Icarus
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Post by Icarus on Aug 20, 2008 16:38:23 GMT -5
Armed 85-year-old Woman Stops Burglar POINT MARION, Pa. (Aug. 19) -- An 85-year-old woman boldly went for her gun and busted a would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her sights, police said. "I just walked right on past him to the bedroom and got my gun," Leda Smith said. Smith heard someone break into her home Sunday afternoon and grabbed the .22-caliber revolver she had been keeping by her bed since a neighbor's home was burglarized a few weeks ago. "I said 'What are you doing in my house?' He just kept saying he didn't do it," Smith said. After the 17-year-old boy called 911, Smith kept holding the gun on him until state police arrived at her home in Springhill Township, about 45 miles south of Pittsburgh. The boy will be charged with attempted burglary and related offenses in juvenile court, Trooper Christian Lieberum said. He was not identified because of his age. "It was exciting," Smith said. "I just hope I broke up the (burglary) ring because they have been hitting a lot of places around here." news.aol.com/article/armed-85-year-old-woman-stops-burglar/140029?icid=200100397x1208136494x1200431105
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Post by Adona Mara on Aug 20, 2008 19:40:29 GMT -5
Go Granny! Don't take no sass from them whippersnappers!
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Post by Jinsei on Aug 20, 2008 23:29:18 GMT -5
But, but... we shouldn't have guns!!!
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Post by Adona Mara on Aug 21, 2008 19:41:10 GMT -5
Yes we should. And we should know how to use them. And we should be teaching our kids to use them. And we should be telling these bonehead politicians that we're tired of being treated like naughty children.
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Post by Jinsei on Aug 21, 2008 22:50:24 GMT -5
Today, I brought my .410 and a .177 pellet gun (that hits a target about like a .22) from our house to this one today. When I came in the house, I just sat them at the bottom of the stairs until I could come back in from making a rock walkway and carry them upstairs. The kids asked me why I had the guns out, I told them, and that was it. They didn't play anywhere near the stairs while the guns were there. At five and two, they know the difference between toy guns, some of which look fairly realistic, and the real guns. They've been taught to know the difference and to know that if it's not theirs, then they don't touch them.
Now, hopefully if they ever have to use one, they'll know what they're doing.
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