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Pistol-packing woman, 85, forces intruder to call 911

rockymountainnews.com — 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...

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  • BillE3, on 08/20/2008, -36/+591How many times does this happen across the U.S. and it is never reported? The media does not like feel good, gun prevents crime while criminal goes to jail stories.
  • SteelChicken, on 08/20/2008, -51/+388this is not possible. guns only kill people. guns are only owned by criminals. she should have simply waited for the police.
    /liberal wanker gun-hating propaganda
  • fitqueenb, on 08/20/2008, -7/+277brave lady!
  • humanerror, on 08/20/2008, -2/+262"Look at these pictures of my grandchildren"
  • wezults, on 08/20/2008, -7/+248rock on grandma
  • dballagh, on 08/20/2008, -15/+223Another example of how and why law abiding people should be allowed to own guns. 1 more point for the good guys.
  • inactive, on 08/20/2008, -7/+182What a badass woman! My kind of neighbor.
  • CoolHandLuke70, on 08/20/2008, -2/+160"dust my credenza"
  • BillE3, on 08/20/2008, -26/+173Very embarassing to the anti-gun lobby.
  • inactive, on 08/20/2008, -24/+165This woman should be locked up in prison! Did she not consider the poor mans economic position which forced him to try and rob her??? Did she not consider the emotional well being of this poor man having a gun pointed him??? She should have thought about his life and the way he lived and his problems before threatening him with a gun!!! Oh I just can't believe they didn't lock her up for crimes against humanity and racism!..Oh!..../s
  • BillE3, on 08/20/2008, -6/+133And, she did not fire a single shot.
  • iancgi, on 08/20/2008, -7/+126An openly free and armed populace will inherently deter criminals.

    What criminal is gonna rob a bank if they know there is the possibility of at least one other person in there who is armed. I think that is gonna make a lot of would be criminals thinks twice.

    There is a reason dictators and tyrants take away the guns, and its not to keep us safe.
  • OneRottenTomato, on 08/20/2008, -17/+135I wonder what else she 'forced' him to do while waiting for the police to arrive.
  • norman619, on 08/20/2008, -11/+127wertztime:

    Do you have ANY facts that support your claim? No you don't. If you bothered to actually research gun crime stats in cities/states that allow people to carry vs those that do not you would find something pretty damn interesting. Gun crimes are actually HIGHER in cities that do not allow private citizens to carry than in cities that do allow them to carry. Why do you think that is? Well interviews with convicts have found that they tend to favor targets known to be unarmed and tried to steer clear of armed targets. Can you tell us why that is? I'm betting you can't because your head is so far up your ass you can't hear anything but your own irrational arguments based on emotion not on facts.
  • Caligatio, on 08/20/2008, -0/+114I wonder if the tape for that 911 call will be released
  • prophet5, on 08/20/2008, -1/+103She's hardly "pistol packing", when she has to go into the bedroom to get her pistol. That's just a responsible homeowner.

    Of course, in some states, you have the Right to shoot intruders, just because they're in your house. Remember that the next time you're breaking into a house!
  • justinx0r, on 08/20/2008, -1/+103"Massage my bunions"
  • benroy, on 08/20/2008, -4/+98I was hoping for a picture of her with the gun. Travis Bickle-style.
  • shutaro, on 08/20/2008, -1/+92"Weed my garden"
  • mastersmite, on 08/20/2008, -2/+90the worst part of the gun-hating propaganda is when the people that are anti-second Amendment own guns but feel like the we the people should not have that right. For example Nancy Pelosi has a Concealed Weapon permit in her home state of California, but she votes to take away our gun rights! What a hypocrite!
  • inactive, on 08/20/2008, -6/+91Awesome.

    Reason #32768 why gun control is a bad idea.
  • RuffRidr, on 08/20/2008, -10/+94I wonder what would have happened if she weren't allowed to defend herself with a gun? Ask the Brady Campaign or the VPC on how they would have had her handle this incident. Maybe she should learn martial arts, right Cryrightardcry?
  • CoolHandLuke70, on 08/20/2008, -9/+91That is a real American woman! Good for her!!
  • Spuy767, on 08/20/2008, -6/+85Hi, welcome to the real world where laws don't apply to those who flout them, i.e. criminals who would use guns to hurt.
  • subterfuge, on 08/20/2008, -3/+72"Pet my cats"
  • inactive, on 08/20/2008, -20/+87She has more balls than most of the male diggtards on this site who probably think '"gun" is a four letter word and only criminals should have them!
  • roomforpanic, on 08/20/2008, -5/+67We have hundreds, if not thousands, of gun control laws in the US. More gun control is just pissing in the wind. There is no legislative fix for the lack of personal accountability and integrity. Parenting used to be a function of society, but it has been reduced to simply a function of biology. Better parents equals better kids with fewer anti-social tendencies.
  • steelclash84, on 08/20/2008, -3/+65Stop or my mom will shoot!
  • currentnotice, on 08/20/2008, -2/+64"I didn't do it!" lmfao
  • SuperVepr308, on 08/20/2008, -5/+62The only reason they bothered is because the person is of advanced age. This stuff happens all the time but they need a "catch" to report it. ***** the MSM.
  • Spuy767, on 08/20/2008, -18/+72Yeah, but if it were me shooting an intruder in my home, being an able-bodied, young, white male, all you would hear about on the news is how I deprived the intruder's family of a father.
  • vexingmodstwo, on 08/20/2008, -7/+59Psst... werztime? You fail TWICE.
  • freezerburn666, on 08/20/2008, -2/+54she gave him cookies and milk while they waited for the police to arrive
  • Miche1987, on 08/20/2008, -0/+52"I really don't like peanut butter cooki--"
    *points gun to his head* "What was that, young man? I didn't quite hear you."
  • vexingmodstwo, on 08/20/2008, -8/+59Psst... wertztime? You fail.
  • cloudcity, on 08/20/2008, -12/+61"Fix social security for the next generation"
  • grey580, on 08/20/2008, -6/+55This is why everyone should have a gun.
  • Trooper77, on 08/20/2008, -2/+50I love the smell of sarcasm in the morning.
  • maxgoedjen, on 08/20/2008, -2/+50@wertztime
    I'm not quite sure you're getting the point here. Shooting people to steal their belongings is against the law, but hey, criminals do it anyway. Somehow, I don't think those criminals are going to be hurt by any additional gun laws.
  • abarysh2, on 08/20/2008, -0/+48"911 what is your emergency?"
    "uhh I just ***** my pants because I was robbing a house and....."
  • saunders45, on 08/20/2008, -0/+48Whooosh!!!!!
  • norman619, on 08/20/2008, -3/+51smotpoker:

    Visit the Department of Justice website for the stats. If you bother to check out their stats another interesting fact becomes clear. The claims by the media and fear mongers that crime is wrose today than in the past are *****. The US is safer today than it was years ago. Crime in general has beed steadily dropping in the US for a LONG time.
  • ziggyone, on 08/20/2008, -3/+50Just be sure they are dead if you do shoot them to prevent them from suing you.
  • krebcycle, on 08/20/2008, -3/+48yeah, she probably would have had to pull the trigger when he didn't obey her
  • Dragular, on 08/20/2008, -2/+47"I personally believe everyone in America should be trained in the use of handguns in public school and be given a gun."

    Then congratulations, you've found a view that you're conservative on.
  • RuffRidr, on 08/20/2008, -6/+50Well not so much by the mainstream media. However, Clayton Cramer's blog does a good job of bringing these to light: http://www.claytoncramer.com/gundefenseblog/blogge ...
  • ebcreasoner, on 08/20/2008, -7/+48When I was your age I had to cross two rivers, three railroad tracks, and climb one mountain just so I could get my gun, so I could force an intruder to call 911.
  • Beylan, on 08/20/2008, -1/+38Because politicians don't really care how the people feel about anything. An armed populace might just decide they have had enough and go hunting for politicians, therefore guns should be made illegal. My political science professor described it once as the American government's self destruct button.
  • MadOgre, on 08/20/2008, -2/+39We don't have a Gun problem, you retard. We have a Criminal problem. Guns are the solution to that problem.
  • lostngone, on 08/20/2008, -3/+38You won't hear about this story on the Brady campaign's website.
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