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Elderly Woman Grabs Gun, Holds Would-Be Burglar At Bay

Right Wing Wacko

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LAKE LYNN, Pa. -- An 85-year-old great-grandmother from Lake Lynn, Fayette County kept an alleged burglar at bay using a .22-caliber pistol.

According to police, a 17-year-old suspect was attempting to burglarize Leda Smith overnight.

That's when Smith grabbed her gun and told the teen that she would shoot him if he moved, police said.

"I had the gun on him before he turned around and said, 'you've had it,' " Smith told Channel 11-News.

According to police, Smith ordered the boy to dial 911 and then gave him some advice.

"Dial 911 and don't attempt to throw the phone at me, or do anything bad or i'll just shoot you," Smith said.

When police arrived, they took the teen into custody.


Charges have been filed against the boy and an alleged accomplice.



http://www.wpxi.com/news/17223812/detail.html
 

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That old dog still got her fangs, ain't she. At least the kid had sense enough not to push his luck. But that's probably about all he had, or he wouldn't have been burglarizing in the first place.

Score another one for the sheepdogs. :celebrate:celebrate:celebrate
 

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That's awesome! I wonder if the 911 call went something like this...

"Hi, I'm like totally trying to rob this woman, but she has a gun and made me call 911 on myself."

LOL!!
 

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MetalChris wrote:
That's awesome! I wonder if the 911 call went something like this...

"Hi, I'm like totally trying to rob this woman, but she has a gun and made me call 911 on myself."

LOL!!
Can that be used as a confession? After all she isn't a LEO so there is no miranda
issue.....:idea:
 

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The antigunners have to hate great stories like this one. It lets the air out of their arguments. Way to go Leda! You're a great American.
 

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deepdiver wrote:
Here is an interview with her on Good Morning America. Parts of the 911 tapes are played. I found it most interesting that it took the police 15-20 minutes, according to her, to get there after she made the call.

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=5624650
Dumbass wrote:
There's a ma'am here and she thinks I broke into her house but I didn't

Too bad he didn't give her a reason to shoot him...he needs to be taken out of the gene pool.
ETA: It amazes me that the cops would disarm her when they arrived. God knows that lady was a huuuuuuuge threat to law enforcement. What a complete and utter lack of common sense.
 
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