Elderly Woman Grabs Gun, Makes Would-Be Burglar dial 911

[blackberg]

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

This is awesome and funny at the same time.

another example of why the 2nd is so important

-blackberg

[sorensen440]

Thats so awesome

[gwl]

props to Leda Smith!

[savasyn]

Good on ya, grandma!!

[ghostwong]

Never mess with old people. They will make you hurt. She should have given him a good solid spanking over her knees in the presence of the police.

[Synergy]

Never mess with old people. They will make you hurt. She should have given him a good solid spanking over her knees in the presence of the police.

Very true, my grandma was walking out of Safeway and a guy grabbed her purse and said give it to me, She yelled NO and yanked it out of his hands. He was so stunned he took off running away. People 60 years and up have lived a tougher life than most of us will, so they will put up a fight.

[Spaceghost]

Too bad she didn't just ice him and save us tax payers and his future victims a lot of trouble.

[Sutcliffe]

Firm believer in home is your castle

You enter without permission to do anything and you get what you deserve. DA doesn't get to make an example of the homeowner or any such BS.
Enter someone else's home and expect to be treated like the very worst, most dangerous criminal ever.

[ivanimal]

Thats awesome! That does not look good to the home boys when the idiot gets out. I bet she would have shot him if he tried anything!

[hkfooey]

We need more grandma like that!!

[Bizcuits]

That does not look good to the home boys when the idiot gets out.

Yeap sounds like someone snitched.

[SJgunguy24]

My home is my castle and will be defended as such.

[blackberg]

We need more grandma like that!!

What we really need is stories like this to get more press
-bb

[kpw001]

The video is even better than the article. Seems like granny kept her cool and had enjoyed putting that punk in his place.

[RomanDad]

I actually saw this reported on the ABC morning news- Sunday I think???

I was pretty happy about the story. At the end of the copy, a male anchor said, with a smirk on his face, "he was in her house.... He shouldnt have been.... She had a gun..." and gave a tacit nod of approval.... But the female anchor next to him, who was sort of grinning through gritted teeth was basically nonverbally saying "yeah... but... Guns are Bad??? aren't they???"


This story was big news... She got on TV (and shes spunky as hell), but if she hadnt had that gun, it turns into a two second blurb: "90 year old found raped and beaten to death in her home."