Pistol Packin' Granny makes robber CALL POLICE ON HIMSELF!  

Maybe he'll give up his life of crime. We can hope.

It is a cinch he is going to lie about it.

If I were in that kids shoes, I certainly would lie about it.

Yes, the politicians who do not allow elderly ladies like the one you mentioned to be armed, are partly responsible with their ignorance for what happened.

You bet he deserves what he got and the humiliation that will follow.

We had a similar case here in Arkansas in the 1980's. In that case, granny had to kill the intruder as he tried to choke her to death but did not know she had a gun. What makes the story memorable is that the police gave her a loaner firearm while the ballistics test was done on her gun. You see, she complained that she would be unprotected if they took her gun so they helped her out.

Coffeechat!

Don't I know you lady? Where have you been? Welcome back. I still have notification turned on in case you should sneak back in. Glad you are here. Now, go start some of those great posts, please.

Motherhood etc. Thanks - will try to stick around. Great to catch up with you again.

Cheers.

I've known healthy intelligent people in their 80's who are actually quite dangerous to any criminal when it comes to defending themselves. Particularily women. Oldsters know any jury sympathy is going to be with them and they are old enough to not care what society thinks. They just are not going to put up with some punk stealing from them or pushing them around.

As to what happened. I thought the woman came home and the punk thought she was harmless and could be ignored as long as she did not go near the phone. So, she just calmly went and got her gun. The rest is history. I suspect we don't hear more stories like this as so many editors are liberals and don't want to encourage people to own firearms.

Hello Red,

Agreed! There are many healthy Octogenarians who are very capable of defending themselves. I hope that it didn't sound like I was lumping all Seniors together as disabled & decrepid. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Yet, there are a great many Seniors who are targeted because of physical frailty and decreased mobility.

Personally, I think it's terrific that the story did indicate that Leda was using a .22 caliber. I'm guessing that it was a stock .22 which held either 11 or 15 rounds. An inexpensive, lightweight, semi-automatic option that can certainly get the job done. That's the kind of info I can see as being very helpful in a Senior training program. By the time we get to be Octogenarians, we will all lose some level of muscle tone, so a heavy 9mm or 45cal can be too heavy an option to use, particularly for a petite, older woman. Geesh, I don't even like to shoot Hubby's .45, 'cause it's way too heavy, meaning that I'd have to sacrifice accuracy to the kick, and I'm of average build.

Thanks for the follow up on who might have startle who. I was guessing that you had seen or heard more coverage of the story than just this posted article. As for hearing or not hearing more stories like this, I'm kind of surprised that the MSM picked it up at all -- especially since it happened in Pennsylvania. It just seems too tempting for a 'clinging to her gun' reference, doesn't it? I'm surprised that it hasn't been plastered on the airwaves. Or, maybe it has, and I've just missed it, since I've been kind of out of the news loop recently.

I actually think the reduction in crime rate from honest citizens owning guns is why so many lawyers, judges, and police are against backing up citizens using firearms to protect themselves. They don't want to lose work.

Or constituents...

Yep, in America people like her are still heroes. There are countries that would put her in jail as dangerous for just owning a gun. Glad I live in America.

True, firearm ownership does come with serious responsibility. Then again, so do automobiles which every 2 years kill more people than America lost in the entire Vietnam War. Iraq war = about 4000 killed. Killed in automobiles? About 40,000 each year. Put in perspective the price of firearms ownership is worth the cost to keep the nation free.

I'm not worried about the ones that are responsible and careful with their firearms, but with the many more that keep showing responsibility is an alien thought and concept LOL
I'm a bit divided in this subject - although I'm very proud of granny :). The thing is just being able to buy a firearm is nothing - not even in terms of defense. Having a firearm and not even know how to use it is a dangerous thing, and I know a few...
In a perfect world, I would be the first one in line for the right to have one. It makes sense. But it's not a perfect world.
Cars certainly are bigger killers, but hey they do have other uses. Firearms on the other hand only have one :)
That said, I agree with you, in principle.