for a determination on charges.” (05/01/06)